Test 11 · ★★★ · Olympiad: reading between the lines ★★★
Odd one out in an advert: "pre-loved bike", "needs some TLC", "compact frame", "brand-new tyres".
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: need · To what, where: TLC
This is test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 42 «Olympiad: reading between the lines ★★★» of the euphemisms 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Odd | odd | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 one | amod |
| 2 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 advert | nsubj |
| 3 | out | out | ADV | _ | 6 advert | advmod |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 advert | case |
| 5 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 advert | det |
| 6 | advert | advert | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 bike | punct |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 bike | punct |
| 9 | pre-loved | pre-loved | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 bike | amod |
| 10 | bike | bike | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 advert | appos |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 bike | punct |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 needs | punct |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 needs | punct |
| 14 | needs | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 advert | parataxis |
| 15 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 16 TLC | det |
| 16 | TLC | tlc | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 needs | obj |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 TLC | punct |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 frame | punct |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 21 frame | punct |
| 20 | compact | compact | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 frame | amod |
| 21 | frame | frame | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 needs | obl |
| 22 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 21 frame | punct |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 tyres | punct |
| 24 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 28 tyres | punct |
| 25 | brand | brand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 tyres | compound |
| 26 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 25 brand | punct |
| 27 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 tyres | amod |
| 28 | tyres | tyre | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 needs | parataxis |
| 29 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 28 tyres | punct |
| 30 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 advert | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need in a quote | present | some TLC | compact frame obl | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot tlc=Theme |
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.
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
"Brand-new tyres": plain and good
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 tyres | punct |
| 2 | Brand | Brand | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 tyres | compound |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 Brand | punct |
| 4 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 tyres | amod |
| 5 | tyres | tyre | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 tyres | punct |
| 7 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 plain | punct |
| 8 | plain | plain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 tyres | amod |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 good | cc |
| 10 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 plain | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
"Compact frame": an extra large frame
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 frame | punct |
| 2 | Compact | compact | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 frame | amod |
| 3 | frame | frame | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 frame | punct |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 frame | punct |
| 6 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 frame | det |
| 7 | extra | extra | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 frame | amod |
| 8 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 frame | amod |
| 9 | frame | frame | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 frame | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
"Needs some TLC": in perfect shape
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Needs | punct |
| 2 | Needs | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 4 TLC | det |
| 4 | TLC | tlc | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Needs | obj |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 TLC | punct |
| 6 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 2 Needs | punct |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 shape | case |
| 8 | perfect | perfect | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 shape | amod |
| 9 | shape | shape | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Needs | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need in a quote | present | some TLC | perfect shape | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot tlc=Theme |
Option 4
"Pre-loved bike": loved by a famous rider
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 bike | punct |
| 2 | Pre-loved | pre-loved | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 bike | amod |
| 3 | bike | bike | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 bike | punct |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 loved | punct |
| 6 | loved | love | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 bike | acl |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 10 rider | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 rider | det |
| 9 | famous | famous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 rider | amod |
| 10 | rider | rider | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 loved | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | love | participle | Pre-loved bike not said here | by a famous rider | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer |
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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