Test 9 · ★ · Cousins: like a sister, posh, or far away
In a film, the rich cousin is evil and the poor cousin is a saint. What's truer?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: rich cousin, poor cousin · What happens: be · To what, where: film, saint
This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 510 «Cousins: like a sister, posh, or far away» 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: In a film, the rich cousin is evil and the poor cousin is a saint.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 film | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 film | det |
| 3 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 evil | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 film | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 cousin | det |
| 6 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 cousin | amod |
| 7 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 evil | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 evil | cop |
| 9 | evil | evil | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 saint | cc |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 cousin | det |
| 12 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 cousin | amod |
| 13 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 saint | nsubj |
| 14 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 saint | cop |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 saint | det |
| 16 | saint | saint | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 evil | conj |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 evil | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the rich cousin | a film | evil property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | is a | present | the poor cousin | a saint | 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's truer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 truer | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 truer | cop |
| 3 | truer | true | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 truer | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Rich or poor, cousins are just kids
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 cousins | amod |
| 2 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 3 poor | cc |
| 3 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Rich | conj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Rich | punct |
| 5 | cousins | cousin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 kids | nsubj |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 kids | cop |
| 7 | just | just | ADV | _ | 8 kids | advmod |
| 8 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Rich cousins | kids | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Poor kids are always perfect and kind
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 kids | amod |
| 2 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 perfect | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 perfect | cop |
| 4 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 5 perfect | advmod |
| 5 | perfect | perfect | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 kind | cc |
| 7 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 perfect | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Poor kids | always, perfect property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | Poor kids not said here | tree rules |
Option 3
Rich kids are always mean and selfish
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 kids | amod |
| 2 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 mean | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 mean | cop |
| 4 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 5 mean | advmod |
| 5 | mean | mean | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 selfish | cc |
| 7 | selfish | selfish | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 mean | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Rich kids | always, mean property | tree rules |
Option 4
Cousins with different money can't be friends
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cousins | cousin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 friends | nsubj |
| 2 | with | with | ADP | _ | 4 money | case |
| 3 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 money | amod |
| 4 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Cousins | nmod |
| 5 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 friends | aux |
| 6 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 friends | advmod |
| 7 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 friends | cop |
| 8 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is a | can | Cousins with different money | friends | tree rules |
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