Test 9 · ★★★ · Half- and step-siblings
★★★ Ruby-Jean is 9 and her half-brother is 14. In how many years will he be twice her age?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: ★, half brother, Jean · What happens: be · To what, where: 9, 14, age
This is test 9 · ★★★ of lesson 505 «Half- and step-siblings» 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: ★★★ Ruby-Jean is 9 and her half-brother is 14.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 9 | nsubj |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 ★ | dep |
| 3 | ★ | ★ | ADP | _ | 6 Jean | case |
| 4 | Ruby | Ruby | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Jean | compound |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 Ruby | punct |
| 6 | Jean | Jean | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 ★ | nmod |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 9 | cop |
| 8 | 9 | 9 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 14 | cc |
| 10 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 brother | nmod:poss |
| 11 | half | half | NOUN | Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 13 brother | compound |
| 12 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 11 half | punct |
| 13 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 14 | nsubj |
| 14 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 14 | cop |
| 15 | 14 | 14 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 8 9 | conj |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 9 | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | ★ ★ Ruby Jean | 9 | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | ★'s half brother | 14 | 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: In how many years will he be twice her age?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 years | case |
| 2 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 3 many | advmod |
| 3 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 years | amod |
| 4 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 age | obl |
| 5 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 age | aux |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 age | nsubj |
| 7 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 10 age | cop |
| 8 | twice | twice | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 10 age | advmod |
| 9 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 age | nmod:poss |
| 10 | age | age | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 10 age | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | future | Jean | ★'s age | year | twice property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Never; it already happened 4 years ago
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 happened | advmod |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 5 happened | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 happened | nsubj |
| 4 | already | already | ADV | _ | 5 happened | advmod |
| 5 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | 4 | 4 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 years | nummod |
| 7 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 ago | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | ago | ago | ADV | _ | 5 happened | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not happen | past | it | ago property | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
In 9 years
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 years | case |
| 2 | 9 | 9 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 years | nummod |
| 3 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
In 5 years
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 years | case |
| 2 | 5 | 5 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 years | nummod |
| 3 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
In 4 years
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 years | case |
| 2 | 4 | 4 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 years | nummod |
| 3 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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