Test 6 · ★★★ · Olympiad: cause and effect chains ★★★
★★★ Jess: «Snow just guessed the pump lol.» What did he really do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Jess · What happens: guess, do · To what, where: Snow
This is test 6 · ★★★ of lesson 86 «Olympiad: cause and effect chains ★★★» 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: ★★★ Jess: «Snow just guessed the pump lol.»
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 | 4 Jess | nmod:desc |
| 4 | Jess | Jess | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 guessed | punct |
| 6 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 Snow | punct |
| 7 | Snow | snow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 guessed | obl |
| 8 | just | just | ADV | _ | 9 guessed | advmod |
| 9 | guessed | guess | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 Jess | acl:relcl |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 pump | det |
| 11 | pump | pump | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 guessed | obj |
| 12 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 9 guessed | discourse |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 Jess | punct |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 Jess | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | guess in a quote | past | Jess ★ ★ ★ not said here | Snow | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pump=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: What did he really do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 do | obj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 do | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 do | nsubj |
| 4 | really | really | ADV | _ | 5 do | advmod |
| 5 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past · do-support | Jess | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Mapped the cases and saw them gather round one pump
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mapped | map | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 gather | parataxis |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 cases | det |
| 3 | cases | case | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Mapped | obj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 saw | cc |
| 5 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Mapped | conj |
| 6 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 saw | obj |
| 7 | gather | gather | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | round | round | ADP | _ | 10 pump | case |
| 9 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 pump | nummod |
| 10 | pump | pump | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 gather | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | map | past | the cases | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | see | past | cases = case | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | gather | present | round one pump | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Smelled every pump in London till one smelled bad
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smelled | smell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 2 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 pump | det |
| 3 | pump | pump | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Smelled | obj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 London | case |
| 5 | London | London | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Smelled | obl |
| 6 | till | till | SCONJ | _ | 8 smelled | mark |
| 7 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 smelled | nsubj |
| 8 | smelled | smell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 1 Smelled | advcl |
| 9 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 smelled | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | smell | participle | every pump | London | vn stalk-35.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent pump=Theme in london=Location | ||||
| 2 | smell | participle | one | bad property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 3
Closed every single pump in the whole of England
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Closed | close | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 2 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 pump | det |
| 3 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 pump | amod |
| 4 | pump | pump | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Closed | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 England | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 England | det |
| 7 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 England | amod |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 England | case |
| 9 | England | England | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Closed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | close | participle | every single pump | in the whole England | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent pump=Patient in england=Topic |
Option 4
Asked the queen which of the pumps to close
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 queen | det |
| 3 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Asked | obj |
| 4 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 pumps | nsubj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 pumps | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 pumps | det |
| 7 | pumps | pump | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Asked | ccomp |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 close | mark |
| 9 | close | close | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Asked | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | past | the queen | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent queen=Recipient clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | close not said to happen | to-infinitive | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
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