Test 5 · ★★★ · Olympiad: spot the anachronism ★★★
★★★ Ben: «Queen Victoria on a train? Mate, that's an anachronism.» Right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: that · What happens: be · To what, where: anachronism
This is test 5 · ★★★ 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: ★★★ Ben: «Queen Victoria on a train?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 ★ | compound |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | X | _ | 3 ★ | compound |
| 3 | ★ | ★ | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | Ben | Ben | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 ★ | appos |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 Victoria | punct |
| 6 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 Victoria | punct |
| 7 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Victoria | compound |
| 8 | Victoria | Victoria | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 ★ | appos |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 train | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 train | det |
| 11 | train | train | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 Victoria | nmod |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 ★ | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: Mate, that's an anachronism.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 anachronism | punct |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 anachronism | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 anachronism | cop |
| 5 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 anachronism | det |
| 6 | anachronism | anachronism | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Mate | conj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Mate | punct |
| 8 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 1 Mate | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | that | a anachronism | tree rules |
Sentence 3: 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
Yes, queens never rode on trains
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 3 queens | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | queens | queen | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 rode | nsubj |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 rode | advmod |
| 5 | rode | ride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 trains | case |
| 7 | trains | train | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 rode | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not ride | past | queens | trains | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Yes, trains only came in 1950
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 3 trains | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | trains | train | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 came | advmod |
| 5 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 trains | ccomp |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 1950 | case |
| 7 | 1950 | 1950 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 came | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | train | present | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute | ||||||
| 2 | come | past | 1950 | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in 1950=Location |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
No, she first rode a train in 1842
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 rode | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 rode | nsubj |
| 4 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 5 rode | advmod |
| 5 | rode | ride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 train | det |
| 7 | train | train | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rode | obj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 1842 | case |
| 9 | 1842 | 1842 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 rode | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ride | past | she | a train | 1842 | first property | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent train=Location |
Option 4
Yes, trains came only after her death
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 3 trains | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | trains | train | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 came | nsubj |
| 4 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 death | advmod |
| 6 | after | after | ADP | _ | 8 death | case |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 death | nmod:poss |
| 8 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 came | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | trains | after her death | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | die | her = she | nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent |
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