Test 2 · ★ · The Islamic golden age and the wider medieval world
Your little sister thinks eyes shoot out beams like a superhero to see. Who proved this wrong long ago?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: little sister, eyes · What happens: think, shoot out, see, prove · To what, where: beams · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 22 «The Islamic golden age and the wider medieval world» of the history 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: Your little sister thinks eyes shoot out beams like a superhero to see.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 sister | nmod:poss |
| 2 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 sister | amod |
| 3 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 thinks | nsubj |
| 4 | thinks | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 shoot | nsubj |
| 6 | shoot | shoot | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 thinks | ccomp |
| 7 | out | out | ADP | _ | 6 shoot | compound:prt |
| 8 | beams | beam | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 shoot | obj |
| 9 | like | like | ADP | _ | 11 superhero | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 superhero | det |
| 11 | superhero | superhero | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 beams | nmod |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 see | mark |
| 13 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 superhero | acl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 thinks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | present | Your little sister | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | shoot out | present | eyes | beams | like a superhero | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beam=Theme | |||
| 3 | see | to-infinitive | eyes not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
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: Who proved this wrong long ago?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 2 proved | nsubj |
| 2 | proved | prove | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 wrong | nsubj |
| 4 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 proved | ccomp |
| 5 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 6 ago | advmod |
| 6 | ago | ago | ADV | _ | 2 proved | advmod |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 proved | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prove | past | ago property | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1
Genghis Khan, who rode horses
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Genghis | Genghis | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 rode | nsubj |
| 2 | Khan | Khan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Genghis | flat |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 rode | punct |
| 4 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 rode | nsubj |
| 5 | rode | ride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | horses | horse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 rode | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ride | past | Genghis | horses | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme |
Option 2
Ibn Battuta, who travelled to China
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ibn | Ibn | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 travelled | nsubj |
| 2 | Battuta | Battuta | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Ibn | flat |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 travelled | punct |
| 4 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 travelled | nsubj |
| 5 | travelled | travel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 China | case |
| 7 | China | China | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 travelled | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | travel | past | Ibn | China | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to china=Destination |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Ibn al-Haytham, who showed light enters the eyes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ibn | Ibn | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 showed | nsubj |
| 2 | al | Al | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Ibn | flat |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 Haytham | punct |
| 4 | Haytham | Haytham | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Ibn | flat |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 showed | punct |
| 6 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 showed | nsubj |
| 7 | showed | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 enters | nsubj |
| 9 | enters | enter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 showed | ccomp |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 eyes | det |
| 11 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 enters | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | past | Ibn | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | enter | present | light | the eyes | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme eye=Destination |
Option 4
Mansa Musa, who studied gold and how it shines
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mansa | Mansa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 studied | nsubj |
| 2 | Musa | Musa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Mansa | flat |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 studied | punct |
| 4 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 studied | nsubj |
| 5 | studied | study | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 studied | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 shines | cc |
| 8 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 10 shines | advmod |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 shines | nsubj |
| 10 | shines | shine | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 studied | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | study | past | Mansa | gold | vn learn-14-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Topic | ||||
| 2 | shine | present | gold | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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