Test 7 · ★ · Ideas on the move: numbers, paper, letters, chess and news
Ella's friend: "Cinderella's Disney, end of." Ella: "Nah, there's a Chinese one from ages ago." Who's right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ella · What happens: be · To what, where: Chinese one
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 75 «Ideas on the move: numbers, paper, letters, chess and news» 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: Ella's friend: "Cinderella's Disney, end of."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ella | Ella | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 friend | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Ella | case |
| 3 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 Disney | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 Disney | punct |
| 6 | Cinderella | Cinderella | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Disney | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 Cinderella | case |
| 8 | Disney | Disney | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 friend | appos |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 end | punct |
| 10 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 friend | conj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 end | case |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 friend | punct |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 friend | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: Ella: "Nah, there's a Chinese one from ages ago."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ella | Ella | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 one | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 's | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 's | punct |
| 4 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 7 's | discourse |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 Nah | punct |
| 6 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 7 's | expl |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 one | cop |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 one | det |
| 9 | Chinese | Chinese | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 one | amod |
| 10 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 11 | from | from | ADP | _ | 12 ages | case |
| 12 | ages | age | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 ago | obl:unmarked |
| 13 | ago | ago | ADV | _ | 10 one | advmod |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 one | punct |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 one | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | Ella | a Chinese one | ago property | tree rules |
Sentence 3: Who's right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Both: Disney lived in China
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 Disney | det |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Both | punct |
| 3 | Disney | Disney | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 lived | nsubj |
| 4 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 China | case |
| 6 | China | China | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 lived | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | past | both Disney | China | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in china=Location |
Option 2
Neither: Cinderella is from 2000
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neither | neither | DET | PronType=Neg | 3 Cinderella | det |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Neither | punct |
| 3 | Cinderella | cinderella | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 2000 | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 2000 | cop |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 2000 | case |
| 6 | 2000 | 2000 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | neither Cinderella | 2000 | tree rules |
Option 3
The friend: Disney invented the whole story in 1950
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 friend | det |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 invented | nsubj |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 2 friend | punct |
| 4 | Disney | Disney | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 invented | nsubj |
| 5 | invented | invent | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 story | det |
| 7 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 story | amod |
| 8 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 invented | obj |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 1950 | case |
| 10 | 1950 | 1950 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 invented | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | invent | past | the friend | the whole story | 1950 | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Result |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Ella: a Chinese version was written down around 850 CE
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ella | Ella | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 written | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 written | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 version | det |
| 4 | Chinese | Chinese | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 version | amod |
| 5 | version | version | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 written | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 written | aux:pass |
| 7 | written | write | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | down | down | ADP | _ | 7 written | compound:prt |
| 9 | around | around | ADV | _ | 10 850 | advmod |
| 10 | 850 | 850 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 11 CE | nummod |
| 11 | CE | ce | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 written | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write down | past · passive | Ella | 850 CE obl:unmarked | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
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