Test 6 · ★★★ · Olympiad: riddles, lipograms and hidden words Tyler, rough: "Riddles are stupid, a piano's got no keys, it's got buttons, you muppet." ("Muppet" means fool.) Who is right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Riddles, piano, you, Muppet · What happens: be, get, muppet, mean · To what, where: keys, buttons, fool
This is test 6 · ★★★ of lesson 57 «Olympiad: riddles, lipograms and hidden words» 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: Tyler, rough: "Riddles are stupid, a piano's got no keys, it's got buttons, you muppet."
nsubj punct punct punct nsubj cop parataxis punct det nsubj aux parataxis det obj punct nsubj aux parataxis obj punct nsubj obl punct punct root Tyler PROPN , PUNCT rough ADJ : PUNCT " PUNCT Riddles NOUN are AUX stupid ADJ , PUNCT a DET piano NOUN 's AUX got VERB no DET keys NOUN , PUNCT it PRON 's AUX got VERB buttons NOUN , PUNCT you PRON muppet NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Tyler Tyler PROPN Number=Sing 3 rough nsubj 2 , , PUNCT _ 3 rough punct 3 rough rough ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 : : PUNCT _ 8 stupid punct 5 " " PUNCT _ 8 stupid punct 6 Riddles riddle NOUN Number=Plur 8 stupid nsubj 7 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 stupid cop 8 stupid stupid ADJ Degree=Pos 3 rough parataxis 9 , , PUNCT _ 13 got punct 10 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 piano det 11 piano piano NOUN Number=Sing 13 got nsubj 12 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 13 got aux 13 got get VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part 8 stupid parataxis 14 no no DET PronType=Neg 15 keys det 15 keys key NOUN Number=Plur 13 got obj 16 , , PUNCT _ 19 got punct 17 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 19 got nsubj 18 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 19 got aux 19 got get VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part 3 rough parataxis 20 buttons button NOUN Number=Plur 19 got obj 21 , , PUNCT _ 23 muppet punct 22 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 23 muppet nsubj 23 muppet muppet NOUN Number=Sing 3 rough obl 24 . . PUNCT _ 3 rough punct 25 " " PUNCT _ 3 rough punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is in a quote present Riddles stupid property tree rules 2 get in a quote present · passive a piano no keys vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer key=Stimulus 3 get in a quote present · passive piano buttons vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer button=Stimulus 4 muppet in a quote you 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: ("Muppet" means fool.)
punct punct nsubj punct obj punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Muppet NOUN " PUNCT means VERB fool NOUN . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Muppet punct 3 Muppet muppet NOUN Number=Sing 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Muppet punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 fool fool NOUN Number=Sing 5 means obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct 8 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Muppet fool vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fool=Topic
Sentence 3: Who is right?
nsubj cop punct root Who PRON is AUX right ADJ ? PUNCT 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 · ← Mova's choice Nobody, since pianos have locks and keys
nsubj punct mark nsubj obj cc conj root Nobody PRON , PUNCT since SCONJ pianos NOUN have VERB locks NOUN and CCONJ keys NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Nobody nobody PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 5 have nsubj 2 , , PUNCT _ 5 have punct 3 since since SCONJ _ 5 have mark 4 pianos piano NOUN Number=Plur 5 have nsubj 5 have have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 locks lock NOUN Number=Plur 5 have obj 7 and and CCONJ _ 8 keys cc 8 keys key NOUN Number=Plur 6 locks conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 have present Nobody locks and keys vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lock=Patient
Option 2 Both, since keys and buttons are one thing
nsubj punct case nmod cc conj cop nummod root Both DET , PUNCT since ADP keys NOUN and CCONJ buttons NOUN are AUX one NUM thing NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Both both DET PronType=Tot 9 thing nsubj 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Both punct 3 since since ADP _ 4 keys case 4 keys key NOUN Number=Plur 1 Both nmod 5 and and CCONJ _ 6 buttons cc 6 buttons button NOUN Number=Plur 4 keys conj 7 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 thing cop 8 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 9 thing nummod 9 thing thing NOUN Number=Sing root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present Both one thing tree rules
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer The riddle: a piano's keys really are keys
det punct det nmod:poss case conj advmod cop nmod root The DET riddle NOUN : PUNCT a DET piano NOUN 's PART keys NOUN really ADV are AUX keys NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 riddle det 2 riddle riddle NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 : : PUNCT _ 7 keys punct 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 piano det 5 piano piano NOUN Number=Sing 7 keys nmod:poss 6 's 's PART _ 5 piano case 7 keys key NOUN Number=Plur 2 riddle conj 8 really really ADV _ 10 keys advmod 9 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 keys cop 10 keys key NOUN Number=Plur 7 keys nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present keys tree rules
Option 4 Tyler: piano keys are really buttons
punct compound nsubj cop advmod conj root Tyler NOUN : PUNCT piano NOUN keys NOUN are AUX really ADV buttons NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Tyler tyler NOUN Number=Sing root root 2 : : PUNCT _ 7 buttons punct 3 piano piano NOUN Number=Sing 4 keys compound 4 keys key NOUN Number=Plur 7 buttons nsubj 5 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 buttons cop 6 really really ADV _ 7 buttons advmod 7 buttons button NOUN Number=Plur 1 Tyler conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present piano keys buttons tree rules
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