Test 1 · ★ · China: the First Emperor, the Terracotta Army and the Grea…
Mei: «the First Emperor was the greatest ever». Teacher: «a tyrant». What is wisest?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mei · What happens: be
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 52 «China: the First Emperor, the Terracotta Army and the Great Wall» 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: Mei: «the First Emperor was the greatest ever».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mei | Mei | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 greatest | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 greatest | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 9 greatest | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Emperor | det |
| 5 | First | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 6 Emperor | amod |
| 6 | Emperor | Emperor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 greatest | nsubj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 greatest | cop |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 greatest | det |
| 9 | greatest | great | ADJ | Degree=Sup | root | root |
| 10 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 9 greatest | advmod |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 9 greatest | punct |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 greatest | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | past | Mei | ever | great property | tree rules |
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: Teacher: «a tyrant».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 tyrant | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 tyrant | punct |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 tyrant | det |
| 5 | tyrant | tyrant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Teacher | appos |
| 6 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 tyrant | punct |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Teacher | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: What is wisest?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wisest | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wisest | cop |
| 3 | wisest | wise | ADJ | Degree=Sup | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wisest | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | wise property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
He never really lived
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 | 4 lived | nsubj |
| 2 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 lived | advmod |
| 3 | really | really | ADV | _ | 4 lived | advmod |
| 4 | lived | live | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not live | participle | He | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Only a great hero
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 4 hero | advmod |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 hero | det |
| 3 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 hero | amod |
| 4 | hero | hero | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
He was both a unifier and a harsh tyrant
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 | 5 unifier | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 unifier | cop |
| 3 | both | both | CCONJ | _ | 5 unifier | cc:preconj |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 unifier | det |
| 5 | unifier | unifier | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 tyrant | cc |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 tyrant | det |
| 8 | harsh | harsh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 tyrant | amod |
| 9 | tyrant | tyrant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 unifier | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | He | a unifier and a harsh tyrant | tree rules |
Option 4
Only a cruel tyrant who did nothing useful at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 4 tyrant | advmod |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 tyrant | det |
| 3 | cruel | cruel | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 tyrant | amod |
| 4 | tyrant | tyrant | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 did | nsubj |
| 6 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 tyrant | acl:relcl |
| 7 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 6 did | obj |
| 8 | useful | useful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 nothing | amod |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 all | case |
| 10 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 useful | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | a cruel tyrant | nothing | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality |
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