Test 2 · Cities then and now: the biggest cities of every age and o… Mei rattles off: "Uruk, Rome, Chang'an, London, New York, Tokyo!" Her mate: "The biggest city was always in Europe, innit." What's fair?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mei, biggest city · What happens: rattle off, be · To what, where: Uruk, Europe
This is test 2 of lesson 74 «Cities then and now: the biggest cities of every age and of today» 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 rattles off: "Uruk, Rome, Chang'an, London, New York, Tokyo!"
nsubj compound:prt punct punct obl punct conj punct conj punct conj punct flat conj punct appos punct punct root Mei PROPN rattles VERB off ADP : PUNCT " PUNCT Uruk PROPN , PUNCT Rome PROPN , PUNCT Chang'an PROPN , PUNCT London PROPN , PUNCT New PROPN York PROPN , PUNCT Tokyo PROPN ! PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mei Mei PROPN Number=Sing 2 rattles nsubj 2 rattles rattle VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 off off ADP _ 2 rattles compound:prt 4 : : PUNCT _ 6 Uruk punct 5 " " PUNCT _ 6 Uruk punct 6 Uruk Uruk PROPN Number=Sing 2 rattles obl 7 , , PUNCT _ 8 Rome punct 8 Rome Rome PROPN Number=Sing 6 Uruk conj 9 , , PUNCT _ 10 Chang'an punct 10 Chang'an Chang'an PROPN Number=Sing 6 Uruk conj 11 , , PUNCT _ 12 London punct 12 London London PROPN Number=Sing 6 Uruk conj 13 , , PUNCT _ 15 York punct 14 New New PROPN Number=Sing 15 York flat 15 York York PROPN Number=Sing 6 Uruk conj 16 , , PUNCT _ 17 Tokyo punct 17 Tokyo Tokyo PROPN Number=Sing 6 Uruk appos 18 ! ! PUNCT _ 17 Tokyo punct 19 " " PUNCT _ 2 rattles punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 rattle off present Mei Uruk and Rome and Chang'an and London and New York vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: 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.
Sentence 2: Her mate: "The biggest city was always in Europe, innit."
nmod:poss punct punct det amod nsubj cop advmod case appos punct conj punct punct root Her PRON mate NOUN : PUNCT " PUNCT The DET biggest ADJ city NOUN was AUX always ADV in ADP Europe PROPN , PUNCT innit NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 mate nmod:poss 2 mate mate NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 : : PUNCT _ 11 Europe punct 4 " " PUNCT _ 11 Europe punct 5 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 city det 6 biggest big ADJ Degree=Sup 7 city amod 7 city city NOUN Number=Sing 11 Europe nsubj 8 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 11 Europe cop 9 always always ADV PronType=Tot 11 Europe advmod 10 in in ADP _ 11 Europe case 11 Europe Europe PROPN Number=Sing 2 mate appos 12 , , PUNCT _ 13 innit punct 13 innit innit NOUN Number=Sing 11 Europe conj 14 . . PUNCT _ 2 mate punct 15 " " PUNCT _ 2 mate punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is in a quote past the biggest city Europe and innit always property tree rules
Sentence 3: What's fair?
nsubj cop punct root What PRON 's AUX fair ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 3 fair nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 fair cop 3 fair fair ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 fair punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present fair property tree rules
The options Option 1 Cities were never measured before 2000
nsubj:pass aux:pass advmod case obl root Cities NOUN were AUX never ADV measured VERB before ADP 2000 NUM The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Cities city NOUN Number=Plur 4 measured nsubj:pass 2 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 measured aux:pass 3 never never ADV PronType=Neg 4 measured advmod 4 measured measure VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 5 before before ADP _ 6 2000 case 6 2000 2000 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 4 measured obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not measure past · passive Cities before 2000 vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: subject=Value
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice The biggest city was always Rome, right up to today
det amod nsubj cop advmod punct advmod advmod fixed obl:unmarked root The DET biggest ADJ city NOUN was AUX always ADV Rome PROPN , PUNCT right ADV up ADP to ADP today NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 city det 2 biggest big ADJ Degree=Sup 3 city amod 3 city city NOUN Number=Sing 6 Rome nsubj 4 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 Rome cop 5 always always ADV PronType=Tot 6 Rome advmod 6 Rome Rome PROPN Number=Sing root root 7 , , PUNCT _ 9 up punct 8 right right ADV _ 9 up advmod 9 up up ADP ExtPos=ADV 6 Rome advmod 10 to to ADP _ 9 up fixed 11 today today NOUN Number=Sing 6 Rome obl:unmarked
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a past the biggest city Rome today always property tree rules
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer The crown moved around the world, often in Asia
det nsubj case det obl punct advmod case obl root The DET crown NOUN moved VERB around ADP the DET world NOUN , PUNCT often ADV in ADP Asia PROPN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 crown det 2 crown crown NOUN Number=Sing 3 moved nsubj 3 moved move VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 around around ADP _ 6 world case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 world det 6 world world NOUN Number=Sing 3 moved obl 7 , , PUNCT _ 10 Asia punct 8 often often ADV _ 10 Asia advmod 9 in in ADP _ 10 Asia case 10 Asia Asia PROPN Number=Sing 3 moved obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 move past the crown the world in Asia vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme around world=Trajectory
Option 4 Her mate is right: the biggest was always in Europe
nmod:poss nsubj cop punct det obl cop advmod case obl root Her PRON mate NOUN is AUX right ADJ : PUNCT the DET biggest ADJ was AUX always ADV in ADP Europe PROPN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 mate nmod:poss 2 mate mate NOUN Number=Sing 4 right nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 right cop 4 right right ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 : : PUNCT _ 7 biggest punct 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 biggest det 7 biggest big ADJ Degree=Sup 4 right obl 8 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 11 Europe cop 9 always always ADV PronType=Tot 11 Europe advmod 10 in in ADP _ 11 Europe case 11 Europe Europe PROPN Number=Sing 7 biggest obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present Her mate the biggest obl ; right property tree rules 2 is past Europe always property tree rules
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