Test 7 · ★ · Water, small injuries, hay fever, growing up and eyesight
Two ten-year-old twins are 8 centimetres apart in height. What is the best explanation?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Two old twins, best explanation · What happens: be · To what, where: 8 centimetres
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 290 «Water, small injuries, hay fever, growing up and eyesight» 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 ten-year-old twins are 8 centimetres apart in height.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 twins | nummod |
| 2 | ten | ten | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 year | nummod |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 ten | punct |
| 4 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 old | compound |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 year | punct |
| 6 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 twins | amod |
| 7 | twins | twin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 centimetres | nsubj |
| 8 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 centimetres | cop |
| 9 | 8 | 8 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 10 centimetres | nummod |
| 10 | centimetres | centimetre | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 11 | apart | apart | ADV | _ | 10 centimetres | advmod |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 height | case |
| 13 | height | height | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 apart | obl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 centimetres | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Two old twins | 8 centimetres | apart 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.
Sentence 2: What is the best explanation?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 explanation | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 explanation | amod |
| 5 | explanation | explanation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the best explanation | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
People grow at their own pace, even twins
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | People | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 grow | nsubj |
| 2 | grow | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 pace | case |
| 4 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 pace | nmod:poss |
| 5 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 pace | amod |
| 6 | pace | pace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 grow | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 twins | punct |
| 8 | even | even | ADV | _ | 9 twins | advmod |
| 9 | twins | twin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 pace | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | present | People | at People's own pace and twins | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at pace=Location |
Option 2
One twin is unhealthy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 twin | nummod |
| 2 | twin | twin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 unhealthy | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 unhealthy | cop |
| 4 | unhealthy | unhealthy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | One twin | unhealthy property | tree rules |
Option 3
The taller twin must be older
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 twin | det |
| 2 | taller | tall | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 twin | amod |
| 3 | twin | twin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 older | nsubj |
| 4 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 older | aux |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 older | cop |
| 6 | older | old | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | must | the taller twin | old property | tree rules |
Option 4
The shorter twin will never grow again after the age of ten
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 twin | det |
| 2 | shorter | short | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 twin | amod |
| 3 | twin | twin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 grow | nsubj |
| 4 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 grow | aux |
| 5 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 6 grow | advmod |
| 6 | grow | grow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | again | again | ADV | _ | 6 grow | advmod |
| 8 | after | after | ADP | _ | 10 age | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 age | det |
| 10 | age | age | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 grow | obl |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 ten | case |
| 12 | ten | ten | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 age | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not grow | future | the shorter twin | after the age of ten; again | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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