Test 3 · ★ · Everyday inventions: pots, boats, wheels, horses, clocks a…
In your game, newer tech is always better. Which real choice shows that is not so?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: game newer tech, real choice, that · What happens: be, show, not be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 62 «Everyday inventions: pots, boats, wheels, horses, clocks and glasses» 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: In your game, newer tech is always better.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 game | case |
| 2 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 game | nmod:poss |
| 3 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 tech | compound |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 game | punct |
| 5 | newer | new | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 tech | amod |
| 6 | tech | tech | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 better | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 better | cop |
| 8 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 9 better | advmod |
| 9 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 better | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | game newer tech | always, good 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: Which real choice shows that is not so?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 shows | obj |
| 2 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 choice | amod |
| 3 | choice | choice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shows | nsubj |
| 4 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 so | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 so | cop |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 so | advmod |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 4 shows | ccomp |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 shows | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | real choice | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent which=Recipient | |||||
| 2 | not is | present | that | so property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Swapping horses for trains
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swapping | swap | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | horses | horse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Swapping | obj |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 trains | case |
| 4 | trains | train | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Swapping | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swap | gerund | horses | for trains | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent horse=Theme for train=Co-Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Swapping carts for camels in North Africa
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swapping | swap | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | carts | cart | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Swapping | obj |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 camels | case |
| 4 | camels | camel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Swapping | obl |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 Africa | case |
| 6 | North | North | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Africa | compound |
| 7 | Africa | Africa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 camels | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swap | gerund | carts | for camels in North Africa | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent cart=Theme for camel=Co-Theme |
Option 3
Swapping candles for bulbs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swapping | swap | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | candles | candle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Swapping | obj |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 bulbs | case |
| 4 | bulbs | bulb | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Swapping | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swap | gerund | candles | for bulbs | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent candle=Theme for bulb=Co-Theme |
Option 4
Swapping scrolls for books
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swapping | swap | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | scrolls | scroll | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Swapping | obj |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 books | case |
| 4 | books | book | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Swapping | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swap | gerund | scrolls | for books | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent scroll=Theme for book=Co-Theme |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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