Test 3 · ★★★ · Olympiad: timelines, centuries and which came first ★★★
★★★ Liam in Dublin: «A man born in 5 BC who died in AD 5 lived 10 years, grand.» How long, really?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: ★, 5 BC, man · What happens: ★, bear, die, live · To what, where: Liam, Dublin, man, 5 BC · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★★★ 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: ★★★ Liam in Dublin: «A man born in 5 BC who died in AD 5 lived 10 years, grand.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 ★ | nsubj |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 ★ | dep |
| 3 | ★ | ★ | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | Liam | Liam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 ★ | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 Dublin | case |
| 6 | Dublin | Dublin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 ★ | obl |
| 7 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 man | punct |
| 8 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 10 man | punct |
| 9 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 man | det |
| 10 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 lived | nsubj |
| 11 | born | bear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 man | acl |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 BC | case |
| 13 | 5 | 5 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 14 BC | nummod |
| 14 | BC | BC | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 born | obl |
| 15 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 16 died | nsubj |
| 16 | died | die | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 BC | acl:relcl |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 AD | case |
| 18 | AD | ad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 died | obl |
| 19 | 5 | 5 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 18 AD | flat |
| 20 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 ★ | parataxis |
| 21 | 10 | 10 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 22 years | nummod |
| 22 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 lived | obl:unmarked |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 grand | punct |
| 24 | grand | grand | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 lived | conj |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 ★ | punct |
| 26 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 ★ | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | present | ★ | Liam | Dublin | tree rules | |||
| 2 | bear in a quote | participle | a man not said here | 5 BC | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | die in a quote | past | 5 BC | in AD | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in ad=Attribute | ||||
| 4 | live in a quote | past | a man | year | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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: How long, really?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 2 long | advmod |
| 2 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 long | punct |
| 4 | really | really | ADV | _ | 2 long | conj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 long | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
About 9 years: there is no year 0
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | About | about | ADV | _ | 2 9 | advmod |
| 2 | 9 | 9 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 years | nummod |
| 3 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 is | obl |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 3 years | punct |
| 5 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 6 is | expl |
| 6 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 8 year | det |
| 8 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 is | nsubj |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 8 year | flat |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | present | no year | there | year | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
About 11 years, as you add a year 0
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | About | about | ADV | _ | 2 11 | advmod |
| 2 | 11 | 11 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 years | nummod |
| 3 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 add | obl:unmarked |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 add | punct |
| 5 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 7 add | mark |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 add | nsubj |
| 7 | add | add | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 year | det |
| 9 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 add | parataxis |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 9 year | flat |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | add speech: assert | present | you | year | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
No years at all, as both numbers are 5
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 2 years | det |
| 2 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 5 | nsubj |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 4 all | case |
| 4 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 years | nmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 all | punct |
| 6 | as | as | ADP | _ | 8 numbers | case |
| 7 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 numbers | det |
| 8 | numbers | number | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 all | nmod |
| 9 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 5 | cop |
| 10 | 5 | 5 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | no years at all | 5 | tree rules |
Option 4
Exactly 10 years; Liam's sum is grand
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 2 10 | advmod |
| 2 | 10 | 10 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 years | nummod |
| 3 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 grand | obl:unmarked |
| 4 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 9 grand | punct |
| 5 | Liam | Liam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 sum | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 Liam | case |
| 7 | sum | sum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 grand | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 grand | cop |
| 9 | grand | grand | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Liam's sum | year | grand property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | sum | Liam | nom sum «possession transitive»: poss=agent |
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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