Test 7 · ★★ · Hooves, riding and caring for a horse, plus donkeys and mu…
«pony's 12 hands, that's like 12 of my hands?» What does 12 hands roughly mean?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: that, 12 hands · What happens: be, mean
This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 208 «Hooves, riding and caring for a horse, plus donkeys and mules» of the biology 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: «pony's 12 hands, that's like 12 of my hands?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 hands | punct |
| 2 | pony | pony | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 hands | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 pony | case |
| 4 | 12 | 12 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 hands | nummod |
| 5 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 12 | punct |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 10 12 | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 12 | cop |
| 9 | like | like | ADP | _ | 10 12 | case |
| 10 | 12 | 12 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 hands | appos |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 hands | case |
| 12 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 hands | nmod:poss |
| 13 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 12 | nmod |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 hands | punct |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 hands | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | that | like 12; of my hands | 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 does 12 hands roughly mean?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 mean | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 mean | aux |
| 3 | 12 | 12 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 hands | nummod |
| 4 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 mean | nsubj |
| 5 | roughly | roughly | ADV | _ | 6 mean | advmod |
| 6 | mean | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 mean | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present · do-support | 12 hands | roughly property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1
12 of your hands measured from the ground to the ears
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | 12 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 hands | case |
| 3 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 hands | nmod:poss |
| 4 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 12 | nmod |
| 5 | measured | measure | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 hands | acl |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 ground | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 ground | det |
| 8 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 measured | obl |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 ears | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 ears | det |
| 11 | ears | ear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 measured | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | measure | participle | your hands not said here | the ground | to the ears | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
About 120 centimetres to the top of the shoulders
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | About | about | ADV | _ | 2 120 | advmod |
| 2 | 120 | 120 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 centimetres | nummod |
| 3 | centimetres | centimetre | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 top | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 top | det |
| 6 | top | top | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 centimetres | nmod |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 shoulders | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 shoulders | det |
| 9 | shoulders | shoulder | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 top | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
12 metres tall
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | 12 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 metres | nummod |
| 2 | metres | metre | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 tall | obl:unmarked |
| 3 | tall | tall | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
The pony is 12 years old
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 pony | det |
| 2 | pony | pony | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 old | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 old | cop |
| 4 | 12 | 12 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 years | nummod |
| 5 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 old | obl:unmarked |
| 6 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the pony | year | old property | tree rules |
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