Test 2 · ★★★ · Olympiad: tricky comprehension "Everyone in the class except Sam passed the test. Sam's mum was proud." Why might she be proud?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Everyone, mum, Sam · What happens: pass, be · To what, where: test
This is test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 60 «Olympiad: tricky comprehension» 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: "Everyone in the class except Sam passed the test.
punct nsubj case det nmod case nmod det obj punct root " PUNCT Everyone PRON in ADP the DET class NOUN except ADP Sam PROPN passed VERB the DET test NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 " " PUNCT _ 8 passed punct 2 Everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 8 passed nsubj 3 in in ADP _ 5 class case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 class det 5 class class NOUN Number=Sing 2 Everyone nmod 6 except except ADP _ 7 Sam case 7 Sam Sam PROPN Number=Sing 5 class nmod 8 passed pass VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 test det 10 test test NOUN Number=Sing 8 passed obj 11 . . PUNCT _ 8 passed punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 pass in a quote past Everyone the test vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme test=Trajectory
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: Sam's mum was proud."
nmod:poss case nsubj cop punct punct root Sam PROPN 's PART mum NOUN was AUX proud ADJ . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Sam Sam PROPN Number=Sing 3 mum nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Sam case 3 mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 5 proud nsubj 4 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 proud cop 5 proud proud ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 . . PUNCT _ 5 proud punct 7 " " PUNCT _ 5 proud punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is past Sam's mum proud property tree rules
Sentence 3: Why might she be proud?
advmod aux nsubj cop punct root Why ADV might AUX she PRON be AUX proud ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Why why ADV PronType=Int 5 proud advmod 2 might might AUX VerbForm=Fin 5 proud aux 3 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 proud nsubj 4 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 5 proud cop 5 proud proud ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 5 proud punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is might Sam proud property tree rules
The options Option 1 Because Sam passed with top marks
mark nsubj case amod obl root Because SCONJ Sam PROPN passed VERB with ADP top ADJ marks NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Because because SCONJ _ 3 passed mark 2 Sam Sam PROPN Number=Sing 3 passed nsubj 3 passed pass VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 with with ADP _ 6 marks case 5 top top ADJ Degree=Pos 6 marks amod 6 marks mark NOUN Number=Plur 3 passed obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 pass past Sam with top marks vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer The text doesn't say; maybe he tried hard
det nsubj aux advmod punct advmod nsubj ccomp advmod root The DET text NOUN does AUX n't PART say VERB ; PUNCT maybe ADV he PRON tried VERB hard ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 text det 2 text text NOUN Number=Sing 5 say nsubj 3 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 say aux 4 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 5 say advmod 5 say say VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 ; ; PUNCT _ 9 tried punct 7 maybe maybe ADV _ 9 tried advmod 8 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 tried nsubj 9 tried try VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 say ccomp 10 hard hard ADV Degree=Pos 9 tried advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not say speech: assert present · do-support the text vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 try past text hard, maybe property vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
Option 3 Because Sam came first in the class
mark nsubj advmod case det obl root Because SCONJ Sam PROPN came VERB first ADV in ADP the DET class NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Because because SCONJ _ 3 came mark 2 Sam Sam PROPN Number=Sing 3 came nsubj 3 came come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 first first ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Ord 3 came advmod 5 in in ADP _ 7 class case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 class det 7 class class NOUN Number=Sing 3 came obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 come past Sam the class first property vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in class=Location
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice Because everyone else failed the test
mark nsubj advmod det obj root Because SCONJ everyone PRON else ADV failed VERB the DET test NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Because because SCONJ _ 4 failed mark 2 everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 4 failed nsubj 3 else else ADV _ 2 everyone advmod 4 failed fail VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 test det 6 test test NOUN Number=Sing 4 failed obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 fail past everyone the test vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent test=Eventuality
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