Test 7 · ★ · What was lost and what was gained: languages, foods, music…
Ruby's dad: "Quinine? That's in tonic water, innit. Came from Britain." What's more exact?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: That, tonic water · What happens: be, innit · To what, where: tonic water
This is test 7 · ★ 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: Ruby's dad: "Quinine?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruby | Ruby | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 dad | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Ruby | case |
| 3 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 Quinine | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 Quinine | punct |
| 6 | Quinine | Quinine | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 dad | appos |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 dad | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: That's in tonic water, innit.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 water | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 water | cop |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 water | case |
| 4 | tonic | tonic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 water | amod |
| 5 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 innit | punct |
| 7 | innit | innit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 water | acl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 water | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | That | tonic water | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | innit | infinitive | tonic water not said here | tree rules |
Sentence 3: Came from Britain."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Came | came | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | from | from | ADP | _ | 3 Britain | case |
| 3 | Britain | Britain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Came | nmod |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Came | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 1 Came | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 4: What's more exact?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 exact | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 exact | cop |
| 3 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 4 exact | advmod |
| 4 | exact | exact | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 exact | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | exact property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
It was invented in 2000
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 invented | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 invented | aux:pass |
| 3 | invented | invent | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 2000 | case |
| 5 | 2000 | 2000 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 invented | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | invent | past · passive | It | 2000 | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |
Option 2
It was made in a London lab from nothing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 made | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 made | aux:pass |
| 3 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 lab | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 lab | det |
| 6 | London | London | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 lab | compound |
| 7 | lab | lab | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 made | obl |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 nothing | case |
| 9 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 7 lab | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past · passive | It | a London lab from nothing | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
Option 3
It comes from the sea
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 comes | nsubj |
| 2 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 sea | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 sea | det |
| 5 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 comes | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present | It | the sea | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from sea=Initial_Location |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
It came from cinchona bark, known to Andean peoples
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 came | nsubj |
| 2 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 bark | case |
| 4 | cinchona | cinchona | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bark | compound |
| 5 | bark | bark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 came | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 known | punct |
| 7 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 bark | acl |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 peoples | case |
| 9 | Andean | andean | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 peoples | amod |
| 10 | peoples | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 known | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | It | cinchona bark | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from bark=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | know | participle | cinchona bark not said here | to Andean peoples | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
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