Test 9 · ★★★ · Olympiad: maps, directions and clocks ★★★
"We crossed the date line going east on Saturday, so we had two Saturdays, sweet as." Can that be true?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: We, date line, that · What happens: cross, go, have, be · To what, where: date line, two Saturdays
This is test 9 · ★★★ 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: "We crossed the date line going east on Saturday, so we had two Saturdays, sweet as."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 crossed | punct |
| 2 | We | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 crossed | nsubj |
| 3 | crossed | cross | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 line | det |
| 5 | date | date | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 line | compound |
| 6 | line | line | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 crossed | obj |
| 7 | going | go | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 line | acl |
| 8 | east | east | ADV | _ | 7 going | advmod |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 Saturday | case |
| 10 | Saturday | Saturday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 going | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 had | punct |
| 12 | so | so | ADV | _ | 14 had | advmod |
| 13 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 14 had | nsubj |
| 14 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 crossed | conj |
| 15 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 16 Saturdays | nummod |
| 16 | Saturdays | saturday | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 had | obj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 sweet | punct |
| 18 | sweet | sweet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 Saturdays | amod |
| 19 | as | as | ADP | _ | 18 sweet | fixed |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 crossed | punct |
| 21 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 crossed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cross in a quote | past | We | the date line | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent line=Patient | ||||
| 2 | go in a quote | gerund | the date line not said here | saturday | east property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 3 | have in a quote | past | we | two Saturdays | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent saturday=Patient |
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: Can that be true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 true | aux |
| 2 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 true | nsubj |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 true | cop |
| 4 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | can | that | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Yes, but only on a leap year
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 8 year | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 8 year | cc |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 year | advmod |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 year | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 year | det |
| 7 | leap | leap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 year | compound |
| 8 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
No, the date line never changes the day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 changes | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 line | det |
| 4 | date | date | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 line | compound |
| 5 | line | line | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 changes | nsubj |
| 6 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 7 changes | advmod |
| 7 | changes | change | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 day | det |
| 9 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 changes | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not change | present | the date line | day | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Yes, going east you go back a day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 go | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 going | punct |
| 3 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 go | advcl |
| 4 | east | east | ADV | _ | 3 going | advmod |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 go | nsubj |
| 6 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | back | back | ADV | _ | 6 go | advmod |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 day | det |
| 9 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 go | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | gerund | you not said here | east property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | go back | present | you | day | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient |
Option 4
No, going east you lose a whole day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 going | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 lose | advcl |
| 4 | east | east | ADV | _ | 3 going | advmod |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 lose | nsubj |
| 6 | lose | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 day | det |
| 8 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 day | amod |
| 9 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lose | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | gerund | you not said here | east property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | lose | present | you | day | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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