Test 11 · ★ · Debating and discussion
Before a vote, 12 children are for the motion and 8 against. After a better reason, 3 switch from for to against. How many are for now?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: 12 children · What happens: be
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 49 «Debating and discussion» of the English 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: Before a vote, 12 children are for the motion and 8 against.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Before | before | ADP | _ | 3 vote | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 vote | det |
| 3 | vote | vote | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 motion | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 vote | punct |
| 5 | 12 | 12 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 children | nummod |
| 6 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 motion | nsubj |
| 7 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 motion | cop |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 motion | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 motion | det |
| 10 | motion | motion | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 8 | cc |
| 12 | 8 | 8 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 10 motion | appos |
| 13 | against | against | ADP | _ | 12 8 | case |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 motion | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | 12 children | before a vote | for the motion | 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: After a better reason, 3 switch from for to against.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | After | after | ADP | _ | 4 reason | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 reason | det |
| 3 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 reason | amod |
| 4 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 switch | punct |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 switch | nummod |
| 7 | switch | switch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 reason | conj |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 switch | nmod |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 switch | case |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 for | fixed |
| 11 | against | against | ADP | _ | 9 for | conj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 reason | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: How many are for now?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 2 many | advmod |
| 2 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 many | cop |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 now | case |
| 5 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 2 many | obl |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 many | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | many property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
11
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | 11 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
12
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | 12 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
9
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | 9 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
15
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 | 15 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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