Test 9 · Show day: the exhibition, the concert and the big arts quiz
A Florence kid says, "Nah, Italy, bestie" ("bestie" means best friend) about ballet. What is the fullest answer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Florence kid, Italy, fullest answer · What happens: say, mean, be · To what, where: best friend · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 of lesson 40 «Show day: the exhibition, the concert and the big arts quiz» 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: A Florence kid says, "Nah, Italy, bestie" ("bestie" means best friend) about ballet.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 kid | det |
| 2 | Florence | florence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 kid | compound |
| 3 | kid | kid | 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 | _ | 9 Italy | punct |
| 7 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 9 Italy | discourse |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 Italy | punct |
| 9 | Italy | Italy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 means | nsubj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 bestie | punct |
| 11 | bestie | bestie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 Italy | conj |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 bestie | punct |
| 13 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 15 bestie | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 bestie | punct |
| 15 | bestie | bestie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 bestie | appos |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 bestie | punct |
| 17 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 says | parataxis |
| 18 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 19 friend | amod |
| 19 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 means | obj |
| 20 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 19 friend | punct |
| 21 | about | about | ADP | _ | 22 ballet | case |
| 22 | ballet | ballet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 means | obl |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a Florence kid | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | mean | present | Italy and bestie | best friend | about ballet | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Topic |
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 the fullest answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 answer | det |
| 4 | fullest | full | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 answer | amod |
| 5 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the fullest answer | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Italy and France are both part of ballet's history
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy | Italy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 part | nsubj |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 France | cc |
| 3 | France | France | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Italy | conj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 part | cop |
| 5 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 part | det |
| 6 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 history | case |
| 8 | ballet | ballet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 history | nmod:poss |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 ballet | case |
| 10 | history | history | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 part | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Italy and France | both part | of ballet's history | tree rules |
Option 2
Only France matters, Italy never danced
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 3 matters | advmod |
| 2 | France | France | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 matters | nsubj |
| 3 | matters | matter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 matters | punct |
| 5 | Italy | Italy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 danced | nsubj |
| 6 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 7 danced | advmod |
| 7 | danced | dance | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 matters | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | matter | present | France | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | not dance | past | Italy | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Only Italy matters, France copied it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 3 matters | advmod |
| 2 | Italy | Italy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 matters | nsubj |
| 3 | matters | matter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 copied | advcl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 matters | punct |
| 5 | France | France | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 copied | nsubj |
| 6 | copied | copy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 copied | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | matter | present | Italy | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | copy | past | France | it | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 4
Ballet was invented in America and only later brought over to Europe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ballet | ballet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 invented | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 invented | aux:pass |
| 3 | invented | invent | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 America | case |
| 5 | America | America | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 invented | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 brought | cc |
| 7 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 later | advmod |
| 8 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 9 brought | advmod |
| 9 | brought | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 invented | conj |
| 10 | over | over | ADV | _ | 9 brought | advmod |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 Europe | case |
| 12 | Europe | Europe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 brought | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | invent | past · passive | Ballet | America | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result | ||||
| 2 | bring over | past | Europe | late, over property | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to europe=Destination |
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