Test 2 · The Industrial Revolution
Edison invented the light bulb all by himself. Is that the full story?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Edison · What happens: invent, be · To what, where: light bulb, full story
This is test 2 of lesson 30 «The Industrial Revolution» 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: Edison invented the light bulb all by himself.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edison | Edison | 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 | 5 bulb | det |
| 4 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bulb | compound |
| 5 | bulb | bulb | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 invented | obj |
| 6 | all | all | ADV | _ | 8 himself | advmod |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 himself | case |
| 8 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 2 invented | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 invented | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | invent | past | Edison | the light bulb | by Edison | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bulb=Result |
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: Is that the full story?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 story | cop |
| 2 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 5 story | mark |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 story | det |
| 4 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 story | amod |
| 5 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 story | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the full story | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, entirely alone, in one night
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 alone | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | entirely | entirely | ADV | _ | 4 alone | advmod |
| 4 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 alone | punct |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 night | case |
| 7 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 night | nummod |
| 8 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 alone | obl |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
No, many people, such as Joseph Swan, worked on it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 people | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 people | punct |
| 3 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 people | amod |
| 4 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 Joseph | punct |
| 6 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP | 8 Joseph | case |
| 7 | as | as | ADP | _ | 6 such | fixed |
| 8 | Joseph | Joseph | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 people | nmod |
| 9 | Swan | Swan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Joseph | flat |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 worked | punct |
| 11 | worked | work | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 Joseph | acl |
| 12 | on | on | ADP | _ | 13 it | case |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 worked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | participle | Joseph not said here | on it | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on it=Theme |
Option 3
Yes, in the Middle Ages
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 Ages | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 Ages | punct |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 Ages | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Ages | det |
| 5 | Middle | Middle | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Ages | flat |
| 6 | Ages | Age | PROPN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
No, the Romans already had glass light bulbs in their villas
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 Romans | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Romans | det |
| 4 | Romans | Roman | PROPN | Number=Plur | 6 had | nsubj |
| 5 | already | already | ADV | _ | 6 had | advmod |
| 6 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | glass | glass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 light | compound |
| 8 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 bulbs | compound |
| 9 | bulbs | bulb | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 had | obj |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 villas | case |
| 11 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 villas | nmod:poss |
| 12 | villas | villa | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 had | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | the Romans | light bulbs | Romans's villas | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bulb=Patient |
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