Test 4 · Printing, the Renaissance and the Reformation
In a game you see Leonardo's flying machine bombing castles. What should you put right?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: see, fly, put · To what, where: flying machine bombing castles, game
This is test 4 of lesson 25 «Printing, the Renaissance and the Reformation» 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: In a game you see Leonardo's flying machine bombing castles.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 game | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 game | det |
| 3 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 see | obl |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 see | nsubj |
| 5 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | Leonardo | Leonardo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 castles | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 Leonardo | case |
| 8 | flying | fly | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 11 castles | amod |
| 9 | machine | machine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 castles | compound |
| 10 | bombing | bombing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 castles | compound |
| 11 | castles | castle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 see | obj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 see | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | present | you | Leonardo's flying machine bombing castles | a game | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer castle=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | fly | gerund | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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 should you put right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 put | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 put | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 put | nsubj |
| 4 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | right | right | ADV | _ | 4 put | advmod |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | should | you | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent what=Goal |
The options
Option 1
Leonardo invented the aeroplane in 1903
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leonardo | Leonardo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 invented | nsubj |
| 2 | invented | invent | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 aeroplane | det |
| 4 | aeroplane | aeroplane | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 invented | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 1903 | case |
| 6 | 1903 | 1903 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 invented | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | invent | past | Leonardo | the aeroplane | 1903 | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent aeroplane=Result |
Option 2
His flying machine won many wars
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 machine | nmod:poss |
| 2 | flying | flying | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 machine | compound |
| 3 | machine | machine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 won | nsubj |
| 4 | won | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 wars | amod |
| 6 | wars | war | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 won | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | win | past | His flying machine | many wars | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent war=Eventuality |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Most of his machines were never built and many would not have worked
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Most | most | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 7 built | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 machines | case |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 machines | nmod:poss |
| 4 | machines | machine | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Most | nmod |
| 5 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 built | aux:pass |
| 6 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 7 built | advmod |
| 7 | built | build | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 worked | cc |
| 9 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 worked | nsubj |
| 10 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 worked | aux |
| 11 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 worked | advmod |
| 12 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 13 worked | aux |
| 13 | worked | work | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 7 built | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not build | past · passive | Most of his machines | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | |||||
| 2 | not work | would · perfect | many | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
He built hundreds of them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 built | nsubj |
| 2 | built | build | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | hundreds | hundred | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 built | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 them | case |
| 5 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 hundreds | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | build | past | He | hundreds of hundreds | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hundred=Product |
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