Test 11 · ★★★ · Olympiad: odd one out, the right order and tall tales ★★★
«That rip didn't half pull, I was nearly in France!» says Tom off a Devon beach. What does he really mean?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: rip, Tom · What happens: not pull, be, say, mean · To what, where: France · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 77 «Olympiad: odd one out, the right order and tall tales ★★★» 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: «That rip didn't half pull, I was nearly in France!» says Tom off a Devon beach.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 pull | punct |
| 2 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 rip | det |
| 3 | rip | rip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 pull | nsubj |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 pull | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 pull | advmod |
| 6 | half | half | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 7 pull | advmod |
| 7 | pull | pull | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 says | ccomp |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 France | punct |
| 9 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 13 France | nsubj |
| 10 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 France | cop |
| 11 | nearly | nearly | ADV | _ | 13 France | advmod |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 France | case |
| 13 | France | France | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 pull | obj |
| 14 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 7 pull | punct |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 7 pull | punct |
| 16 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 17 | Tom | Tom | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 says | nsubj |
| 18 | off | off | ADP | _ | 21 beach | case |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 beach | det |
| 20 | Devon | Devon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 beach | compound |
| 21 | beach | beach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 says | obl |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not pull in a quote | past · do-support | that rip | half property | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is in a quote | past | Tom | France | nearly property | tree rules | |||
| 3 | say speech: express | present | Tom | off a Devon beach | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=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.
Sentence 2: What does he really mean?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 mean | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 mean | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 mean | nsubj |
| 4 | really | really | ADV | _ | 5 mean | advmod |
| 5 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 mean | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present · do-support | Tom | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The rip pulled him under the water
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 rip | det |
| 2 | rip | rip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pulled | nsubj |
| 3 | pulled | pull | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 pulled | obj |
| 5 | under | under | ADP | _ | 7 water | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 water | det |
| 7 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pulled | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pull | past | the rip | him = he | the water | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: agent=Agent he=Result |
Option 2
The water was nice and warm today
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 water | det |
| 2 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 nice | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 nice | cop |
| 4 | nice | nice | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 warm | cc |
| 6 | warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 nice | conj |
| 7 | today | today | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 nice | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the water | today | nice property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | be | the water not said here | tree rules |
Option 3
He swam all the way across to France
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 | 2 swam | nsubj |
| 2 | swam | swim | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 way | det:predet |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 way | det |
| 5 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 swam | obj |
| 6 | across | across | ADV | _ | 2 swam | advmod |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 France | case |
| 8 | France | France | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 swam | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swim | past | He | all way | France | across property | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme way=Trajectory |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
The current pulled him out a long way
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 current | det |
| 2 | current | current | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pulled | nsubj |
| 3 | pulled | pull | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 pulled | obj |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 3 pulled | compound:prt |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 way | det |
| 7 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 way | amod |
| 8 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pulled | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pull out | past | the current | him = he | a long way obl:unmarked | 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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