Test 1 · ★★ · Learning a skill, and coins and notes Two boys in Ohio learn the piano. Max practises ten minutes every day; Sam practises one hour every Saturday. Who probably improves faster?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Two boys, Max, Sam · What happens: learn, practise, improve · To what, where: piano
This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 260 «Learning a skill, and coins and notes» of the everyday 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: Two boys in Ohio learn the piano.
nummod nsubj case nmod det obj punct root Two NUM boys NOUN in ADP Ohio PROPN learn VERB the DET piano NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Two two NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 2 boys nummod 2 boys boy NOUN Number=Plur 5 learn nsubj 3 in in ADP _ 4 Ohio case 4 Ohio Ohio PROPN Number=Sing 2 boys nmod 5 learn learn VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 piano det 7 piano piano NOUN Number=Sing 5 learn obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 5 learn punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 learn present Two boys in Ohio the piano vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piano=Topic
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: Max practises ten minutes every day; Sam practises one hour every Saturday.
nsubj nummod obj det obl:unmarked punct nsubj conj nummod obj det obl:unmarked punct root Max PROPN practises VERB ten NUM minutes NOUN every DET day NOUN ; PUNCT Sam PROPN practises VERB one NUM hour NOUN every DET Saturday PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Max Max PROPN Number=Sing 2 practises nsubj 2 practises practise VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 ten ten NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 4 minutes nummod 4 minutes minute NOUN Number=Plur 2 practises obj 5 every every DET PronType=Tot 6 day det 6 day day NOUN Number=Sing 2 practises obl:unmarked 7 ; ; PUNCT _ 9 practises punct 8 Sam Sam PROPN Number=Sing 9 practises nsubj 9 practises practise VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 practises conj 10 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 11 hour nummod 11 hour hour NOUN Number=Sing 9 practises obj 12 every every DET PronType=Tot 13 Saturday det 13 Saturday Saturday PROPN Number=Sing 9 practises obl:unmarked 14 . . PUNCT _ 2 practises punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 practise present Max day; minute tree rules 2 practise present Sam hour; saturday tree rules
Sentence 3: Who probably improves faster?
nsubj advmod xcomp punct root Who PRON probably ADV improves VERB faster ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Who who PRON PronType=Rel 3 improves nsubj 2 probably probably ADV _ 3 improves advmod 3 improves improve VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 faster fast ADJ Degree=Cmp 3 improves xcomp 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 improves punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 improve present fast, probably property vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
The options Option 1 Sam, because Saturdays are less tiring
punct mark nsubj cop amod appos root Sam PROPN , PUNCT because SCONJ Saturdays NOUN are AUX less ADJ tiring NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Sam Sam PROPN Number=Sing root root 2 , , PUNCT _ 7 tiring punct 3 because because SCONJ _ 7 tiring mark 4 Saturdays saturday NOUN Number=Plur 7 tiring nsubj 5 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 tiring cop 6 less less ADJ Degree=Cmp 7 tiring amod 7 tiring tiring NOUN Number=Sing 1 Sam appos
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present Saturdays less tiring tree rules
Option 2 Sam, because he practises longer at once
nsubj punct mark nsubj advmod case obl root Sam PROPN , PUNCT because SCONJ he PRON practises VERB longer ADV at ADP once ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Sam Sam PROPN Number=Sing 5 practises nsubj 2 , , PUNCT _ 5 practises punct 3 because because SCONJ _ 5 practises mark 4 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 practises nsubj 5 practises practise VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 longer long ADV Degree=Cmp 5 practises advmod 7 at at ADP _ 8 once case 8 once once ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Mult 5 practises obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 practise present Sam long property tree rules
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice Both the same, as the minutes over a week add up to the same
The tree, 14 words cc:preconj det punct mark det nsubj case det nmod parataxis compound:prt case det obl root Both CCONJ the DET same ADJ , PUNCT as SCONJ the DET minutes NOUN over ADP a DET week NOUN add VERB up ADP to ADP the DET same ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Both both CCONJ _ 3 same cc:preconj 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 same det 3 same same ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 11 add punct 5 as as SCONJ _ 11 add mark 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 minutes det 7 minutes minute NOUN Number=Plur 11 add nsubj 8 over over ADP _ 10 week case 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 week det 10 week week NOUN Number=Sing 7 minutes nmod 11 add add VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 same parataxis 12 up up ADP _ 11 add compound:prt 13 to to ADP _ 15 same case 14 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 15 same det 15 same same ADJ Degree=Pos 11 add obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 add up speech: assert present the minutes over a week to the same vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to same=Co-Patient
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer Max, because regular practice builds skill faster
nsubj punct mark amod nsubj obj advmod root Max PROPN , PUNCT because SCONJ regular ADJ practice NOUN builds VERB skill NOUN faster ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Max Max PROPN Number=Sing 6 builds nsubj 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Max punct 3 because because SCONJ _ 6 builds mark 4 regular regular ADJ Degree=Pos 5 practice amod 5 practice practice NOUN Number=Sing 6 builds nsubj 6 builds build VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 skill skill NOUN Number=Sing 6 builds obj 8 faster fast ADV Degree=Cmp 6 builds advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 build present Max skill fast property vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skill=Product
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