Test 7 · Eyes, backs and thumbs
Mate: «20-20-20 is made up, nobody does that». What is the rule really for?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: nobody, rule · What happens: make up, do, be · To what, where: Mate, that
This is test 7 of lesson 420 «Eyes, backs and thumbs» 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: Mate: «20-20-20 is made up, nobody does that».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 made | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 20-20-20 | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 20-20-20 | punct |
| 4 | 20-20-20 | 20-20-20 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 Mate | appos |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 made | aux:pass |
| 6 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 6 made | compound:prt |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 does | punct |
| 9 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 10 does | nsubj |
| 10 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 made | parataxis |
| 11 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 10 does | obj |
| 12 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 10 does | punct |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 made | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make up in a quote | present · passive | Mate | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Pivot | |||||
| 2 | do in a quote | present | nobody | that | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality |
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 rule really for?
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 | 4 rule | det |
| 4 | rule | rule | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | really | really | ADV | _ | 6 for | advmod |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 rule | nmod |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the rule | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Giving the eyes regular short rests
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Giving | give | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 eyes | det |
| 3 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Giving | obj |
| 4 | regular | regular | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 rests | amod |
| 5 | short | short | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 rests | amod |
| 6 | rests | rest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Giving | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | gerund | the eyes | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent eye=Recipient rest=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Making games last twenty minutes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Making | make | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | games | game | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Making | obj |
| 3 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 minutes | amod |
| 4 | twenty | twenty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 minutes | nummod |
| 5 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Making | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | gerund | games | minute | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset game=Product |
Option 3
Measuring how far the TV should be
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Measuring | measure | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 be | csubj |
| 2 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 3 far | advmod |
| 3 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 1 Measuring | advmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 TV | det |
| 5 | TV | TV | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Measuring | obj |
| 6 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 be | aux |
| 7 | be | be | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | measure | gerund | the TV | far property | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme tv=Value | ||||
| 2 | be | should | Measuring | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Teaching kids to count to twenty
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Teaching | teach | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Teaching | obj |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 count | mark |
| 4 | count | count | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Teaching | advcl |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 twenty | case |
| 6 | twenty | twenty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 count | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | teach speech: other | gerund | kids | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent kid=Recipient | |||||
| 2 | count | to-infinitive | to twenty | vn matter-91 «NP V PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to twenty=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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