Test 2 · ★★ · Which number counts? Hyperbole and real numbers in maths Ben brags «a thousand sweets» and gives Ama «half». Ama expects 500. What really happens?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ben, Ama · What happens: brag, give, expect, happen · To what, where: thousand sweets, half, Ama, 500
This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 46 «Which number counts? Hyperbole and real numbers in maths» 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: Ben brags «a thousand sweets» and gives Ama «half».
nsubj punct det nummod obj punct cc conj iobj punct obj punct punct root Ben PROPN brags VERB « PUNCT a DET thousand NUM sweets NOUN » PUNCT and CCONJ gives VERB Ama PROPN « PUNCT half NOUN » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ben Ben PROPN Number=Sing 2 brags nsubj 2 brags brag VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 « « PUNCT _ 6 sweets punct 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 thousand det 5 thousand thousand NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 6 sweets nummod 6 sweets sweet NOUN Number=Plur 2 brags obj 7 » » PUNCT _ 6 sweets punct 8 and and CCONJ _ 9 gives cc 9 gives give VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 brags conj 10 Ama Ama PROPN Number=Sing 9 gives iobj 11 « « PUNCT _ 12 half punct 12 half half NOUN Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac 9 gives obj 13 » » PUNCT _ 12 half punct 14 . . PUNCT _ 2 brags punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 brag speech: other present Ben thousand sweets tree rules 2 give present Ben not said here half Ama vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent ama=Recipient half=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: Ama expects 500.
nsubj obj punct root Ama NOUN expects VERB 500 NUM . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ama ama NOUN Number=Sing 2 expects nsubj 2 expects expect VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 500 500 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 2 expects obj 4 . . PUNCT _ 2 expects punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 expect present Ama 500 vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 500=Theme
Sentence 3: What really happens?
nsubj advmod punct root What PRON really ADV happens VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 3 happens nsubj 2 really really ADV _ 3 happens advmod 3 happens happen VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 happens punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 happen present vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice She gets 14, because Ben gives her all of them
nsubj obj punct mark nsubj parataxis iobj obj case nmod root She PRON gets VERB 14 NUM , PUNCT because SCONJ Ben PROPN gives VERB her PRON all DET of ADP them PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 gets nsubj 2 gets get VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 14 14 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 2 gets obj 4 , , PUNCT _ 7 gives punct 5 because because SCONJ _ 7 gives mark 6 Ben Ben PROPN Number=Sing 7 gives nsubj 7 gives give VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 gets parataxis 8 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 gives iobj 9 all all DET PronType=Tot 7 gives obj 10 of of ADP _ 11 them case 11 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 all nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 get present She 14 vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer 14=Stimulus 2 give present Ben all her = she vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient all=Theme
Option 2 She gets nothing, because there were no sweets
nsubj obj punct mark expl parataxis det nsubj root She PRON gets VERB nothing PRON , PUNCT because SCONJ there PRON were VERB no DET sweets NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 gets nsubj 2 gets get VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 nothing nothing PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 2 gets obj 4 , , PUNCT _ 7 were punct 5 because because SCONJ _ 7 were mark 6 there there PRON PronType=Dem 7 were expl 7 were be VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 2 gets parataxis 8 no no DET PronType=Neg 9 sweets det 9 sweets sweet NOUN Number=Plur 7 were nsubj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 get present She nothing vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus 2 be past no sweets there vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 3 She gets 500, because half of a thousand is 500
nsubj obj punct mark nsubj case det nmod cop conj root She PRON gets VERB 500 NUM , PUNCT because SCONJ half NOUN of ADP a DET thousand NUM is AUX 500 NUM The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 gets nsubj 2 gets get VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 500 500 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 2 gets obj 4 , , PUNCT _ 11 500 punct 5 because because SCONJ _ 11 500 mark 6 half half NOUN Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac 11 500 nsubj 7 of of ADP _ 9 thousand case 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 thousand det 9 thousand thousand NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 6 half nmod 10 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 500 cop 11 500 500 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 2 gets conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 get present She 500 vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer 500=Stimulus 2 is a present half of a thousand 500 tree rules
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer She gets 7, because there were only 14
nsubj obj punct mark expl parataxis advmod nsubj root She PRON gets VERB 7 NUM , PUNCT because SCONJ there PRON were VERB only ADV 14 NUM The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 gets nsubj 2 gets get VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 7 7 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 2 gets obj 4 , , PUNCT _ 7 were punct 5 because because SCONJ _ 7 were mark 6 there there PRON PronType=Dem 7 were expl 7 were be VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 2 gets parataxis 8 only only ADV _ 9 14 advmod 9 14 14 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 7 were nsubj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 get present She 7 vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer 7=Stimulus 2 be past 14 there vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
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