Test 2 · ★★★ · Olympiad: spot the anachronism ★★★
★★★ Noah in Atlanta: «Lincoln in a photo? Fake, y'all, cameras weren't even invented yet.» Fair?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: not invent · To what, where: Fake cameras
This is test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 87 «Olympiad: spot the anachronism ★★★» 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: ★★★ Noah in Atlanta: «Lincoln in a photo?
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 | Noah | Noah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 ★ | appos |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 Atlanta | case |
| 6 | Atlanta | Atlanta | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Noah | nmod |
| 7 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 Lincoln | punct |
| 8 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 9 Lincoln | punct |
| 9 | Lincoln | lincoln | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ★ | conj |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 photo | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 photo | det |
| 12 | photo | photo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 Lincoln | nmod |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 ★ | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: Fake, y'all, cameras weren't even invented yet.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fake | fake | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 cameras | amod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 y'all | punct |
| 3 | y'all | y'all | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Fake | conj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Fake | punct |
| 5 | cameras | camera | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 invented | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 invented | aux:pass |
| 7 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 invented | advmod |
| 8 | even | even | ADV | _ | 9 invented | advmod |
| 9 | invented | invent | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 10 | yet | yet | ADV | _ | 9 invented | advmod |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 invented | punct |
| 12 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 9 invented | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not invent | past · passive | Fake cameras | yet | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |
Sentence 3: Fair?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Fair | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes; the first camera came in 1950
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 came | discourse |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 6 came | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 camera | det |
| 4 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 5 camera | amod |
| 5 | camera | camera | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 came | nsubj |
| 6 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 1950 | case |
| 8 | 1950 | 1950 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 came | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | the first camera | 1950 | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in 1950=Location |
Option 2
Yes; every Lincoln photo is a painting
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 8 painting | discourse |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 photo | det |
| 4 | Lincoln | lincoln | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 photo | compound |
| 5 | photo | photo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 painting | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 painting | cop |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 painting | det |
| 8 | painting | painting | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | every Lincoln photo | a painting | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
No; photos began decades before Lincoln was president
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 began | discourse |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | photos | photo | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 began | nsubj |
| 4 | began | begin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | decades | decade | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 began | obj |
| 6 | before | before | ADP | _ | 9 president | case |
| 7 | Lincoln | Lincoln | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 president | compound |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 president | cop |
| 9 | president | president | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 began | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | begin | past | photos | decade | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | is | past | before Lincoln president | tree rules |
Option 4
No; Lincoln himself invented the camera
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 Lincoln | discourse |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | Lincoln | lincoln | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 invented | nsubj |
| 4 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 5 invented | nsubj |
| 5 | invented | invent | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 camera | det |
| 7 | camera | camera | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 invented | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | invent | past | Lincoln | the camera | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent camera=Result |
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