Test 11 · Humanity today: how many we are, how long we live, how poo… Grandad: "Kids today have it easy!" Ben: "Not with homework, Grandad, that's sus!" Who's right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Grandad · What happens: have, be · To what, where: it, sus
This is test 11 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: Grandad: "Kids today have it easy!"
nsubj punct punct conj obl:unmarked obj xcomp punct punct root Grandad PROPN : PUNCT " PUNCT Kids NOUN today NOUN have VERB it PRON easy ADJ ! PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Grandad Grandad PROPN Number=Sing 6 have nsubj 2 : : PUNCT _ 4 Kids punct 3 " " PUNCT _ 4 Kids punct 4 Kids kid NOUN Number=Plur 1 Grandad conj 5 today today NOUN Number=Sing 6 have obl:unmarked 6 have have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 have obj 8 easy easy ADJ Degree=Pos 6 have xcomp 9 ! ! PUNCT _ 8 easy punct 10 " " PUNCT _ 6 have punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 have in a quote present Grandad and Kids it today easy property vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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: Ben: "Not with homework, Grandad, that's sus!"
punct punct advmod case appos punct conj punct det cop appos punct punct root Ben PROPN : PUNCT " PUNCT Not PART with ADP homework NOUN , PUNCT Grandad PROPN , PUNCT that DET 's AUX sus NOUN ! PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ben Ben PROPN Number=Sing root root 2 : : PUNCT _ 6 homework punct 3 " " PUNCT _ 6 homework punct 4 Not not PART Polarity=Neg 6 homework advmod 5 with with ADP _ 6 homework case 6 homework homework NOUN Number=Sing 1 Ben appos 7 , , PUNCT _ 8 Grandad punct 8 Grandad Grandad PROPN Number=Sing 6 homework conj 9 , , PUNCT _ 12 sus punct 10 that that DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 12 sus det 11 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 12 sus cop 12 sus sus NOUN Number=Sing 1 Ben appos 13 ! ! PUNCT _ 12 sus punct 14 " " PUNCT _ 12 sus punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a in a quote present that sus tree rules
Sentence 3: Who's right?
nsubj cop punct root Who PRON 's AUX right ADJ ? PUNCT 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 Neither, nothing has changed
advmod punct nsubj:pass aux root Neither ADV , PUNCT nothing PRON has AUX changed VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Neither neither ADV _ 5 changed advmod 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Neither punct 3 nothing nothing PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 5 changed nsubj:pass 4 has have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 changed aux 5 changed change VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 change present · perfect · passive nothing neither property vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
Option 2 Only Ben, life was easier in 1900
advmod compound punct nsubj cop case obl root Only ADV Ben PROPN , PUNCT life NOUN was AUX easier ADJ in ADP 1900 NUM The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Only only ADV _ 2 Ben advmod 2 Ben Ben PROPN Number=Sing 4 life compound 3 , , PUNCT _ 2 Ben punct 4 life life NOUN Number=Sing 6 easier nsubj 5 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 easier cop 6 easier easy ADJ Degree=Cmp root root 7 in in ADP _ 8 1900 case 8 1900 1900 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 6 easier obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is past Ben life 1900 easy property tree rules
Option 3 Only Grandad: life is perfect now and children have no worries at all
advmod nmod:poss punct nsubj cop advmod cc nsubj conj det obj case nmod root Only ADV Grandad PROPN : PUNCT life NOUN is AUX perfect ADJ now ADV and CCONJ children NOUN have VERB no DET worries NOUN at ADP all DET The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Only only ADV _ 2 Grandad advmod 2 Grandad Grandad PROPN Number=Sing 4 life nmod:poss 3 : : PUNCT _ 2 Grandad punct 4 life life NOUN Number=Sing 6 perfect nsubj 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 perfect cop 6 perfect perfect ADJ Degree=Pos root root 7 now now ADV PronType=Dem 6 perfect advmod 8 and and CCONJ _ 10 have cc 9 children child NOUN Number=Plur 10 have nsubj 10 have have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 perfect conj 11 no no DET PronType=Neg 12 worries det 12 worries worry NOUN Number=Plur 10 have obj 13 at at ADP _ 14 all case 14 all all DET PronType=Tot 12 worries nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present Grandad's life now perfect property tree rules 2 have present children no worries all vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent worry=Patient
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer Both partly: kids are healthier now, but face new worries
nsubj advmod punct nsubj cop advmod punct cc advcl amod obj root Both DET partly ADV : PUNCT kids NOUN are AUX healthier ADJ now ADV , PUNCT but CCONJ face VERB new ADJ worries NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Both both DET PronType=Tot 6 healthier nsubj 2 partly partly ADV _ 6 healthier advmod 3 : : PUNCT _ 2 partly punct 4 kids kid NOUN Number=Plur 6 healthier nsubj 5 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 healthier cop 6 healthier healthy ADJ Degree=Cmp root root 7 now now ADV PronType=Dem 6 healthier advmod 8 , , PUNCT _ 10 face punct 9 but but CCONJ _ 10 face cc 10 face face VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 healthier advcl 11 new new ADJ Degree=Pos 12 worries amod 12 worries worry NOUN Number=Plur 10 face obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present Both now healthy, partly property tree rules 2 face present Both not said here new worries vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme worry=Destination
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