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Test 1 · ★★★ · Olympiad: word puzzles — anagrams, palindromes, word ladders

Kai says FLYTABLE is a word; his sister says, "Nah, that's not a word, bruv." Who is right?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Kai, FLYTABLE, sister, that · What happens: say, be, not be · To what, where: word · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 56 «Olympiad: word puzzles — anagrams, palindromes, word ladders» 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: Kai says FLYTABLE is a word; his sister says, "Nah, that's not a word, bruv."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kai	Kai	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	FLYTABLE	FLYTABLE	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 word	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 word	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 word	det
6	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	ccomp
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 says	punct
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 sister	nmod:poss
9	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 says	nsubj
10	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 says	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 says	punct
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	19 word	punct
13	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	19 word	discourse
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 word	punct
15	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	19 word	nsubj
16	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 word	cop
17	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	19 word	advmod
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 word	det
19	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 says	parataxis
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 bruv	punct
21	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 word	conj
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	19 word	punct
23	"	"	PUNCT	_	19 word	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Kai						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	FLYTABLE	a word					tree rules
3	say speech: assert	present	FLYTABLE's sister						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	not is a in a quote	present	that	a word and bruv					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: Who is right?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	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

Neither: chains don't need real words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Neither	neither	DET	PronType=Neg	3 chains	det
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Neither	punct
3	chains	chain	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 need	nsubj
4	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 need	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 need	advmod
6	need	need	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 words	amod
8	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 need	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not need	present · do-support	neither chains	real words					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot word=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

His sister: it is not a real word

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 sister	nmod:poss
2	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 word	nsubj
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	2 sister	punct
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sister	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 word	cop
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 word	advmod
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 word	det
8	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 word	amod
9	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sister		it						tree rules
2	not is a	present	His sister	a real word					tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Both: it counts as half a word

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	4 counts	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 counts	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 counts	nsubj
4	counts	count	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	as	as	ADP	_	8 word	case
6	half	half	DET	NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind	8 word	det:predet
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 word	det
8	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 counts	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	count	present	Both					as half word	vn masquerade-29.6 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as word=Attribute

Option 4

Kai: any two words joined make a word

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kai	Kai	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 make	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 words	punct
3	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	5 words	det
4	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 words	nummod
5	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 make	nsubj
6	joined	join	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 make	acl
7	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 word	det
9	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 make	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	join	participle							vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	make	infinitive	Kai	a word					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Product

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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