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Lily: "Extreme poverty dropped? So nobody's poor now, slay!" ("Slay" means great.) What's the honest answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: nobody, Slay, honest answer · What happens: drop, be, slay, mean · To what, where: Lily

This is test 4 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: Lily: "Extreme poverty dropped?

nsubj:passpunctpunctamodnsubjpunctrootLilyPROPN:PUNCT"PUNCTExtremeADJpovertyNOUNdroppedVERB?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1LilyLilyPROPNNumber=Sing6 droppednsubj:pass
2::PUNCT_6 droppedpunct
3""PUNCT_6 droppedpunct
4ExtremeextremeADJDegree=Pos5 povertyamod
5povertypovertyNOUNNumber=Sing6 droppednsubj
6droppeddropVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
7??PUNCT_6 droppedpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1drop in a quoteparticiple · passiveLilyvn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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: So nobody's poor now, slay!"

advmodnsubjcopadvmodpunctconjpunctpunctrootSoADVnobodyPRON'sAUXpoorADJnowADV,PUNCTslayVERB!PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SosoADV_4 pooradvmod
2nobodynobodyPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Neg4 poornsubj
3'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 poorcop
4poorpoorADJDegree=Posrootroot
5nownowADVPronType=Dem4 pooradvmod
6,,PUNCT_7 slaypunct
7slayslayVERBVerbForm=Inf4 poorconj
8!!PUNCT_4 poorpunct
9""PUNCT_4 poorpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentnobodynowpoor propertytree rules
2slayinfinitivenobody not said herevn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Sentence 3: ("Slay" means great.)

punctpunctnsubjpunctxcomppunctpunctroot(PUNCT"PUNCTSlayPROPN"PUNCTmeansVERBgreatADJ.PUNCT)PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1((PUNCT_5 meanspunct
2""PUNCT_3 Slaypunct
3SlaySlayPROPNNumber=Sing5 meansnsubj
4""PUNCT_3 Slaypunct
5meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
6greatgreatADJDegree=Pos5 meansxcomp
7..PUNCT_5 meanspunct
8))PUNCT_5 meanspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1meanpresentSlaygreat propertyvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Sentence 4: What's the honest answer?

copdetamodnsubjpunctrootWhatPRON'sAUXtheDEThonestADJanswerNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Introotroot
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Whatcop
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 answerdet
4honesthonestADJDegree=Pos5 answeramod
5answeranswerNOUNNumber=Sing1 Whatnsubj
6??PUNCT_1 Whatpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentthe honest answertree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Poverty was never measured

nsubjaux:passadvmodrootPovertyPROPNwasAUXneverADVmeasuredVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1PovertyPovertyPROPNNumber=Sing4 measurednsubj
2wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 measuredaux:pass
3neverneverADVPronType=Neg4 measuredadvmod
4measuredmeasureVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not measurepast · passivePovertyvn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: subject=Value

Option 2

Yes, poverty has completely ended

discoursepunctnsubj:passauxadvmodrootYesINTJ,PUNCTpovertyNOUNhasAUXcompletelyADVendedVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YesyesINTJPolarity=Pos6 endeddiscourse
2,,PUNCT_1 Yespunct
3povertypovertyNOUNNumber=Sing6 endednsubj:pass
4hashaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 endedaux
5completelycompletelyADV_6 endedadvmod
6endedendVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1endpresent · perfect · passivepovertycompletely propertyvn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality

Option 3

No, poverty has got much worse everywhere in the world since 1820

discoursepunctnsubjauxadvmodxcompadvmodcasedetoblcaseoblrootNoINTJ,PUNCTpovertyNOUNhasAUXgotVERBmuchADVworseADJeverywhereADVinADPtheDETworldNOUNsinceADP1820NUM
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NonoINTJPolarity=Neg5 gotdiscourse
2,,PUNCT_1 Nopunct
3povertypovertyNOUNNumber=Sing5 gotnsubj
4hashaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 gotaux
5gotgetVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Partrootroot
6muchmuchADV_7 worseadvmod
7worsebadADJDegree=Cmp5 gotxcomp
8everywhereeverywhereADVPronType=Tot5 gotadvmod
9ininADP_11 worldcase
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 worlddet
11worldworldNOUNNumber=Sing5 gotobl
12sincesinceADP_13 1820case
1318201820NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Card5 gotobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1getpresent · perfectpovertythe worldsince 1820bad, everywhere propertyvn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Far fewer are very poor than in 1820, but about 1 in 10 still are

The tree, 15 words
advmodnsubjcopadvmodcasecaseoblpunctccadvmodnsubjcasenmodadvmodadvclrootFarADVfewerADJareAUXveryADVpoorADJthanADPinADP1820NUM,PUNCTbutCCONJaboutADV1NUMinADP10NUMstillADVareVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1FarfarADVDegree=Pos2 feweradvmod
2fewerfewADJDegree=Cmp5 poornsubj
3arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 poorcop
4veryveryADV_5 pooradvmod
5poorpoorADJDegree=Posrootroot
6thanthanADP_8 1820case
7ininADP_8 1820case
818201820NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Card5 poorobl
9,,PUNCT_16 arepunct
10butbutCCONJ_16 arecc
11aboutaboutADV_12 1advmod
1211NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Card16 arensubj
13ininADP_14 10case
141010NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Card12 1nmod
15stillstillADV_16 areadvmod
16arebeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 pooradvcl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentfewerthan 1820; poor propertytree rules
2bepresent1 in 10stillvn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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