Test 3 · Learning through the ages: schools, universities, librarie…
Tom says it's Oxford, no way it's Fez. What is the fairest answer?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Tom, it, way, fairest answer · What happens: say, be · To what, where: Oxford, Fez · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 of lesson 64 «Learning through the ages: schools, universities, libraries and science» 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: Tom says it's Oxford, no way it's Fez.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom | Tom | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 Oxford | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 Oxford | cop |
| 5 | Oxford | Oxford | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 way | punct |
| 7 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 8 way | det |
| 8 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 Oxford | appos |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 Fez | nsubj |
| 10 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 Fez | cop |
| 11 | Fez | Fez | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 way | acl:relcl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Tom | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | it | Oxford | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is a | present | way | Fez | 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: What is the fairest answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 answer | det |
| 4 | fairest | fair | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 answer | amod |
| 5 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the fairest answer | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Neither of them has ever had a real university
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neither | neither | DET | PronType=Neg | 6 had | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 3 them | case |
| 3 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Neither | nmod |
| 4 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 had | aux |
| 5 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 6 had | advmod |
| 6 | had | have | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 university | det |
| 8 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 university | amod |
| 9 | university | university | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 had | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present · perfect | Neither | a real university | ever | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent university=Patient |
Option 2
Fez was only founded in 2001, so Oxford wins
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fez | Fez | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 founded | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 founded | aux:pass |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 founded | advmod |
| 4 | founded | found | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 2001 | case |
| 6 | 2001 | 2001 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 founded | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 wins | punct |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 wins | advmod |
| 9 | Oxford | Oxford | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 wins | nsubj |
| 10 | wins | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 founded | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | found | past · passive | Fez | 2001 | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 2 | win | present | Oxford | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Oxford is clearly older than Fez, by several hundred years
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oxford | Oxford | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 older | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 older | cop |
| 3 | clearly | clearly | ADV | _ | 4 older | advmod |
| 4 | older | old | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 5 | than | than | ADP | _ | 6 Fez | case |
| 6 | Fez | Fez | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 older | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 years | punct |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 years | case |
| 9 | several | several | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 years | amod |
| 10 | hundred | hundred | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 11 years | nummod |
| 11 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 older | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Oxford | year | than Fez; clearly, old property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Fez is much older, but «first» depends on what you count
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fez | fez | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 older | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 older | cop |
| 3 | much | much | ADV | _ | 4 older | advmod |
| 4 | older | old | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 depends | punct |
| 6 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 10 depends | cc |
| 7 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 first | punct |
| 8 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 10 depends | advmod |
| 9 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 first | punct |
| 10 | depends | depend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 older | parataxis |
| 11 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 what | case |
| 12 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 depends | obl |
| 13 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 14 count | nsubj |
| 14 | count | count | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 what | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Fez | old property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | depend | present | first property | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent on what=Theme | |||||
| 3 | count | present | you | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
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