Test 2 · ★★★ · Olympiad: real languages and codes
A cartoon says Turkish "kitap" becomes "kitapler". Fix it.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cartoon, Turkish, you · What happens: say, become, fix · To what, where: kitapler · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 59 «Olympiad: real languages and codes» 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: A cartoon says Turkish "kitap" becomes "kitapler".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 cartoon | det |
| 2 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | Turkish | Turkish | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 becomes | nsubj |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 kitap | punct |
| 6 | kitap | kitap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 Turkish | appos |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 kitap | punct |
| 8 | becomes | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | ccomp |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 kitapler | punct |
| 10 | kitapler | kitapler | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 becomes | xcomp |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 kitapler | punct |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a cartoon | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | become | present | Turkish | kitapler | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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: Fix it.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fix | fix | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Fix | obj |
| 3 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Fix | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fix | imperative | you not said here | kitapler | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
It should simply add an -s to make kitaps
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 add | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 add | aux |
| 3 | simply | simply | ADV | _ | 4 add | advmod |
| 4 | add | add | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 -s | det |
| 6 | -s | -s | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 add | obj |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 make | mark |
| 8 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 add | advcl |
| 9 | kitaps | kitap | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 make | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | add speech: assert | should | It | a -s | simply property | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent -s=Patient | |||
| 2 | make | to-infinitive | kitaps | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset kitap=Product |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Its last vowel is a, so it takes -lar: kitaplar
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 vowel | nmod:poss |
| 2 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 vowel | amod |
| 3 | vowel | vowel | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 a | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 vowel | appos |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 takes | punct |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 takes | advmod |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 takes | nsubj |
| 9 | takes | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 vowel | parataxis |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 11 lar | punct |
| 11 | lar | lar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 takes | obj |
| 12 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 13 kitaplar | punct |
| 13 | kitaplar | kitaplar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 lar | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | present | it | lar and kitaplar | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lar=Theme |
Option 3
It should be doubled to make kitap-kitap
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 doubled | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 doubled | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 doubled | aux:pass |
| 4 | doubled | double | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 make | mark |
| 6 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 doubled | advcl |
| 7 | kitap | kitap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 kitap | compound |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 kitap | punct |
| 9 | kitap | kitap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 make | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | double | should · passive | It | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 2 | make | to-infinitive | kitap kitap | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset kitap=Product |
Option 4
Kitapler is right, as -ler goes on every word
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kitapler | Kitapler | PROPN | Number=Sing | 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 | _ | 8 goes | punct |
| 5 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 8 goes | mark |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 as | punct |
| 7 | ler | ler | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 goes | nsubj |
| 8 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | conj |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 word | case |
| 10 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 word | det |
| 11 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 goes | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Kitapler | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | go | present | ler | every word | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on word=Location |
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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