Test 11 · ★★★ · Olympiad: maps, directions and clocks ★★★
Mate says the Pole Star is overhead at the equator, he saw it on a cruise, deffo. True?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mate, Pole Star · What happens: say, be, see · To what, where: equator, Star, cruise · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 63 «Olympiad: maps, directions and clocks ★★★» 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: Mate says the Pole Star is overhead at the equator, he saw it on a cruise, deffo.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Star | det |
| 4 | Pole | Pole | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Star | compound |
| 5 | Star | Star | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 overhead | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 overhead | cop |
| 7 | overhead | overhead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 says | ccomp |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 equator | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 equator | det |
| 10 | equator | equator | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 overhead | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 saw | punct |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 saw | nsubj |
| 13 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 says | conj |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 saw | obj |
| 15 | on | on | ADP | _ | 17 cruise | case |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 cruise | det |
| 17 | cruise | cruise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 saw | obl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 deffo | punct |
| 19 | deffo | deffo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 cruise | conj |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Mate | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | the Pole Star | the equator | overhead property | tree rules | |||
| 3 | see | past | Mate | Star | a cruise and deffo | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
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: True?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | True | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 True | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
Yes, it is overhead at the equator
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 8 equator | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 equator | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 equator | cop |
| 5 | overhead | overhead | ADV | _ | 8 equator | advmod |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 equator | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 equator | det |
| 8 | equator | equator | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | it | the equator | overhead property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, at the equator it sits on the horizon
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 equator | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 equator | punct |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 equator | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 equator | det |
| 5 | equator | equator | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sits | nsubj |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 sits | nsubj |
| 7 | sits | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 horizon | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 horizon | det |
| 10 | horizon | horizon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sits | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sit | present | the equator | the horizon | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on horizon=Location |
Option 3
Yes, it is overhead everywhere in the world
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 everywhere | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 everywhere | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 everywhere | cop |
| 5 | overhead | overhead | ADV | _ | 6 everywhere | advmod |
| 6 | everywhere | everywhere | ADV | PronType=Tot | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 world | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 world | det |
| 9 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 everywhere | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | it | the world | everywhere, overhead property | tree rules |
Option 4
No, it is under the ground there
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 ground | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 ground | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 ground | cop |
| 5 | under | under | ADP | _ | 7 ground | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 ground | det |
| 7 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 7 ground | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | it | the ground; there | tree rules |
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