Test 7 · ★ · Building words: prefixes, suffixes and compounds

Ollie reckons "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" is the longest real word in every dictionary. What's true?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ollie, Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious · What happens: reckon, be · To what, where: longest real word, dictionary

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 37 «Building words: prefixes, suffixes and compounds» of the language 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: Ollie reckons "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" is the longest real word in every dictionary.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ollie	Ollie	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 reckons	nsubj
2	reckons	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious	punct
4	Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious	Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 word	nsubj
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious	punct
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 word	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 word	det
8	longest	long	ADJ	Degree=Sup	10 word	amod
9	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 word	amod
10	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reckons	ccomp
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 dictionary	case
12	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	13 dictionary	det
13	dictionary	dictionary	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 word	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 reckons	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reckon	present	Ollie						vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious	the longest real word		every dictionary			tree rules

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's true?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 true	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						true property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

It's a Greek medical word for a fever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 word	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 word	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 word	det
4	Greek	Greek	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 word	amod
5	medical	medical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 word	amod
6	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 fever	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 fever	det
9	fever	fever	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 word	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a Greek medical word				for a fever	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He's right, it's officially the longest English word in every dictionary

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 word	punct
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 word	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 word	cop
7	officially	officially	ADV	_	11 word	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 word	det
9	longest	long	ADJ	Degree=Sup	11 word	amod
10	English	English	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 word	amod
11	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 right	parataxis
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 dictionary	case
13	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	14 dictionary	det
14	dictionary	dictionary	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 word	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					right property	tree rules
2	is a	present	it	the longest English word		every dictionary		officially property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It's a made-up film word; the longest dictionary words are often technical

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 word	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 word	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 word	det
4	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 word	amod
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 up	punct
6	up	up	ADP	_	4 made	compound:prt
7	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 word	compound
8	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	16 technical	punct
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 words	det
11	longest	long	ADJ	Degree=Sup	13 words	amod
12	dictionary	dictionary	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 words	compound
13	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 technical	nsubj
14	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 technical	cop
15	often	often	ADV	_	16 technical	advmod
16	technical	technical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 word	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	make up	participle				vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
2	is a	present	It	a made film word		tree rules
3	is	present	the longest dictionary words		often, technical property	tree rules

Option 4

It's the longest word in Welsh, not English

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 word	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 word	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 word	det
4	longest	long	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 word	amod
5	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 Welsh	case
7	Welsh	Welsh	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 word	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 English	punct
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 English	advmod
10	English	English	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Welsh	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the longest word		Welsh and English			tree rules

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