Test 3 · ★★ · Which number counts? Hyperbole and real numbers in maths
«coach wants 110% lol so if I usually run 10 laps I gotta do 11 then?» What is right?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: coach, I · What happens: want, run, gotta, do, be · To what, where: 10 laps, 11
This is test 3 · ★★ 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: «coach wants 110% lol so if I usually run 10 laps I gotta do 11 then?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 wants | punct |
| 2 | coach | coach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wants | nsubj |
| 3 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | 110 | 110 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 % | nummod |
| 5 | % | % | SYM | Number=Sing | 3 wants | obj |
| 6 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 3 wants | discourse |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 run | advmod |
| 8 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 11 run | mark |
| 9 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 run | nsubj |
| 10 | usually | usually | ADV | _ | 11 run | advmod |
| 11 | run | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wants | advcl |
| 12 | 10 | 10 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 13 laps | nummod |
| 13 | laps | lap | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 run | obj |
| 14 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 15 gotta | nsubj |
| 15 | gotta | gotta | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 laps | acl:relcl |
| 16 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 gotta | xcomp |
| 17 | 11 | 11 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 16 do | obj |
| 18 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 16 do | advmod |
| 19 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wants | punct |
| 20 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 wants | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want in a quote | present | coach | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot %=Theme | |||||
| 2 | run in a quote | present | I | 10 laps | usually property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme lap=Trajectory | |||
| 3 | gotta in a quote | past | I | 10 laps not said here | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | do in a quote | infinitive | I not said here | 11 | then | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 11=Eventuality |
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 is right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | is | 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 | _ | 3 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Yes, exactly 11 laps and not one lap more
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 laps | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 4 11 | advmod |
| 4 | 11 | 11 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 laps | nummod |
| 5 | laps | lap | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 lap | cc |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 lap | advmod |
| 8 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 lap | nummod |
| 9 | lap | lap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 laps | conj |
| 10 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 5 laps | advmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, he just means «try your hardest»; it's not a sum
The tree, 12 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 means | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 means | nsubj |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 means | advmod |
| 5 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 try | punct |
| 7 | try | try | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 means | ccomp |
| 8 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 hardest | nmod:poss |
| 9 | hardest | hard | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 7 try | obj |
| 10 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 7 try | punct |
| 11 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 16 sum | punct |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 sum | nsubj |
| 13 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 sum | cop |
| 14 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 16 sum | advmod |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 sum | det |
| 16 | sum | sum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 means | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | he | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | try in a quote | infinitive | your hardest | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hard=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | not is a | present | it | a sum | tree rules |
Option 3
Yes, and the goalie must do 110 laps
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 do | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 do | punct |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 do | cc |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 goalie | det |
| 5 | goalie | goalie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 do | nsubj |
| 6 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 do | aux |
| 7 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | 110 | 110 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 9 laps | nummod |
| 9 | laps | lap | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 do | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | must | the goalie | 110 laps | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lap=Eventuality |
Option 4
No, he means you should do 110 laps
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 means | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 means | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 means | nsubj |
| 4 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 do | nsubj |
| 6 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 do | aux |
| 7 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 means | ccomp |
| 8 | 110 | 110 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 9 laps | nummod |
| 9 | laps | lap | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 do | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | he | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | do | should | you | 110 laps | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lap=Eventuality |
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