Test 9 · The Industrial Revolution
A kid of eight in 1830 in a mill and a kid of eight today. What is the biggest difference?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: biggest difference · What happens: be
This is test 9 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: A kid of eight in 1830 in a mill and a kid of eight today.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 kid | det |
| 2 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 eight | case |
| 4 | eight | eight | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 kid | nmod |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 1830 | case |
| 6 | 1830 | 1830 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 eight | nmod |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 mill | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 mill | det |
| 9 | mill | mill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 kid | nmod |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 kid | cc |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 kid | det |
| 12 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 kid | conj |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 eight | case |
| 14 | eight | eight | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 12 kid | nmod |
| 15 | today | today | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 eight | nmod:unmarked |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 kid | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: What is the biggest difference?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 difference | det |
| 4 | biggest | big | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 difference | amod |
| 5 | difference | difference | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the biggest difference | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Both work twelve hours a day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 work | nsubj |
| 2 | work | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | twelve | twelve | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 hours | nummod |
| 4 | hours | hour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 work | obj |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 day | det |
| 6 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 work | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | present | Both | day; hour | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
No difference at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 2 difference | det |
| 2 | difference | difference | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 4 all | case |
| 4 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 difference | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Today's child works in a mine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Today | today | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 child | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Today | case |
| 3 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 works | nsubj |
| 4 | works | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 mine | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 mine | det |
| 7 | mine | mine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 works | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | present | Today's child | in a mine | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in mine=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Today the child goes to school, not to work
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Today | today | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 goes | obl:unmarked |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 child | det |
| 3 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 goes | nsubj |
| 4 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 school | case |
| 6 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 goes | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 work | punct |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 work | advmod |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 work | mark |
| 10 | work | work | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 goes | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | the child | school | today | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to school=Initial_Location | |||
| 2 | not work | to-infinitive | the child not said here | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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