Test 1 · ★ · Bones by name: the skull, jaw, spine and ribs
«my uncle says men have one less rib cos of an old story, true?» What is right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: uncle, men · What happens: say, have, be · To what, where: one less rib cos · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 357 «Bones by name: the skull, jaw, spine and ribs» 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: «my uncle says men have one less rib cos of an old story, true?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| 2 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 uncle | nmod:poss |
| 3 | uncle | uncle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 have | nsubj |
| 6 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 says | ccomp |
| 7 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 cos | nummod |
| 8 | less | less | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 10 cos | amod |
| 9 | rib | rib | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 cos | compound |
| 10 | cos | cos | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 have | obj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 story | case |
| 12 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 story | det |
| 13 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 story | amod |
| 14 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 cos | nmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 true | punct |
| 16 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 story | amod |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| 18 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: ask in a quote | present | my uncle | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | have in a quote | present | men | one less rib cos of a old story | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cos=Patient |
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 right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, men have 23 ribs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 have | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 have | nsubj |
| 4 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | 23 | 23 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 ribs | nummod |
| 6 | ribs | rib | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 have | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | men | 23 ribs | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rib=Patient |
Option 2
No, women have one less
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 have | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | women | woman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 have | nsubj |
| 4 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 have | obj |
| 6 | less | less | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 one | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | women | one | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
No, men and women both have 24 ribs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 men | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 have | nsubj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 women | cc |
| 5 | women | woman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 men | conj |
| 6 | both | both | ADV | _ | 7 have | advmod |
| 7 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | 24 | 24 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 9 ribs | nummod |
| 9 | ribs | rib | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 have | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | men and women | 24 ribs | both property | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rib=Patient |
Option 4
Yes, but only some men
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 men | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 men | cc |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 men | advmod |
| 5 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 6 men | det |
| 6 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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