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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.

nsubjnsubjcopobjpunctdetapposnsubjcopacl:relclpunctrootTomPROPNsaysVERBitPRON'sAUXOxfordPROPN,PUNCTnoDETwayNOUNitPRON'sAUXFezPROPN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TomTomPROPNNumber=Sing2 saysnsubj
2sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 Oxfordnsubj
4'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 Oxfordcop
5OxfordOxfordPROPNNumber=Sing2 saysobj
6,,PUNCT_8 waypunct
7nonoDETPronType=Neg8 waydet
8waywayNOUNNumber=Sing5 Oxfordappos
9ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs11 Feznsubj
10'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin11 Fezcop
11FezFezPROPNNumber=Sing8 wayacl:relcl
12..PUNCT_2 sayspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresentTomvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2is apresentitOxfordtree rules
3is apresentwayFeztree 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?

copdetamodnsubjpunctrootWhatPRONisAUXtheDETfairestADJanswerNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Introotroot
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Whatcop
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 answerdet
4fairestfairADJDegree=Sup5 answeramod
5answeranswerNOUNNumber=Sing1 Whatnsubj
6??PUNCT_1 Whatpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentthe fairest answertree rules

The options

Option 1

Neither of them has ever had a real university

nsubjcasenmodauxadvmoddetamodobjrootNeitherDETofADPthemPRONhasAUXeverADVhadVERBaDETrealADJuniversityNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NeitherneitherDETPronType=Neg6 hadnsubj
2ofofADP_3 themcase
3themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs1 Neithernmod
4hashaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 hadaux
5evereverADVPronType=Ind6 hadadvmod
6hadhaveVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Partrootroot
7aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art9 universitydet
8realrealADJDegree=Pos9 universityamod
9universityuniversityNOUNNumber=Sing6 hadobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1havepresent · perfectNeithera real universityevervn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent university=Patient

Option 2

Fez was only founded in 2001, so Oxford wins

nsubj:passaux:passadvmodcaseoblpunctadvmodnsubjconjrootFezPROPNwasAUXonlyADVfoundedVERBinADP2001NUM,PUNCTsoADVOxfordPROPNwinsVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1FezFezPROPNNumber=Sing4 foundednsubj:pass
2wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 foundedaux:pass
3onlyonlyADV_4 foundedadvmod
4foundedfoundVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
5ininADP_6 2001case
620012001NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Card4 foundedobl
7,,PUNCT_10 winspunct
8sosoADV_10 winsadvmod
9OxfordOxfordPROPNNumber=Sing10 winsnsubj
10winswinVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 foundedconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1foundpast · passiveFez2001vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2winpresentOxfordvn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Oxford is clearly older than Fez, by several hundred years

nsubjcopadvmodcaseoblpunctcaseamodnummodoblrootOxfordPROPNisAUXclearlyADVolderADJthanADPFezPROPN,PUNCTbyADPseveralADJhundredNUMyearsNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1OxfordOxfordPROPNNumber=Sing4 oldernsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 oldercop
3clearlyclearlyADV_4 olderadvmod
4olderoldADJDegree=Cmprootroot
5thanthanADP_6 Fezcase
6FezFezPROPNNumber=Sing4 olderobl
7,,PUNCT_11 yearspunct
8bybyADP_11 yearscase
9severalseveralADJDegree=Pos11 yearsamod
10hundredhundredNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card11 yearsnummod
11yearsyearNOUNNumber=Plur4 olderobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentOxfordyearthan Fez; clearly, old propertytree rules

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

Fez is much older, but «first» depends on what you count

nsubjcopadvmodpunctccpunctadvmodpunctparataxiscaseoblnsubjacl:relclrootFezNOUNisAUXmuchADVolderADJ,PUNCTbutCCONJ«PUNCTfirstADV»PUNCTdependsVERBonADPwhatPRONyouPRONcountVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1FezfezNOUNNumber=Sing4 oldernsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 oldercop
3muchmuchADV_4 olderadvmod
4olderoldADJDegree=Cmprootroot
5,,PUNCT_10 dependspunct
6butbutCCONJ_10 dependscc
7««PUNCT_8 firstpunct
8firstfirstADVNumForm=Word NumType=Ord10 dependsadvmod
9»»PUNCT_8 firstpunct
10dependsdependVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 olderparataxis
11ononADP_12 whatcase
12whatwhatPRONPronType=Rel10 dependsobl
13youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs14 countnsubj
14countcountVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin12 whatacl:relcl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentFezold propertytree rules
2dependpresentfirst propertyvn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent on what=Theme
3countpresentyouvn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

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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