Test 10 · Humanity today: how many we are, how long we live, how poo… Tom's classmate came from Syria. A boy says, "Migration's a new thing, it never used to happen." What's true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: classmate, boy, Migration · What happens: come, say, be, not use, happen · To what, where: Syria, new thing · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 of lesson 78 «Humanity today: how many we are, how long we live, how poor and how rich» 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: Tom's classmate came from Syria.
nmod:poss case nsubj case obl punct root Tom PROPN 's PART classmate NOUN came VERB from ADP Syria PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Tom Tom PROPN Number=Sing 3 classmate nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Tom case 3 classmate classmate NOUN Number=Sing 4 came nsubj 4 came come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 from from ADP _ 6 Syria case 6 Syria Syria PROPN Number=Sing 4 came obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 4 came punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 come past Tom's classmate Syria vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from syria=Initial_Location
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: A boy says, "Migration's a new thing, it never used to happen."
det nsubj punct punct nsubj cop det amod ccomp punct nsubj advmod ccomp mark xcomp punct punct root A DET boy NOUN says VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT Migration NOUN 's AUX a DET new ADJ thing NOUN , PUNCT it PRON never ADV used VERB to PART happen VERB . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 boy det 2 boy boy NOUN Number=Sing 3 says nsubj 3 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 10 thing punct 5 " " PUNCT _ 10 thing punct 6 Migration migration NOUN Number=Sing 10 thing nsubj 7 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 thing cop 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 thing det 9 new new ADJ Degree=Pos 10 thing amod 10 thing thing NOUN Number=Sing 3 says ccomp 11 , , PUNCT _ 14 used punct 12 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 14 used nsubj 13 never never ADV PronType=Neg 14 used advmod 14 used use VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 says ccomp 15 to to PART _ 16 happen mark 16 happen happen VERB VerbForm=Inf 14 used xcomp 17 . . PUNCT _ 14 used punct 18 " " PUNCT _ 14 used punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present a boy vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 is a in a quote present Migration a new thing tree rules 3 not use in a quote past Migration vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality 4 happen in a quote to-infinitive Migration not said here vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Sentence 3: What's true?
nsubj cop punct root What PRON 's AUX true ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 3 true nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 true cop 3 true true ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 true punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present true property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Half the world lives abroad
det:predet det nsubj advmod root Half DET the DET world NOUN lives VERB abroad ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Half half DET NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind 3 world det:predet 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 world det 3 world world NOUN Number=Sing 4 lives nsubj 4 lives live VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 abroad abroad ADV _ 4 lives advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 live present half world abroad property vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 2 Nobody moved before 2000
nsubj case obl root Nobody PRON moved VERB before ADP 2000 NUM The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Nobody nobody PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 2 moved nsubj 2 moved move VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 before before ADP _ 4 2000 case 4 2000 2000 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 2 moved obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 move past Nobody 2000 vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme before 2000=Trajectory
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer People have always moved; about 1 in 30 live outside their birth country now
The tree, 14 words nsubj aux advmod punct advmod nsubj case nmod conj case nmod:poss compound obl advmod root People NOUN have AUX always ADV moved VERB ; PUNCT about ADV 1 NUM in ADP 30 NUM live VERB outside ADP their PRON birth NOUN country NOUN now ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 People people NOUN Number=Plur 4 moved nsubj 2 have have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 moved aux 3 always always ADV PronType=Tot 4 moved advmod 4 moved move VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part root root 5 ; ; PUNCT _ 10 live punct 6 about about ADV _ 7 1 advmod 7 1 1 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 10 live nsubj 8 in in ADP _ 9 30 case 9 30 30 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 7 1 nmod 10 live live VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 moved conj 11 outside outside ADP _ 14 country case 12 their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 14 country nmod:poss 13 birth birth NOUN Number=Sing 14 country compound 14 country country NOUN Number=Sing 10 live obl 15 now now ADV PronType=Dem 10 live advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 move present · perfect People always property vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme 2 live present 1 in 30 People's birth country now vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme outside country=Location
Option 4 Moving country is impossible
csubj obj cop root Moving VERB country NOUN is AUX impossible ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Moving move VERB VerbForm=Ger 4 impossible csubj 2 country country NOUN Number=Sing 1 Moving obj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 impossible cop 4 impossible impossible ADJ Degree=Pos root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 move gerund country vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent country=Theme 2 is present Moving impossible property tree rules
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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