Test 8 · Adoption
★★★ Sam-Jo was 3 and Ruby was 6 when they were adopted. Sam-Jo is 9 now. How old is Ruby, and how many years ago were they adopted?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★, Sam · What happens: be, adopt · To what, where: 3, 6, ★, 9, old Ruby
This is test 8 of lesson 522 «Adoption» 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: ★★★ Sam-Jo was 3 and Ruby was 6 when they were adopted.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 6 | nsubj |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 ★ | dep |
| 3 | ★ | ★ | ADP | _ | 6 Jo | case |
| 4 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Jo | compound |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 Sam | punct |
| 6 | Jo | Jo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 ★ | nmod |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 3 | cop |
| 8 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 ★ | list |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 Ruby | cc |
| 10 | Ruby | Ruby | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 ★ | conj |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 6 | cop |
| 12 | 6 | 6 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
| 13 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 16 adopted | advmod |
| 14 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 adopted | nsubj:pass |
| 15 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 adopted | aux:pass |
| 16 | adopted | adopt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 6 | acl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 6 | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | 3 | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | ★ ★ Sam Jo and Ruby | 6 | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | adopt | past · passive | ★ | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
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: Sam-Jo is 9 now.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 9 | nsubj |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 1 Sam | punct |
| 3 | Jo | Jo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Sam | flat |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 9 | cop |
| 5 | 9 | 9 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
| 6 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 9 | advmod |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 9 | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Sam | 9 | now | tree rules |
Sentence 3: How old is Ruby, and how many years ago were they adopted?
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 | 4 Ruby | amod |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 Ruby | cop |
| 4 | Ruby | Ruby | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 adopted | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 adopted | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 adopted | cc |
| 7 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 many | advmod |
| 8 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 years | amod |
| 9 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 adopted | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | ago | ago | ADV | _ | 9 years | advmod |
| 11 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 adopted | aux:pass |
| 12 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 adopted | nsubj |
| 13 | adopted | adopt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 13 adopted | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | old Ruby | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | adopt | past · passive | old Ruby | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
15, and 6 years ago
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 | 15 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 years | nummod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 15 | punct |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 6 | cc |
| 4 | 6 | 6 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 15 | conj |
| 5 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 ago | obl:unmarked |
| 6 | ago | ago | ADV | _ | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
9, and 6 years ago
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | 9 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 years | nummod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 9 | punct |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 6 | cc |
| 4 | 6 | 6 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 9 | conj |
| 5 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 ago | obl:unmarked |
| 6 | ago | ago | ADV | _ | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
12, and 3 years ago
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | 12 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 ago | punct |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 ago | cc |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 years | nummod |
| 5 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 ago | obl:unmarked |
| 6 | ago | ago | ADV | _ | 1 12 | advmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
12, and 6 years ago
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | 12 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 years | nummod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 12 | punct |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 6 | cc |
| 4 | 6 | 6 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 12 | conj |
| 5 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 ago | obl:unmarked |
| 6 | ago | ago | ADV | _ | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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