Test 8 · ★★ · Counting to 100 and lucky numbers
In a game, a kid writes «88» before logging off. What did he say?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: kid · What happens: write, log off, say · To what, where: 88, game · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 7 «Counting to 100 and lucky numbers» of the Chinese street 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: In a game, a kid writes «88» before logging off.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 game | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 game | det |
| 3 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 writes | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 game | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 kid | det |
| 6 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 writes | nsubj |
| 7 | writes | write | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 9 88 | punct |
| 9 | 88 | 88 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 writes | obj |
| 10 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 9 88 | punct |
| 11 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 12 logging | mark |
| 12 | logging | log | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 writes | advcl |
| 13 | off | off | ADP | _ | 12 logging | compound:prt |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 writes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | present | a kid | 88 | a game | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent 88=Theme in game=Destination | |||
| 2 | log off | gerund | a kid not said here | vn berry-13.7 «NP V»: 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 did he say?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 say | obj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 say | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 say | nsubj |
| 4 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past · do-support | kid | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1
I'm rich
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 rich | nsubj |
| 2 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 rich | cop |
| 3 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | I | rich property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Bye-bye
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bye | bye | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 bye | compound |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 1 Bye | punct |
| 3 | bye | bye | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
I won 88 times
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 won | nsubj |
| 2 | won | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | 88 | 88 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 times | nummod |
| 4 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 won | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | win | past | I | time | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
I'm 88
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 88 | nsubj |
| 2 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 88 | cop |
| 3 | 88 | 88 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | I | 88 | tree rules |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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