Test 5 · ★★ · Which number counts? Hyperbole and real numbers in maths

«Dad said not in a million years so I'll ask again in a million years innit» What did Dad really mean?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Dad, I · What happens: not say, ask, mean · To what, where: years innit · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct
2	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 said	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 years	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 million	det
7	million	million	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 years	nummod
8	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 said	obl
9	so	so	ADV	_	12 ask	advmod
10	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 ask	nsubj
11	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 ask	aux
12	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 said	ccomp
13	again	again	ADV	_	12 ask	advmod
14	in	in	ADP	_	17 years	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 million	det
16	million	million	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	17 years	nummod
17	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 innit	compound
18	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 ask	xcomp
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct
20	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	24 mean	obj
21	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 mean	aux
22	Dad	Dad	PROPN	Number=Sing	24 mean	nsubj
23	really	really	ADV	_	24 mean	advmod
24	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 said	ccomp
25	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	not say speech: assert in a quote	past	Dad		year	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	ask speech: ask in a quote	future	I	years innit	again	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	mean	past · do-support	Dad			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic

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.

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Never, or not any time soon: it's a clear no

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 time	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 time	punct
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 time	cc
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 time	advmod
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 time	det
6	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 time	advmod
8	:	:	PUNCT	_	13 no	punct
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 no	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 no	cop
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 no	det
12	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 no	amod
13	no	no	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 time	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a clear no					tree rules

Option 2

Yes, but only as soon as a million years have passed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	12 passed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 soon	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 soon	advmod
5	as	as	ADV	_	6 soon	advmod
6	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	12 passed	advmod
7	as	as	ADP	_	10 years	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 million	det
9	million	million	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 years	nummod
10	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 soon	obl
11	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 passed	aux
12	passed	pass	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass	present · perfect						soon property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Only if you buy the snake yourself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	4 buy	advmod
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	4 buy	mark
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 buy	nsubj
4	buy	buy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 snake	det
6	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 buy	obj
7	yourself	yourself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	4 buy	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buy	present	you	the snake				yourself obl	vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snake=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Ask again tomorrow and he might say yes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	again	again	ADV	_	1 Ask	advmod
3	tomorrow	tomorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obl:unmarked
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 say	cc
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 say	nsubj
6	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 say	aux
7	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Ask	conj
8	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 say	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here				again; tomorrow		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	might	he						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent yes=Topic

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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