Test 8 · Humanity today: how many we are, how long we live, how poo…
Amir: "Everyone's got internet, bruv, even my nan's on TikTok." What's true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Everyone · What happens: get, be
This is test 8 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: Amir: "Everyone's got internet, bruv, even my nan's on TikTok."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amir | amir | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 internet | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 got | punct |
| 4 | Everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 6 got | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 got | aux |
| 6 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 7 internet | amod |
| 7 | internet | internet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Amir | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 bruv | punct |
| 9 | bruv | bruv | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 internet | appos |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 nan | punct |
| 11 | even | even | ADV | _ | 13 nan | advmod |
| 12 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 nan | nmod:poss |
| 13 | nan | nan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 internet | appos |
| 14 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 13 nan | case |
| 15 | on | on | ADP | _ | 16 TikTok | case |
| 16 | TikTok | TikTok | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 nan | nmod |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 nan | punct |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 nan | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get in a quote | present · passive | Everyone | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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: What's true?
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
Every person on Earth is online these days
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 person | det |
| 2 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 online | nsubj |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 Earth | case |
| 4 | Earth | Earth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 person | nmod |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 online | cop |
| 6 | online | online | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 8 days | det |
| 8 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 online | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | every person on Earth | day | online property | tree rules |
Option 2
Only grandmas really use the internet now
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 grandmas | advmod |
| 2 | grandmas | grandma | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 use | nsubj |
| 3 | really | really | ADV | _ | 4 use | advmod |
| 4 | use | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 internet | det |
| 6 | internet | internet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 use | obj |
| 7 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 use | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | present | grandmas | the internet | now | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent internet=Patient |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Over 2 billion people are still offline
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Over | over | ADV | _ | 3 billion | advmod |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 billion | compound |
| 3 | billion | billion | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 people | nummod |
| 4 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 offline | nsubj |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 offline | cop |
| 6 | still | still | ADV | _ | 7 offline | advmod |
| 7 | offline | offline | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | billion people | still | offline property | tree rules |
Option 4
The internet was switched off in most places in 2020
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 internet | det |
| 2 | internet | internet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 switched | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 switched | aux:pass |
| 4 | switched | switch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | off | off | ADP | _ | 4 switched | compound:prt |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 places | case |
| 7 | most | most | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 8 places | amod |
| 8 | places | place | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 switched | obl |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 2020 | case |
| 10 | 2020 | 2020 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 switched | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | switch off | past · passive | the internet | most places | in 2020 | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
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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