Test 1 · ★★★ · Olympiad: what is really going on ★★★
Lily from Glasgow: «Ma says the queue at the post office was a mile long, nae kidding. How long was it, like?» What's the sensible reading?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Lily, queue, sensible reading · What happens: say, be · To what, where: mile, kidding · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 61 «Olympiad: what is really going on ★★★» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.
The question
Sentence 1: Lily from Glasgow: «Ma says the queue at the post office was a mile long, nae kidding.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lily | Lily | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 says | nsubj |
| 2 | from | from | ADP | _ | 3 Glasgow | case |
| 3 | Glasgow | Glasgow | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Lily | nmod |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 says | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 says | punct |
| 6 | Ma | ma | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 says | nsubj |
| 7 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 queue | det |
| 9 | queue | queue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 mile | nsubj |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 13 office | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 office | det |
| 12 | post | post | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 office | compound |
| 13 | office | office | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 queue | nmod |
| 14 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 mile | cop |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 mile | det |
| 16 | mile | mile | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 says | ccomp |
| 17 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 mile | advmod |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 kidding | punct |
| 19 | nae | nae | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 kidding | amod |
| 20 | kidding | kidding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 mile | conj |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert in a quote | present | Lily from Glasgow | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | past | the queue at the post office | a mile and nae kidding | tree rules |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Sentence 2: How long was it, like?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 2 long | advmod |
| 2 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 it | cop |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 long | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 long | punct |
| 6 | like | like | ADP | _ | 2 long | fixed |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 long | punct |
| 8 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 long | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | kidding | tree rules |
Sentence 3: What's the sensible reading?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 reading | det |
| 4 | sensible | sensible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 reading | amod |
| 5 | reading | reading | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the sensible reading | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Short, as she was being sarcastic about it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Short | short | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 sarcastic | punct |
| 3 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 7 sarcastic | mark |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 sarcastic | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 sarcastic | cop |
| 6 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 sarcastic | cop |
| 7 | sarcastic | sarcastic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Short | conj |
| 8 | about | about | ADP | _ | 9 it | case |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 sarcastic | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | she | about it; sarcastic property | tree rules |
Option 2
About 1,000 people in a line
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | About | about | ADV | _ | 2 1,000 | advmod |
| 2 | 1,000 | 1000 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 people | nummod |
| 3 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 line | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 line | det |
| 6 | line | line | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 people | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
A long queue, but nowhere near a mile
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 queue | det |
| 2 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 queue | amod |
| 3 | queue | queue | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 nowhere | punct |
| 5 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 nowhere | cc |
| 6 | nowhere | nowhere | ADV | PronType=Neg | 3 queue | advmod |
| 7 | near | near | ADP | _ | 9 mile | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 mile | det |
| 9 | mile | mile | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 nowhere | obl |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Exactly one mile of people
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 2 one | advmod |
| 2 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 mile | nummod |
| 3 | mile | mile | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 people | case |
| 5 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 mile | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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