Test 11 · ★★★ · Olympiad: what is really going on ★★★
A street story grew in three steps. Put them in order, first to last: A «Number 4 bought a giant telly, must've won the lottery!» B «Number 4 got a big parcel» C «Number 4 got a new telly»
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: street story, you, Number, B, C · What happens: grow, put, last, buy, win, get · To what, where: steps, order, giant telly, lottery, big parcel, new telly · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 · ★★★ 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: A street story grew in three steps.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 story | det |
| 2 | street | street | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 story | compound |
| 3 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 grew | nsubj |
| 4 | grew | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 steps | case |
| 6 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 steps | nummod |
| 7 | steps | step | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 grew | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 grew | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | past | a street story | in three steps | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in step=Location |
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: Put them in order, first to last: A «Number 4 bought a giant telly, must've won the lottery!»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Put | obj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 order | case |
| 4 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Put | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 first | punct |
| 6 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 1 Put | advmod |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 last | mark |
| 8 | last | last | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 first | advcl |
| 9 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 14 bought | punct |
| 10 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 Number | det |
| 11 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 12 Number | punct |
| 12 | Number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 bought | nsubj |
| 13 | 4 | 4 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 12 Number | flat |
| 14 | bought | buy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Put | parataxis |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 telly | det |
| 16 | giant | giant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 telly | amod |
| 17 | telly | telly | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 bought | obj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 've | punct |
| 19 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 20 've | aux |
| 20 | 've | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 14 bought | advcl |
| 21 | won | win | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 20 've | ccomp |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 lottery | det |
| 23 | lottery | lottery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 won | obj |
| 24 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 1 Put | punct |
| 25 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 1 Put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | imperative | you not said here | steps = step | order | first property | tree rules | ||
| 2 | last | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | buy in a quote | past | a Number | a giant telly | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent telly=Theme | ||||
| 4 | win in a quote | participle | a Number not said here | the lottery | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lottery=Eventuality |
Sentence 3: B «Number 4 got a big parcel» C «Number 4 got a new telly»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B | B | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 got | nsubj |
| 2 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 Number | punct |
| 3 | Number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 B | conj |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 Number | flat |
| 5 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 parcel | det |
| 7 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 parcel | amod |
| 8 | parcel | parcel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 got | obj |
| 9 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 got | punct |
| 10 | C | C | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 got | nsubj |
| 11 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 12 Number | punct |
| 12 | Number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 C | appos |
| 13 | 4 | 4 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 12 Number | flat |
| 14 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 got | parataxis |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 telly | det |
| 16 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 telly | amod |
| 17 | telly | telly | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 got | obj |
| 18 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 got | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get in a quote | past | B and Number | a big parcel | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer parcel=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | get in a quote | past | C | a new telly | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer telly=Stimulus |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
C, B, A
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C | c | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 B | punct |
| 3 | B | B | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 C | appos |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 B | punct |
| 5 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 1 C | flat |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
A, C, B
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 C | det |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 C | punct |
| 3 | C | C | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 B | punct |
| 5 | B | B | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 C | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
B, C, A
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B | B | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 C | punct |
| 3 | C | C | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 B | flat |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 B | punct |
| 5 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 1 B | flat |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
B, A, C
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B | B | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 C | punct |
| 3 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 C | det |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 C | punct |
| 5 | C | C | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 B | flat |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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