Test 2 · ★★★ · Olympiad: what is really going on ★★★
Jayden: «No cap, Mrs Patel's always rude, she shouted at me once in Year 2.» What's wrong with his claim?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Jayden, Patel · What happens: shout, be, claim
This is test 2 · ★★★ 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: Jayden: «No cap, Mrs Patel's always rude, she shouted at me once in Year 2.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jayden | Jayden | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 rude | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 cap | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 cap | punct |
| 4 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 5 cap | det |
| 5 | cap | cap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 rude | nsubj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 Patel | punct |
| 7 | Mrs | Mrs | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Patel | compound |
| 8 | Patel | Patel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 cap | nmod |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 Patel | case |
| 10 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 11 rude | advmod |
| 11 | rude | rude | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 shouted | punct |
| 13 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 shouted | nsubj |
| 14 | shouted | shout | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 rude | conj |
| 15 | at | at | ADP | _ | 16 me | case |
| 16 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 14 shouted | obl |
| 17 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 14 shouted | advmod |
| 18 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 Year | case |
| 19 | Year | Year | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 shouted | obl |
| 20 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 19 Year | flat |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 rude | punct |
| 22 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 11 rude | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express in a quote | past | Jayden | in Year | at me; once property | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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: What's wrong with his claim?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrong | cop |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 claim | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 claim | nmod:poss |
| 6 | claim | claim | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wrong | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wrong | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | with Patel's claim; wrong property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | claim | Patel | nom claim «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Mrs Patel was being kind when she shouted
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mrs | Mrs | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 kind | nsubj |
| 2 | Patel | Patel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Mrs | flat |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 kind | cop |
| 4 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 kind | cop |
| 5 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 shouted | advmod |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 shouted | nsubj |
| 8 | shouted | shout | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 kind | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Mrs | kind property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | shout speech: express | past | Mrs | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
One time years ago is not «always»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 years | nummod |
| 2 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 years | compound |
| 3 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 ago | obl:unmarked |
| 4 | ago | ago | ADV | _ | root | root |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 ago | cop |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 is | advmod |
| 7 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 always | punct |
| 8 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 6 not | conj |
| 9 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 always | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | year | ago property | tree rules |
Option 3
He should have said «sometimes rude» instead
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 said | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 said | aux |
| 3 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 said | aux |
| 4 | said | say | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 rude | punct |
| 6 | sometimes | sometimes | ADV | PronType=Ind | 7 rude | advmod |
| 7 | rude | rude | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 said | ccomp |
| 8 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 7 rude | punct |
| 9 | instead | instead | ADV | _ | 4 said | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | should · perfect | He | instead property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Nothing, once is enough to prove always
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 5 enough | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 5 enough | advmod |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 enough | cop |
| 5 | enough | enough | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 prove | mark |
| 7 | prove | prove | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 enough | advcl |
| 8 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 7 prove | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Nothing | enough, once property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | prove | to-infinitive | Nothing not said here | always property | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent |
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