Test 12 · ★★★ · Olympiad: timelines, centuries and which came first ★★★
★★★ Zoe's great-gran turns 100 in 2026. «She remembers the First World War», says Zoe. Likely?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: great gran, gran, Zoe · What happens: turn, remember, say · To what, where: 100, First World War · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 12 · ★★★ 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: ★★★ Zoe's great-gran turns 100 in 2026.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Zoe | compound |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 ★ | dep |
| 3 | ★ | ★ | PUNCT | _ | 1 ★ | punct |
| 4 | Zoe | Zoe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 gran | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 Zoe | case |
| 6 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 gran | amod |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 great | punct |
| 8 | gran | gran | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 turns | nsubj |
| 9 | turns | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | 100 | 100 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 9 turns | obj |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 2026 | case |
| 12 | 2026 | 2026 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 10 100 | nmod |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 turns | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | present | ★ Zoe's great gran | 100 | in 2026 | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent 100=Patient in 2026=Topic |
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: «She remembers the First World War», says Zoe.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 remembers | punct |
| 2 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 remembers | nsubj |
| 3 | remembers | remember | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 says | ccomp |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 War | det |
| 5 | First | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 7 War | amod |
| 6 | World | World | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 War | compound |
| 7 | War | War | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 remembers | obj |
| 8 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 remembers | punct |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 says | punct |
| 10 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | Zoe | Zoe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 says | nsubj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | remember in a quote | present | gran | the First World War | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent war=Theme | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | Zoe | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
Sentence 3: Likely?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Likely | likely | ADV | _ | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Likely | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
Yes: she would have been about 20 then
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 8 20 | discourse |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 been | nsubj |
| 4 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 been | aux |
| 5 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 been | aux |
| 6 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 8 20 | cop |
| 7 | about | about | ADV | _ | 8 20 | advmod |
| 8 | 20 | 20 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
| 9 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 8 20 | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | participle | 20 | then | about property | tree rules |
Option 2
Yes: she was born right in the middle of it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 born | discourse |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 born | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 born | aux:pass |
| 5 | born | bear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | right | right | ADV | _ | 5 born | advmod |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 middle | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 middle | det |
| 9 | middle | middle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 born | obl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 it | case |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 middle | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bear | past · passive | she | the middle of middle | right property | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 3
No: she was born after the Second one, too
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 5 born | det |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 born | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 born | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 born | aux:pass |
| 5 | born | bear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | after | after | ADP | _ | 9 one | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 one | det |
| 8 | Second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 9 one | amod |
| 9 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 born | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 born | punct |
| 11 | too | too | ADV | _ | 5 born | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bear | past · passive | she | after the Second one | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No: she was born in 1926, after it ended
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 born | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 born | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 born | aux:pass |
| 5 | born | bear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 No | acl |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 1926 | case |
| 7 | 1926 | 1926 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 born | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 ended | punct |
| 9 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 11 ended | mark |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 ended | nsubj |
| 11 | ended | end | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 born | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bear | past · passive | she | 1926 | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 2 | end | past | it | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
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