Test 6 · ★★★ · Olympiad: claims, clues and tricky messages ★★★
A voice exactly like Mum's calls, asks for the card code and says "don't tell Dad". Which detail is the biggest warning sign?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: voice, Mum, detail · What happens: ask, say, not tell, call, be · To what, where: Dad, biggest warning sign · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★★★ of lesson 32 «Olympiad: claims, clues and tricky messages ★★★» 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: A voice exactly like Mum's calls, asks for the card code and says "don't tell Dad".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 voice | det |
| 2 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 asks | nsubj |
| 3 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 7 calls | advmod |
| 4 | like | like | ADP | _ | 7 calls | case |
| 5 | Mum | Mum | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 calls | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 Mum | case |
| 7 | calls | call | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 voice | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 voice | punct |
| 9 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 code | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 code | det |
| 12 | card | card | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 code | compound |
| 13 | code | code | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 asks | obl |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 says | cc |
| 15 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 asks | conj |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 tell | punct |
| 17 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 19 tell | aux |
| 18 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 19 tell | advmod |
| 19 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 says | ccomp |
| 20 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 tell | obj |
| 21 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 tell | punct |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 asks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | a voice like Mum's calls | for the card code | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | a voice like Mum's calls not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | not tell speech: assert in a quote | infinitive · do-support | Dad | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dad=Recipient | |||||
| 4 | call | Mum | nom call «communication transitive»: poss=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: Which detail is the biggest warning sign?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 detail | det |
| 2 | detail | detail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sign | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 sign | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 sign | det |
| 5 | biggest | big | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 7 sign | amod |
| 6 | warning | warning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sign | compound |
| 7 | sign | sign | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 sign | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | which detail | the biggest warning sign | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The voice sounds exactly like Mum's
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 voice | det |
| 2 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sounds | nsubj |
| 3 | sounds | sound | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 3 sounds | advmod |
| 5 | like | like | ADP | _ | 6 Mum | case |
| 6 | Mum | Mum | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 sounds | obl |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 Mum | case |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sound | present | the voice | like Mum; exactly property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 2
She said "love" at the end of the call
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 said | nsubj |
| 2 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 love | punct |
| 4 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 said | obj |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 love | punct |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 end | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 end | det |
| 8 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 said | obl |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 call | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 call | det |
| 11 | call | call | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 end | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | She | love | at the end of the call | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent love=Topic |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Being asked to keep it secret from Dad
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 asked | aux:pass |
| 2 | asked | ask | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 keep | mark |
| 4 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 asked | xcomp |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 keep | obj |
| 6 | secret | secret | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 keep | xcomp |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 Dad | case |
| 8 | Dad | Dad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 keep | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | gerund · passive | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S_INF»: clause=Topic | ||||||
| 2 | keep not said to happen | to-infinitive | it | from Dad; secret property | vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer it=Beneficiary from dad=Eventuality |
Option 4
The call came in the afternoon
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 call | det |
| 2 | call | call | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 came | nsubj |
| 3 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 afternoon | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 afternoon | det |
| 6 | afternoon | afternoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 came | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | the call | afternoon | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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