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Test 8 · ★ · Ideas on the move: numbers, paper, letters, chess and news

Aisha asks which religions have the most people. Her mate says, "Islam is, like, mid-size." ("Mid" here means middling.) What does a big 2020 count say?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Aisha, religions, mate, Islam, Mid, big 2020 count · What happens: ask, have, say, be, mean · To what, where: most people, middling · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★ 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: Aisha asks which religions have the most people.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Aisha	Aisha	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 asks	nsubj
2	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	4 religions	det
4	religions	religion	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 have	nsubj
5	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 asks	ccomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 people	det
7	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 people	amod
8	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 have	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 asks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present	Aisha						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	have	present	which religions	the most people					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient

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 says, "Islam is, like, mid-size."

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	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 Islam	punct
6	Islam	Islam	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 mid-size	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 mid-size	cop
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 mid-size	punct
9	like	like	ADP	_	11 mid-size	case
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 mid-size	punct
11	mid-size	mid-size	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	ccomp
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 mid-size	punct
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 mid-size	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Aisha's mate						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is in a quote	present	Islam					like mid-size	tree rules

Sentence 3: ("Mid" here means middling.)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	6 means	punct
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Mid	punct
3	Mid	Mid	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 means	nsubj
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Mid	punct
5	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 means	advmod
6	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	middling	middling	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 means	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 means	punct
9	)	)	PUNCT	_	6 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Mid	middling		here			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent middling=Topic

Sentence 4: What does a big 2020 count say?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 say	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 say	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 count	det
4	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 count	amod
5	2020	2020	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 count	compound
6	count	count	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 say	nsubj
7	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · do-support	a big 2020 count						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Christianity first, Islam second, with about 2 billion followers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Christianity	Christianity	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	1 Christianity	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 Islam	punct
4	Islam	Islam	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Christianity	conj
5	second	second	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	1 Christianity	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 followers	punct
7	with	with	ADP	_	11 followers	case
8	about	about	ADV	_	10 billion	advmod
9	2	2	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	10 billion	compound
10	billion	billion	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 followers	nummod
11	followers	follower	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Christianity	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

Islam is one of the smallest religions, with only a few million followers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Islam	Islam	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 one	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 one	cop
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 religions	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 religions	det
6	smallest	small	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 religions	amod
7	religions	religion	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 one	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 followers	punct
9	with	with	ADP	_	14 followers	case
10	only	only	ADV	_	13 million	advmod
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 million	det
12	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 million	amod
13	million	million	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 followers	nummod
14	followers	follower	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 religions	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Islam	one				of the smallest religions and million followers	tree rules

Option 3

Nobody follows any religion now

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	2 follows	nsubj
2	follows	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	4 religion	det
4	religion	religion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 follows	obj
5	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 follows	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	present	Nobody	any religion			now		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent religion=Theme

Option 4

Buddhism has 5 billion followers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Buddhism	Buddhism	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	5	5	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 billion	compound
4	billion	billion	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 followers	nummod
5	followers	follower	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 has	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Buddhism	billion followers					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent follower=Patient

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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