Test 7 · ★★★ · Olympiad: maps, directions and clocks ★★★
Kid in Kashgar, far west China: "Sun's still not up at 9 and I'm late for school, ugh." Why so late?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Sun, I · What happens: not be, be
This is test 7 · ★★★ 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: Kid in Kashgar, far west China: "Sun's still not up at 9 and I'm late for school, ugh."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 3 Kashgar | case |
| 3 | Kashgar | Kashgar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Kid | nmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 China | punct |
| 5 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 7 China | advmod |
| 6 | west | west | ADV | _ | 7 China | advmod |
| 7 | China | China | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Kid | conj |
| 8 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 16 9 | punct |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 up | punct |
| 10 | Sun | Sun | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 up | nsubj |
| 11 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 up | cop |
| 12 | still | still | ADV | _ | 14 up | advmod |
| 13 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 up | advmod |
| 14 | up | up | ADV | _ | 16 9 | advmod |
| 15 | at | at | ADP | _ | 16 9 | case |
| 16 | 9 | 9 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 Kid | parataxis |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 late | cc |
| 18 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 20 late | nsubj |
| 19 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 late | cop |
| 20 | late | late | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 9 | conj |
| 21 | for | for | ADP | _ | 22 school | case |
| 22 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 late | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 ugh | punct |
| 24 | ugh | ugh | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Kid | conj |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Kid | punct |
| 26 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 1 Kid | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is in a quote | present | Sun | still | up property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | I | for school; late property | 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: Why so late?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | so | so | ADV | _ | 3 late | advmod |
| 3 | late | late | ADV | Degree=Pos | 1 Why | advmod |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
All China runs on Beijing's clock, far to the east
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | All | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 China | det |
| 2 | China | China | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 runs | nsubj |
| 3 | runs | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 clock | case |
| 5 | Beijing | Beijing | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 clock | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 Beijing | case |
| 7 | clock | clock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 runs | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 far | punct |
| 9 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 3 runs | advmod |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 east | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 east | det |
| 12 | east | east | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 far | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | present | all China | Beijing's clock | far property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on clock=Trajectory |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
The Sun rises in the west in China
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Sun | det |
| 2 | Sun | Sun | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 rises | nsubj |
| 3 | rises | rise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 west | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 west | det |
| 6 | west | west | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 rises | obl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 China | case |
| 8 | China | China | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 west | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rise | present | the Sun | the west in China | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in west=Location |
Option 3
China puts its clocks back every morning
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | China | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 puts | nsubj |
| 2 | puts | put | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 clocks | nmod:poss |
| 4 | clocks | clock | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 puts | obj |
| 5 | back | back | ADV | _ | 2 puts | advmod |
| 6 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 morning | det |
| 7 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 puts | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put back | present | China | its clocks | morning | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent clock=Goal |
Option 4
Kashgar is south of the equator
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kashgar | Kashgar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 equator | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 equator | cop |
| 3 | south | south | ADV | _ | 6 equator | advmod |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 equator | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 equator | det |
| 6 | equator | equator | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Kashgar | of the equator; south property | tree rules |
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