Test 9 · Cars, doctors, scientists and translators
The quiz says the capital of France is Rome. What can a pupil politely do?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: quiz, capital, pupil · What happens: say, be, do · To what, where: Rome · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 of lesson 18 «Cars, doctors, scientists and translators» of the AI 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: The quiz says the capital of France is Rome.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 quiz | det |
| 2 | quiz | quiz | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 capital | det |
| 5 | capital | capital | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 Rome | nsubj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 France | case |
| 7 | France | France | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 capital | nmod |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 Rome | cop |
| 9 | Rome | Rome | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 says | ccomp |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | the quiz | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | the capital of France | Rome | 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: What can a pupil politely do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 do | obj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 do | aux |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 pupil | det |
| 4 | pupil | pupil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 do | nsubj |
| 5 | politely | politely | ADV | _ | 6 do | advmod |
| 6 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | can | a pupil | politely property | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
Stay quiet so nobody gets embarrassed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | quiet | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Stay | xcomp |
| 3 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 5 gets | mark |
| 4 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 5 gets | nsubj |
| 5 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Stay | advcl |
| 6 | embarrassed | embarrassed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 gets | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | imperative | you not said here | quiet property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | get | present | nobody | embarrassed property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Write Rome, because the quiz says so
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Write | write | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | Rome | Rome | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Write | obj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 says | punct |
| 4 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 7 says | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 quiz | det |
| 6 | quiz | quiz | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 says | nsubj |
| 7 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Write | parataxis |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 says | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | imperative | you not said here | Rome | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rome=Theme | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | the quiz | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Say, "I think this answer is wrong"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 think | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 think | punct |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 think | nsubj |
| 5 | think | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Say | ccomp |
| 6 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 7 answer | det |
| 7 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 wrong | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 wrong | cop |
| 9 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 think | ccomp |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 think | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | think speech: other in a quote | present | I | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | this answer | wrong property | tree rules |
Option 4
Skip all the other questions too
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Skip | skip | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 questions | det:predet |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 questions | det |
| 4 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 questions | amod |
| 5 | questions | question | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Skip | obj |
| 6 | too | too | ADV | _ | 1 Skip | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | skip | imperative | you not said here | all other questions | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent question=Agent |
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