Test 8 · ★★★ · Olympiad: picture puzzles, colours, dates and myths ★★★
The art teacher looks at Kai's photo with the horizon dead in the middle and says, "Hmm, not ideal." What does she really mean?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: art teacher, teacher · What happens: look, say, mean · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★★★ 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: The art teacher looks at Kai's photo with the horizon dead in the middle and says, "Hmm, not ideal."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 teacher | det |
| 2 | art | art | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 teacher | compound |
| 3 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 looks | nsubj |
| 4 | looks | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 photo | case |
| 6 | Kai | Kai | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 photo | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 Kai | case |
| 8 | photo | photo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 looks | obl |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 horizon | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 horizon | det |
| 11 | horizon | horizon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 looks | obl |
| 12 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 looks | xcomp |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 middle | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 middle | det |
| 15 | middle | middle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 dead | obl |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 says | cc |
| 17 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 looks | conj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 says | punct |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 23 ideal | punct |
| 20 | Hmm | hmm | INTJ | _ | 23 ideal | discourse |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 ideal | punct |
| 22 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 23 ideal | advmod |
| 23 | ideal | ideal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 says | ccomp |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 23 ideal | punct |
| 25 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 23 ideal | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | present | the art teacher | with the horizon; at Kai's photo; dead property | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at photo=Theme | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | the art teacher not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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: What does she really mean?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 mean | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 mean | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 mean | nsubj |
| 4 | really | really | ADV | _ | 5 mean | advmod |
| 5 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 mean | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present · do-support | teacher | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1
The horizon should go right at the very top edge
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 horizon | det |
| 2 | horizon | horizon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 go | nsubj |
| 3 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 go | aux |
| 4 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | right | right | ADV | _ | 4 go | advmod |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 edge | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 edge | det |
| 8 | very | very | ADV | _ | 9 top | advmod |
| 9 | top | top | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 edge | amod |
| 10 | edge | edge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 go | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | should | the horizon | the top edge | right property | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at edge=Location |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
The photo is so bad that it must be deleted at once
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 photo | det |
| 2 | photo | photo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bad | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 bad | cop |
| 4 | so | so | ADV | _ | 5 bad | advmod |
| 5 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 10 deleted | mark |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 deleted | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 deleted | aux |
| 9 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 10 deleted | aux:pass |
| 10 | deleted | delete | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 bad | advcl |
| 11 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 once | case |
| 12 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 10 deleted | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the photo | bad property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | delete | must · passive | photo | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Move the horizon onto a third line
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Move | move | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 horizon | det |
| 3 | horizon | horizon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Move | obj |
| 4 | onto | onto | ADP | _ | 7 line | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 line | det |
| 6 | third | third | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 7 line | amod |
| 7 | line | line | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Move | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move | imperative | you not said here | the horizon | a third line | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent horizon=Theme onto line=Trajectory |
Option 4
The photo is perfect, leave it exactly as it is
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 photo | det |
| 2 | photo | photo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 perfect | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 perfect | cop |
| 4 | perfect | perfect | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 leave | punct |
| 6 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 perfect | parataxis |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 leave | obj |
| 8 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 6 leave | advmod |
| 9 | as | as | ADP | _ | 10 it | case |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 exactly | obl |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 perfect | cop |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the photo | perfect property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | leave | infinitive | photo | exactly property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
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