Test 10 · ★★★ · Olympiad: timelines, centuries and which came first ★★★
★★★ Freya in Somerset: «The last mammoths died long before the pyramids, proper job, everyone knows.» Right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: last mammoths, everyone · What happens: die, know
This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 85 «Olympiad: timelines, centuries and which came first ★★★» 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: ★★★ Freya in Somerset: «The last mammoths died long before the pyramids, proper job, everyone knows.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 ★ | compound |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ★ | compound |
| 3 | ★ | ★ | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | Freya | Freya | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 ★ | appos |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 Somerset | case |
| 6 | Somerset | Somerset | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Freya | nmod |
| 7 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 12 died | punct |
| 8 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 12 died | punct |
| 9 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 mammoths | det |
| 10 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 mammoths | amod |
| 11 | mammoths | mammoth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 died | nsubj |
| 12 | died | die | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 ★ | parataxis |
| 13 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 12 died | advmod |
| 14 | before | before | ADP | _ | 16 pyramids | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 pyramids | det |
| 16 | pyramids | pyramid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 died | obl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 job | punct |
| 18 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 job | amod |
| 19 | job | job | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 pyramids | conj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 knows | punct |
| 21 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 22 knows | nsubj |
| 22 | knows | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 died | conj |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 22 knows | punct |
| 24 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 22 knows | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | die in a quote | past | the last mammoths | before the pyramids and proper job | long property | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | |||
| 2 | know in a quote | present | everyone | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: 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: Right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Right | right | INTJ | _ | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Right | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, a few lived on an Arctic island until about 4,000 years ago
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 few | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 few | det |
| 4 | few | few | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | lived | live | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 few | acl |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 island | case |
| 7 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 island | det |
| 8 | Arctic | arctic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 island | amod |
| 9 | island | island | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 lived | obl |
| 10 | until | until | ADP | _ | 13 years | case |
| 11 | about | about | ADV | _ | 12 4,000 | advmod |
| 12 | 4,000 | 4,000 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 13 years | nummod |
| 13 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 lived | obl |
| 14 | ago | ago | ADV | _ | 13 years | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | participle | a Arctic island | year | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on island=Location |
Option 2
Yes, every mammoth died out with the dinosaurs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 died | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 mammoth | det |
| 4 | mammoth | mammoth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 died | nsubj |
| 5 | died | die | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | out | out | ADP | _ | 5 died | compound:prt |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 dinosaurs | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 dinosaurs | det |
| 9 | dinosaurs | dinosaur | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 died | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | die out | past | every mammoth | with the dinosaurs | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
Option 3
Yes, the last one died about a million years ago
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 died | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 one | det |
| 4 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 one | amod |
| 5 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 died | nsubj |
| 6 | died | die | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | about | about | ADV | _ | 9 million | advmod |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 million | det |
| 9 | million | million | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 years | nummod |
| 10 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 died | obl:unmarked |
| 11 | ago | ago | ADV | _ | 10 years | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | die | past | the last one | year | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
Option 4
No, mammoths still live in the far north of Canada
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 mammoths | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | mammoths | mammoth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 live | nsubj |
| 4 | still | still | ADV | _ | 5 live | advmod |
| 5 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 north | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 north | det |
| 8 | far | far | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 north | amod |
| 9 | north | north | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 live | obl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 Canada | case |
| 11 | Canada | Canada | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 north | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | mammoths | the far north of Canada | still | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in north=Location |
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