Test 10 · ★ · Computers and the internet
A friend says Pong had amazing 3D graphics. What is right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend, Pong · What happens: say, have, be · To what, where: amazing 3D graphics · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 36 «Computers and the internet» 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 friend says Pong had amazing 3D graphics.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 friend | det |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | Pong | Pong | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 had | nsubj |
| 5 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | ccomp |
| 6 | amazing | amazing | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 graphics | amod |
| 7 | 3D | 3d | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 graphics | amod |
| 8 | graphics | graphic | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 had | obj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a friend | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | have | past | Pong | amazing 3D graphics | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent graphic=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: What is right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
It had real actors filmed in colour
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 had | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 actors | amod |
| 4 | actors | actor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 had | obj |
| 5 | filmed | film | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 actors | acl |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 colour | case |
| 7 | colour | colour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 filmed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | It | real actors | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent actor=Patient | ||||
| 2 | film | participle | real actors not said here | colour | vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in colour=Destination |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
It was simple dots and lines
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 dots | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 dots | cop |
| 3 | simple | simple | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 dots | amod |
| 4 | dots | dot | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 lines | cc |
| 6 | lines | line | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 dots | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | It | simple dots and lines | tree rules |
Option 3
It looked like a modern film
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 looked | nsubj |
| 2 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | like | like | ADP | _ | 6 film | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 film | det |
| 5 | modern | modern | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 film | amod |
| 6 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 looked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | past | It | like a modern film | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 4
It was all in virtual reality goggles
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 goggles | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 goggles | cop |
| 3 | all | all | ADV | _ | 7 goggles | advmod |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 goggles | case |
| 5 | virtual | virtual | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 goggles | amod |
| 6 | reality | reality | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 goggles | compound |
| 7 | goggles | goggle | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | It | virtual reality goggles | all property | tree rules |
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