Test 6 · ★ · What was lost and what was gained: languages, foods, music… Mia's cousin: "Aztecs never wrote books, they just did pyramids, mid." ("Mid" means not very good.) What's the correction?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Aztecs, Mid, correction · What happens: not write, do, not mean, be · To what, where: books, pyramids
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 77 «What was lost and what was gained: languages, foods, music and knowledge» 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: Mia's cousin: "Aztecs never wrote books, they just did pyramids, mid."
nmod:poss case punct punct nsubj advmod acl:relcl obj punct nsubj advmod conj obj punct conj punct punct root Mia PROPN 's PART cousin NOUN : PUNCT " PUNCT Aztecs NOUN never ADV wrote VERB books NOUN , PUNCT they PRON just ADV did VERB pyramids NOUN , PUNCT mid NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mia Mia PROPN Number=Sing 3 cousin nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Mia case 3 cousin cousin NOUN Number=Sing root root 4 : : PUNCT _ 8 wrote punct 5 " " PUNCT _ 8 wrote punct 6 Aztecs aztec NOUN Number=Plur 8 wrote nsubj 7 never never ADV PronType=Neg 8 wrote advmod 8 wrote write VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 cousin acl:relcl 9 books book NOUN Number=Plur 8 wrote obj 10 , , PUNCT _ 13 did punct 11 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 13 did nsubj 12 just just ADV _ 13 did advmod 13 did do VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 8 wrote conj 14 pyramids pyramid NOUN Number=Plur 13 did obj 15 , , PUNCT _ 16 mid punct 16 mid mid NOUN Number=Sing 14 pyramids conj 17 . . PUNCT _ 3 cousin punct 18 " " PUNCT _ 3 cousin punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not write in a quote past Aztecs books vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Theme 2 do in a quote past Aztecs = aztec pyramids and mid vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pyramid=Eventuality
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: ("Mid" means not very good.)
punct punct nsubj punct advmod advmod xcomp punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Mid PROPN " PUNCT means VERB not PART very ADV good ADJ . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Mid punct 3 Mid Mid PROPN Number=Sing 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Mid punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 not not PART Polarity=Neg 5 means advmod 7 very very ADV _ 8 good advmod 8 good good ADJ Degree=Pos 5 means xcomp 9 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct 10 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not mean present Mid good property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: What's the correction?
cop det nsubj punct root What PRON 's AUX the DET correction NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int root root 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 What cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 correction det 4 correction correction NOUN Number=Sing 1 What nsubj 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 What punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present the correction tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice The Aztecs wrote millions of books, and every single one survives today
det nsubj obj case nmod punct cc det amod nsubj parataxis obl:unmarked root The DET Aztecs PROPN wrote VERB millions NOUN of ADP books NOUN , PUNCT and CCONJ every DET single ADJ one NOUN survives VERB today NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 Aztecs det 2 Aztecs Aztec PROPN Number=Plur 3 wrote nsubj 3 wrote write VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 millions million NOUN Number=Plur 3 wrote obj 5 of of ADP _ 6 books case 6 books book NOUN Number=Plur 4 millions nmod 7 , , PUNCT _ 12 survives punct 8 and and CCONJ _ 12 survives cc 9 every every DET PronType=Tot 11 one det 10 single single ADJ Degree=Pos 11 one amod 11 one one NOUN Number=Sing 12 survives nsubj 12 survives survive VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 wrote parataxis 13 today today NOUN Number=Sing 12 survives obl:unmarked
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 write past the Aztecs millions of books vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent million=Theme 2 survive present every single one today vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 2 Aztec books are in every library
compound nsubj cop case det root Aztec PROPN books NOUN are AUX in ADP every DET library NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Aztec Aztec PROPN Number=Sing 2 books compound 2 books book NOUN Number=Plur 6 library nsubj 3 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 library cop 4 in in ADP _ 6 library case 5 every every DET PronType=Tot 6 library det 6 library library NOUN Number=Sing root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present Aztec books every library tree rules
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer They made books, but fewer than 20 from before the conquest survive
nsubj obj punct cc advmod fixed obl case case det obl conj root They PRON made VERB books NOUN , PUNCT but CCONJ fewer ADJ than ADP 20 NUM from ADP before ADP the DET conquest NOUN survive VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 They they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 made nsubj 2 made make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 books book NOUN Number=Plur 2 made obj 4 , , PUNCT _ 8 20 punct 5 but but CCONJ _ 8 20 cc 6 fewer few ADJ Degree=Cmp 8 20 advmod 7 than than ADP _ 6 fewer fixed 8 20 20 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 2 made obl 9 from from ADP _ 12 conquest case 10 before before ADP _ 12 conquest case 11 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 12 conquest det 12 conquest conquest NOUN Number=Sing 2 made obl 13 survive survive VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 made conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 make past They books the conquest 20 obl vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset book=Product from conquest=Material 2 survive infinitive They not said here vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 4 The Aztecs had no writing of any kind
det nsubj det obj case det nmod root The DET Aztecs PROPN had VERB no DET writing NOUN of ADP any DET kind NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 Aztecs det 2 Aztecs Aztec PROPN Number=Plur 3 had nsubj 3 had have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 no no DET PronType=Neg 5 writing det 5 writing writing NOUN Number=Sing 3 had obj 6 of of ADP _ 8 kind case 7 any any DET PronType=Ind 8 kind det 8 kind kind NOUN Number=Sing 5 writing nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 have past the Aztecs no writing of any kind vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent writing=Patient 2 write any kind nom writing «act transitive»: of=patient
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