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Test 6 · ★★★ · Olympiad: real languages and codes

Grandad from Glasgow, dry: "Kalikimaka? Sounds like some wee eejit misheard it." What is true?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: wee eejit · What happens: sound, mishear, be · To what, where: it

This is test 6 · ★★★ 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: Grandad from Glasgow, dry: "Kalikimaka?

nsubjcasenmodpunctpunctpunctoblpunctrootGrandadPROPNfromADPGlasgowPROPN,PUNCTdryADJ:PUNCT"PUNCTKalikimakaPROPN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1GrandadGrandadPROPNNumber=Sing5 drynsubj
2fromfromADP_3 Glasgowcase
3GlasgowGlasgowPROPNNumber=Sing1 Grandadnmod
4,,PUNCT_5 drypunct
5drydryADJDegree=Posrootroot
6::PUNCT_8 Kalikimakapunct
7""PUNCT_8 Kalikimakapunct
8KalikimakaKalikimakaPROPNNumber=Sing5 dryobl
9??PUNCT_5 drypunct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 2: Sounds like some wee eejit misheard it."

markdetamodnsubjadvclobjpunctpunctrootSoundsVERBlikeSCONJsomeDETweeADJeejitNOUNmisheardVERBitPRON.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SoundssoundVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
2likelikeSCONJ_6 misheardmark
3somesomeDETPronType=Ind5 eejitdet
4weeweeADJDegree=Pos5 eejitamod
5eejiteejitNOUNNumber=Sing6 misheardnsubj
6misheardmishearVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin1 Soundsadvcl
7ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 misheardobj
8..PUNCT_1 Soundspunct
9""PUNCT_1 Soundspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1soundpresentvn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2mishearpastsome wee eejitittree rules

Sentence 3: What is true?

nsubjcoppunctrootWhatPRONisAUXtrueADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int3 truensubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 truecop
3truetrueADJDegree=Posrootroot
4??PUNCT_3 truepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresenttrue propertytree rules

The options

Option 1

He's right: it was simply misheard

nsubjcoppunctnsubj:passaux:passadvmodconjrootHePRON'sAUXrightADJ:PUNCTitPRONwasAUXsimplyADVmisheardVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 rightnsubj
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 rightcop
3rightrightADJDegree=Posrootroot
4::PUNCT_8 misheardpunct
5ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs8 misheardnsubj:pass
6wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 misheardaux:pass
7simplysimplyADV_8 misheardadvmod
8misheardmishearVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass3 rightconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentHeright propertytree rules
2mishearpast · passiveitsimply propertytree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

It is really an Esperanto word

nsubjcopadvmoddetcompoundrootItPRONisAUXreallyADVanDETEsperantoPROPNwordNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 wordnsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 wordcop
3reallyreallyADV_6 wordadvmod
4anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art6 worddet
5EsperantoEsperantoPROPNNumber=Sing6 wordcompound
6wordwordNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentIta Esperanto wordtree rules

Option 3

It is really a Japanese word

nsubjcopadvmoddetamodrootItPRONisAUXreallyADVaDETJapaneseADJwordNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 wordnsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 wordcop
3reallyreallyADV_6 wordadvmod
4aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art6 worddet
5JapaneseJapaneseADJDegree=Pos6 wordamod
6wordwordNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentIta Japanese wordtree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It follows Hawaiian's sound rules

nsubjnmod:posscasecompoundobjrootItPRONfollowsVERBHawaiianPROPN'sPARTsoundNOUNrulesNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 followsnsubj
2followsfollowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3HawaiianHawaiianPROPNNumber=Sing6 rulesnmod:poss
4's'sPART_3 Hawaiiancase
5soundsoundNOUNNumber=Sing6 rulescompound
6rulesruleNOUNNumber=Plur2 followsobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1followpresentItHawaiian's sound rulesvn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Theme
2ruleHawaiiannom rule «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent

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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