Test 12 · ★★★ · Food myths and fads
A gym advert says «this powder made our star fast». What's the clever question to ask?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: gym advert, powder · What happens: say, make, be, ask · To what, where: star, clever question · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 12 · ★★★ of lesson 55 «Food myths and fads» of the medicine 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: A gym advert says «this powder made our star fast».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 advert | det |
| 2 | gym | gym | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 advert | compound |
| 3 | advert | advert | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 made | punct |
| 6 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 7 powder | det |
| 7 | powder | powder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 made | nsubj |
| 8 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 says | ccomp |
| 9 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 star | nmod:poss |
| 10 | star | star | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 made | obj |
| 11 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 8 made | advmod |
| 12 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 made | punct |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a gym advert | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | make in a quote | past | this powder | our star | fast property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset star=Product |
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 the clever question to ask?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 question | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 question | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 question | det |
| 4 | clever | clever | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 question | amod |
| 5 | question | question | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 ask | mark |
| 7 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 question | acl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 question | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the clever question | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | to-infinitive | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Did years of training, food and sleep make him fast?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 make | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 training | case |
| 4 | training | training | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 years | nmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 food | punct |
| 6 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 training | conj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 sleep | cc |
| 8 | sleep | sleep | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 training | conj |
| 9 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Did | parataxis |
| 10 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 make | obj |
| 11 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 9 make | advmod |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | make | present | years of training and food and sleep | him = he | fast property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset he=Product |
Option 2
How many tubs should I buy?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 2 many | advmod |
| 2 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 tubs | amod |
| 3 | tubs | tub | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 buy | nsubj |
| 4 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 buy | aux |
| 5 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 buy | nsubj |
| 6 | buy | buy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 buy | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | buy | should | many tubs | vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Which flavour is the fastest?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 flavour | det |
| 2 | flavour | flavour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 fastest | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 fastest | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 fastest | det |
| 5 | fastest | fast | ADJ | Degree=Sup | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 fastest | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | which flavour | fast property | tree rules |
Option 4
Is it cheaper in bulk?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 cheaper | cop |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 cheaper | nsubj |
| 3 | cheaper | cheap | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 bulk | case |
| 5 | bulk | bulk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 cheaper | obl |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 cheaper | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | it | bulk | cheap property | tree rules |
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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