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Test 1 · The great rivers

Max says: «The Amazon is definitely longer than the Nile, my teacher said.» What is the best answer?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Max, Amazon, best answer · What happens: say, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 of lesson 16 «The great rivers» of the geography 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: Max says: «The Amazon is definitely longer than the Nile, my teacher said.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Max	Max	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	16 said	punct
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	16 said	punct
5	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Amazon	det
6	Amazon	Amazon	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 said	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 longer	cop
8	definitely	definitely	ADV	_	9 longer	advmod
9	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 Amazon	advmod
10	than	than	ADP	_	12 Nile	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Nile	det
12	Nile	Nile	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 longer	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 said	punct
14	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 teacher	nmod:poss
15	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 said	nsubj
16	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 says	ccomp
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	16 said	punct
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Max						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	is in a quote	present						than the Nile; definitely, long property	tree rules
3	say speech: assert in a quote	past	the Amazon						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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 is the best answer?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 answer	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 answer	amod
5	answer	answer	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 best answer						tree rules

The options

Option 1

Max is right, it is proven beyond doubt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Max	Max	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 proven	punct
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 proven	nsubj:pass
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 proven	aux:pass
7	proven	prove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 right	conj
8	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	9 doubt	case
9	doubt	doubt	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 proven	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Max					right property	tree rules
2	prove	present · passive		it				beyond doubt	vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is still argued: the Nile is usually named first, but some measurements make the Amazon longer

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 argued	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 argued	aux:pass
3	still	still	ADV	_	4 argued	advmod
4	argued	argue	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 named	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Nile	det
7	Nile	Nile	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 named	nsubj:pass
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 named	aux:pass
9	usually	usually	ADV	_	10 named	advmod
10	named	name	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 argued	conj
11	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	10 named	advmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 make	punct
13	but	but	CCONJ	_	16 make	cc
14	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	15 measurements	det
15	measurements	measurement	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 make	nsubj
16	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 argued	conj
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 Amazon	det
18	Amazon	Amazon	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 make	obj
19	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	16 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	argue speech: disagree	present · passive		It			still		vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Topic
2	name	present · passive		the Nile				first, usually property	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	make	present	some measurements	the Amazon					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset amazon=Product

Option 3

The Nile is twice as long as the Amazon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Nile	det
2	Nile	Nile	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 long	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 long	cop
4	twice	twice	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	6 long	advmod
5	as	as	ADV	_	6 long	advmod
6	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	as	as	ADP	_	9 Amazon	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Amazon	det
9	Amazon	Amazon	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 long	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the Nile					as the Amazon; long, twice property	tree rules

Option 4

Both rivers are the same length

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	2 rivers	det
2	rivers	river	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 length	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 length	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 length	det
5	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 length	amod
6	length	length	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	both rivers	the same length					tree rules

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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