Test 4 · ★★ · Famous paintings and the stories behind them
Aoife's friend says, "It's just a wave, innit." What is closer to what experts say?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, experts · What happens: say, be · To what, where: wave · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 15 «Famous paintings and the stories behind them» of the arts 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: Aoife's friend says, "It's just a wave, innit."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aoife | Aoife | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 friend | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Aoife | case |
| 3 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 wave | punct |
| 7 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 wave | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 wave | cop |
| 9 | just | just | ADV | _ | 11 wave | advmod |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 wave | det |
| 11 | wave | wave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | ccomp |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 innit | punct |
| 13 | innit | innit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 wave | conj |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 wave | punct |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 wave | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Aoife's friend | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | friend | a wave and innit | 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 is closer to what experts say?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 closer | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 closer | cop |
| 3 | closer | close | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 what | case |
| 5 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 say | obj |
| 6 | experts | expert | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 say | nsubj |
| 7 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 closer | acl:relcl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 closer | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | close property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | experts | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A huge storm wave at sea, with Mount Fuji behind
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 wave | det |
| 2 | huge | huge | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 wave | amod |
| 3 | storm | storm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wave | compound |
| 4 | wave | wave | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 sea | case |
| 6 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wave | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 Fuji | punct |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 Fuji | case |
| 9 | Mount | Mount | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 Fuji | compound |
| 10 | Fuji | Fuji | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 wave | appos |
| 11 | behind | behind | ADV | _ | 4 wave | advmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
A tsunami hitting a city full of people
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 tsunami | det |
| 2 | tsunami | tsunami | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | hitting | hit | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 tsunami | acl |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 city | det |
| 5 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hitting | obj |
| 6 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 hitting | xcomp |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 people | case |
| 8 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 full | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hit | gerund | a tsunami not said here | a city | full property | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme city=Co-Theme |
Option 3
A wave in a swimming pool with a mountain painted behind
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 wave | det |
| 2 | wave | wave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 painted | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 pool | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 pool | det |
| 5 | swimming | swimming | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 pool | compound |
| 6 | pool | pool | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wave | nmod |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 mountain | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 mountain | det |
| 9 | mountain | mountain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wave | nmod |
| 10 | painted | paint | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 11 | behind | behind | ADV | _ | 10 painted | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | paint | participle · passive | a wave in a swimming pool with a mountain | behind property | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination |
Option 4
A tiny ripple in a pond
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 ripple | det |
| 2 | tiny | tiny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 ripple | amod |
| 3 | ripple | ripple | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 pond | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 pond | det |
| 6 | pond | pond | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ripple | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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