Test 18 · ★ · Illusions that fool the eye and adverts that fool the wallet
my mate says a fortune teller "told his aunt exactly when she'd win the lottery and she did". what's likely
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, fortune teller · What happens: say, tell, win, do, be · To what, where: aunt, lottery · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 18 · ★ of lesson 280 «Illusions that fool the eye and adverts that fool the wallet» 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 teller | det |
| 5 | fortune | fortune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 teller | compound |
| 6 | teller | teller | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 told | nsubj |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 teller | punct |
| 8 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | ccomp |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 aunt | nmod:poss |
| 10 | aunt | aunt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 told | iobj |
| 11 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 15 win | advmod |
| 12 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 15 win | advmod |
| 13 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 win | nsubj |
| 14 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 15 win | aux |
| 15 | win | win | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 told | xcomp |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 lottery | det |
| 17 | lottery | lottery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 win | obj |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 did | cc |
| 19 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 did | nsubj |
| 20 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 told | conj |
| 21 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 told | punct |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| 23 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 25 likely | nsubj |
| 24 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 25 likely | cop |
| 25 | likely | likely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 says | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | my mate | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert in a quote | past | a fortune teller | teller's aunt | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent aunt=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | win not said to happen, in a quote | would | mate | the lottery | exactly property | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lottery=Eventuality | |||
| 4 | do in a quote | past | mate | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | is | present | likely property | tree rules |
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
It's true, some people can see the future and win prizes with it
The tree, 14 words
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 | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 see | punct |
| 5 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 6 people | det |
| 6 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 see | nsubj |
| 7 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 see | aux |
| 8 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 true | parataxis |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 future | det |
| 10 | future | future | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 see | obj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 win | cc |
| 12 | win | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 see | conj |
| 13 | prizes | prize | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 win | obj |
| 14 | with | with | ADP | _ | 15 it | case |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 win | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | true property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | see | can | some people | the future | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer future=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | win | present | some people not said here | prizes | with future | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prize=Eventuality |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Fortune tellers use real science
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fortune | fortune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 tellers | compound |
| 2 | tellers | teller | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 use | nsubj |
| 3 | use | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 science | amod |
| 5 | science | science | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 use | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | present | Fortune tellers | real science | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent science=Patient |
Option 3
Horoscopes are always right in the end
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Horoscopes | horoscope | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 right | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 right | cop |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 4 right | advmod |
| 4 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 end | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 end | det |
| 7 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 right | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Horoscopes | in the end | always, right property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
It's a rumour; there's no evidence fortune tellers predict anything
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 rumour | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 rumour | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 rumour | det |
| 4 | rumour | rumour | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 7 's | punct |
| 6 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 7 's | expl |
| 7 | 's | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 predict | advcl |
| 8 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 11 tellers | det |
| 9 | evidence | evidence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 fortune | compound |
| 10 | fortune | fortune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 tellers | compound |
| 11 | tellers | teller | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 predict | nsubj |
| 12 | predict | predict | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 rumour | acl:relcl |
| 13 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 12 predict | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a rumour | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | present | no fortune tellers not said here | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | predict | present | no fortune tellers | anything | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot anything=Topic |
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