Test 3 · ★★★ · Too many details, too few
«Scientists say chocolate makes you clever!!» No names, no study. What's the sharpest reply?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Scientists, chocolate, sharpest reply · What happens: say, make, be · To what, where: you · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 450 «Too many details, too few» 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: «Scientists say chocolate makes you clever!!»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 say | punct |
| 2 | Scientists | scientist | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 say | nsubj |
| 3 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | chocolate | chocolate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 makes | nsubj |
| 5 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 say | ccomp |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 makes | obj |
| 7 | clever | clever | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 makes | xcomp |
| 8 | !! | !! | PUNCT | _ | 3 say | punct |
| 9 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert in a quote | present | Scientists | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | make in a quote | present | chocolate | you | clever property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material you=Product |
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: No names, no study.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 2 names | det |
| 2 | names | name | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 study | punct |
| 4 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 5 study | det |
| 5 | study | study | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 names | conj |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 names | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: What's the sharpest reply?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 reply | det |
| 4 | sharpest | sharp | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 reply | amod |
| 5 | reply | reply | 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 sharpest reply | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Brilliant, give me chocolate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brilliant | brilliant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 give | advcl |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Brilliant | punct |
| 3 | give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 give | iobj |
| 5 | chocolate | chocolate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 give | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | imperative | you not said here | chocolate | me | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient chocolate=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Which scientists, and where's the study?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 scientists | det |
| 2 | scientists | scientist | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 study | punct |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 study | cc |
| 5 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 8 study | advmod |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 study | cop |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 study | det |
| 8 | study | study | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 scientists | conj |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 scientists | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the study | tree rules |
Option 3
If it's said loud it's true
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 4 said | mark |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 said | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 said | aux:pass |
| 4 | said | say | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | loud | loud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 said | xcomp |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 true | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 true | cop |
| 8 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 said | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present · passive | it | loud property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | ||||
| 2 | is | present | it | true property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Scientists always agree on food, so it must be right
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scientists | scientist | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 agree | nsubj |
| 2 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 3 agree | advmod |
| 3 | agree | agree | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 food | case |
| 5 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 agree | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 right | punct |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 right | advmod |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 right | nsubj |
| 9 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 right | aux |
| 10 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 11 right | cop |
| 11 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 agree | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | agree speech: agree | present | Scientists | on food; always property | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent on food=Topic | ||||
| 2 | is | must | food | right property | tree rules |
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