Test 9 · Big brothers
★★★ Koa got a new bike at 9 and gave it to Ollie-Joe 5 years later. Ollie-Joe is 5 years younger than Koa. How old is Ollie-Joe when he gets it?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★ ★, Ollie, old Ollie Joe · What happens: get, give, be · To what, where: new bike, 9, bike, Ollie, old Ollie Joe
This is test 9 of lesson 501 «Big brothers» 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: ★★★ Koa got a new bike at 9 and gave it to Ollie-Joe 5 years later.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 ★ | compound |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 got | nsubj |
| 3 | ★ | ★ | ADP | _ | 4 Koa | case |
| 4 | Koa | Koa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 ★ | nmod |
| 5 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 bike | det |
| 7 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 bike | amod |
| 8 | bike | bike | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 got | obj |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 9 | case |
| 10 | 9 | 9 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 got | obl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 gave | cc |
| 12 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 got | conj |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 gave | obj |
| 14 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 Ollie | case |
| 15 | Ollie | Ollie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 gave | obl |
| 16 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 17 Joe | punct |
| 17 | Joe | Joe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 Ollie | conj |
| 18 | 5 | 5 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 19 years | nummod |
| 19 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 later | obl:unmarked |
| 20 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 12 gave | advmod |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 got | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | ★ ★ ★ Koa | a new bike | 9 | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent bike=Theme at 9=Asset | |||
| 2 | give | past | ★ ★ ★ Koa not said here | bike | Ollie and Joe | late property | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to ollie=Recipient |
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: Ollie-Joe is 5 years younger than Koa.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ollie | Ollie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 younger | nsubj |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ollie | punct |
| 3 | Joe | Joe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Ollie | flat |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 younger | cop |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 years | nummod |
| 6 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 younger | obl:unmarked |
| 7 | younger | young | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 8 | than | than | ADP | _ | 9 Koa | case |
| 9 | Koa | Koa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 younger | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 younger | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Ollie | year | than Koa; young property | tree rules |
Sentence 3: How old is Ollie-Joe when he gets it?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 2 old | advmod |
| 2 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 Joe | amod |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 Joe | cop |
| 4 | Ollie | Ollie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Joe | flat |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 Joe | punct |
| 6 | Joe | Joe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 gets | nsubj |
| 7 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 9 gets | advmod |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 gets | nsubj |
| 9 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 gets | obj |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 9 gets | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | old Ollie Joe | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | get | present | old Ollie Joe | bike | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
5
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 5 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
4
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 4 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
14
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 | 14 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
9
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | 9 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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