Test 2 · China: five thousand years and the oldest dynasties

mei says shes got a 3000 year old bone with writing and she can read it lol. can she?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: mei, shes · What happens: say, get, read · To what, where: old bone, bone · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 of lesson 51 «China: five thousand years and the oldest dynasties» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	mei	mei	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	shes	she	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 got	nsubj
4	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 says	ccomp
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 bone	det
6	3000	3000	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 year	nummod
7	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 old	obl:unmarked
8	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 bone	amod
9	bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 got	obj
10	with	with	ADP	_	11 writing	case
11	writing	writing	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bone	nmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 read	cc
13	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 read	nsubj
14	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 read	aux
15	read	read	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 got	advcl
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 read	obj
17	lol	lol	INTJ	_	15 read	discourse
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct
19	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	20 she	aux
20	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 says	ccomp
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	mei			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	get	past	shes	a old bone	with writing	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bone=Stimulus
3	read	can	mei	bone		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic

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.

The options

Option 1

Yes, because it is in English

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 English	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 English	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 English	mark
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 English	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 English	cop
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 English	case
7	English	English	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it			English			tree rules

Option 2

Yes, Chinese writing has never changed at all, so anyone can read it easily

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 changed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 writing	amod
4	writing	writing	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 changed	nsubj:pass
5	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 changed	aux
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 changed	advmod
7	changed	change	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 all	case
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 changed	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 read	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	14 read	advmod
12	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	14 read	nsubj
13	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 read	aux
14	read	read	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 changed	advcl
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 read	obj
16	easily	easily	ADV	_	14 read	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not change	present · perfect · passive		Chinese writing		all			vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	read	can	anyone	writing				easily property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Option 3

No, oracle bones have no writing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 have	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 have	punct
3	oracle	oracle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bones	compound
4	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 have	nsubj
5	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 writing	det
7	writing	writing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 have	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	oracle bones	no writing					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent writing=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Not really; she might spot a few characters, the script changed a lot

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 spot	advmod
2	really	really	ADV	_	6 spot	advmod
3	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 spot	punct
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 spot	nsubj
5	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 spot	aux
6	spot	spot	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 changed	advcl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 characters	det
8	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 characters	amod
9	characters	character	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 spot	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 changed	punct
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 script	det
12	script	script	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 changed	nsubj
13	changed	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 lot	det
15	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 changed	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not spot	might	she	a few characters					vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent character=Destination
2	change	past	the script	a lot					vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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