Test 9 · ★★★ · Olympiad: what is really going on ★★★
Headline: «Prince in SHOCK snub!» The story says he «appeared not to wave» at one person. What do we really know?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: story, we · What happens: say, appear, not wave, know · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★★★ 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: Headline: «Prince in SHOCK snub!»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Headline | headline | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 snub | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 Prince | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 Prince | punct |
| 4 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 snub | compound |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 SHOCK | case |
| 6 | SHOCK | shock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 snub | compound |
| 7 | snub | snub | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 7 snub | punct |
| 9 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 7 snub | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: The story says he «appeared not to wave» at one person.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 story | det |
| 2 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 appeared | nsubj |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 appeared | punct |
| 6 | appeared | appear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | ccomp |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 wave | advmod |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 wave | mark |
| 9 | wave | wave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 appeared | xcomp |
| 10 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 9 wave | punct |
| 11 | at | at | ADP | _ | 13 person | case |
| 12 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 13 person | nummod |
| 13 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 wave | obl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | the story | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | appear in a quote | past | story | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | |||||
| 3 | not wave in a quote | to-infinitive | story not said here | at one person | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at person=Location |
Sentence 3: What do we really know?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 know | aux |
| 3 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 know | nsubj |
| 4 | really | really | ADV | _ | 5 know | advmod |
| 5 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | acl:relcl |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | present · do-support | we | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
The options
Option 1
He was rude on purpose to the whole crowd
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 | 3 rude | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 rude | cop |
| 3 | rude | rude | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 purpose | case |
| 5 | purpose | purpose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 rude | obl |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 crowd | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 crowd | det |
| 8 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 crowd | amod |
| 9 | crowd | crowd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 rude | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | He | purpose | to the whole crowd; rude property | tree rules |
Option 2
He refused to meet the person ever again
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 | 2 refused | nsubj |
| 2 | refused | refuse | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 meet | mark |
| 4 | meet | meet | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 refused | xcomp |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 person | det |
| 6 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 meet | obj |
| 7 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 4 meet | advmod |
| 8 | again | again | ADV | _ | 4 meet | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | refuse | past | He | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | not meet | to-infinitive | He not said here | the person | ever; again | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Co-Agent |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
He hates that person and said so
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 | 2 hates | nsubj |
| 2 | hates | hate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 4 person | mark |
| 4 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 hates | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 said | cc |
| 6 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 hates | conj |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 said | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hate | present | He | person | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer person=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | He not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
In one photo he seems not to wave
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 photo | case |
| 2 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 photo | nummod |
| 3 | photo | photo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 seems | obl |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 seems | nsubj |
| 5 | seems | seem | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 wave | advmod |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 wave | mark |
| 8 | wave | wave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 seems | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | seem | present | he | one photo | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | ||||
| 2 | not wave | to-infinitive | he not said here | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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