Test 7 · ★★★ · Olympiad: what is really going on ★★★
Gran from Cardiff, tamping: «That parcel text wants £1.99 by tonight or they send it back, the cheek!» What's going on?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: parcel text, they · What happens: tamp, want, send back, go on · To what, where: text · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★★★ 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: Gran from Cardiff, tamping: «That parcel text wants £1.99 by tonight or they send it back, the cheek!»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gran | Gran | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | from | from | ADP | _ | 3 Cardiff | case |
| 3 | Cardiff | Cardiff | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Gran | nmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 tamping | punct |
| 5 | tamping | tamp | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Gran | conj |
| 6 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 11 wants | punct |
| 7 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 11 wants | punct |
| 8 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 10 text | det |
| 9 | parcel | parcel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 text | compound |
| 10 | text | text | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 wants | nsubj |
| 11 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 tamping | parataxis |
| 12 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 11 wants | obj |
| 13 | 1.99 | 1.99 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 12 £ | nummod |
| 14 | by | by | ADP | _ | 15 tonight | case |
| 15 | tonight | tonight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 wants | obl |
| 16 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 18 send | cc |
| 17 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 send | nsubj |
| 18 | send | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 wants | conj |
| 19 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 send | obj |
| 20 | back | back | ADV | _ | 18 send | advmod |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 cheek | punct |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 cheek | det |
| 23 | cheek | cheek | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Gran | appos |
| 24 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 23 cheek | punct |
| 25 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 23 cheek | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tamp | gerund | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | want in a quote | present | that parcel text | tonight | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot £=Theme | ||||
| 3 | send back in a quote | present | they | text | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
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 going on?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 going | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 going | aux |
| 3 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 3 going | compound:prt |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 going | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go on | present · progressive | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1
The post office has lost her parcel by mistake
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 office | det |
| 2 | post | post | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 office | compound |
| 3 | office | office | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 lost | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 lost | aux |
| 5 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 parcel | nmod:poss |
| 7 | parcel | parcel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 lost | obj |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 mistake | case |
| 9 | mistake | mistake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 lost | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | present · perfect · passive | mistake | the post office | tree rules |
Option 2
A free gift that she must pay for quickly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 gift | det |
| 2 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 gift | amod |
| 3 | gift | gift | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 pay | nsubj |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 pay | nsubj |
| 6 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 pay | aux |
| 7 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 gift | acl:relcl |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 quickly | case |
| 9 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 7 pay | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay | must | a free gift | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for quickly=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A scam using a rush to get her card details
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 scam | det |
| 2 | scam | scam | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | using | use | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 scam | acl |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 rush | det |
| 5 | rush | rush | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 using | obj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 get | mark |
| 7 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 using | advcl |
| 8 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 details | nmod:poss |
| 9 | card | card | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 details | compound |
| 10 | details | detail | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 get | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | gerund | a scam not said here | a rush | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rush=Patient | ||||
| 2 | get | to-infinitive | a scam not said here | her card details | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer detail=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | detail | her = she | nom detail «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
A real delivery firm being rude to her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 firm | det |
| 2 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 firm | amod |
| 3 | delivery | delivery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 firm | compound |
| 4 | firm | firm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 rude | nsubj |
| 5 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 rude | cop |
| 6 | rude | rude | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 her | case |
| 8 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 rude | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | gerund | a real delivery firm | her = she | rude property | tree rules |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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