Test 11 · ★★★ · Olympiad: picture puzzles, colours, dates and myths ★★★
An Aussie kid says Van Gogh painted heaps ("heaps" means lots) of sunflowers in 1888 and 1889. Were they all fresh?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Aussie kid, Van, heaps · What happens: say, paint, mean, be · To what, where: heaps, lots · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 42 «Olympiad: picture puzzles, colours, dates and myths ★★★» 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: An Aussie kid says Van Gogh painted heaps ("heaps" means lots) of sunflowers in 1888 and 1889.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 kid | det |
| 2 | Aussie | aussie | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 kid | amod |
| 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 | Van | Van | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 painted | nsubj |
| 6 | Gogh | Gogh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Van | flat |
| 7 | painted | paint | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 says | ccomp |
| 8 | heaps | heap | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 painted | obj |
| 9 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 13 means | punct |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 heaps | punct |
| 11 | heaps | heap | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 means | nsubj |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 heaps | punct |
| 13 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 painted | parataxis |
| 14 | lots | lot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 means | obj |
| 15 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 14 lots | punct |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 sunflowers | case |
| 17 | sunflowers | sunflower | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 lots | nmod |
| 18 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 1888 | case |
| 19 | 1888 | 1888 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 17 sunflowers | nmod |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 1889 | cc |
| 21 | 1889 | 1889 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 19 1888 | conj |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a Aussie kid | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | paint | past | Van | heaps | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent heap=Destination | ||||
| 3 | mean | present | heaps | lots of sunflowers in 1888 | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=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: Were they all fresh?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 fresh | cop |
| 2 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 fresh | nsubj |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 fresh | det |
| 4 | fresh | fresh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 fresh | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | heaps = heap | fresh property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
No, they go from fresh to wilting
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 go | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 go | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 go | nsubj |
| 4 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 fresh | case |
| 6 | fresh | fresh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 go | obl |
| 7 | to | to | SCONJ | _ | 8 wilting | mark |
| 8 | wilting | wilt | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 go | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | they | fresh | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme from fresh=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | wilt | gerund | they not said here | vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 2
No, they were all dead, dried flowers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 dead | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 dead | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 dead | nsubj |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 dead | cop |
| 5 | all | all | ADV | _ | 6 dead | advmod |
| 6 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 dried | compound |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 dead | punct |
| 8 | dried | dry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 flowers | amod |
| 9 | flowers | flower | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | they | all, dead property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | dry | participle | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, he only painted plastic sunflowers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 painted | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 painted | nsubj |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 painted | advmod |
| 5 | painted | paint | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | plastic | plastic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 sunflowers | amod |
| 7 | sunflowers | sunflower | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 painted | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | paint | past | he | plastic sunflowers | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent sunflower=Destination |
Option 4
Yes, every one is a fresh, open flower
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 10 flower | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 one | det |
| 4 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 flower | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 flower | cop |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 flower | det |
| 7 | fresh | fresh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 flower | amod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 fresh | punct |
| 9 | open | open | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 flower | amod |
| 10 | flower | flower | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | every one | a fresh open flower | tree rules |
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