Test 2 · ★ · China: the First Emperor, the Terracotta Army and the Grea…

bro says every clay soldier is a copy of a real guy's face. proven?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bro, clay soldier · What happens: say, be, prove · To what, where: copy · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 soldier	det
4	clay	clay	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 soldier	compound
5	soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 copy	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 copy	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 copy	det
8	copy	copy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	ccomp
9	of	of	ADP	_	14 face	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 guy	det
11	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 guy	amod
12	guy	guy	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 face	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 guy	case
14	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 copy	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	16 proven	punct
16	proven	prove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 says	conj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	bro			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	every clay soldier	a copy	of a real guy's face	tree rules
3	prove	participle	bro not said here			vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent

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 · ✓ the right answer

Not proven; each face is different, which is the real wonder

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 proven	advmod
2	proven	prove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
3	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 different	punct
4	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	5 face	det
5	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 different	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 different	cop
7	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 proven	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 wonder	punct
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 wonder	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 wonder	cop
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 wonder	det
12	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 wonder	amod
13	wonder	wonder	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 different	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not prove	participle				vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	each face		different property	tree rules
3	is a	present		the real wonder		tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, each one has a name tag with the soldier's real name

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 has	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	4 one	det
4	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 has	nsubj
5	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 tag	det
7	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tag	compound
8	tag	tag	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 has	obj
9	with	with	ADP	_	14 name	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 soldier	det
11	soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 name	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 soldier	case
13	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 name	amod
14	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tag	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	each one	a name tag				with the soldier's real name	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tag=Patient
2	name		the soldier						nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

No, all the faces are the same

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	8 same	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 faces	det:predet
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 faces	det
5	faces	face	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 same	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 same	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 same	det
8	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	all faces					same property	tree rules

Option 4

Yes, they are real soldiers turned to clay

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 soldiers	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 soldiers	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 soldiers	cop
5	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 soldiers	amod
6	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 turned	nsubj
7	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	to	to	PART	_	9 clay	mark
9	clay	clay	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 turned	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	they	real soldiers					tree rules
2	turn	past	real soldiers	clay					vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent clay=Theme

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