Test 2 · ★★★ · Olympiad: odd one out, the right order and tall tales ★★★
After the match Callum: «literally dying of thirst, mate». What does he really mean, and what helps?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Callum · What happens: die, mean, help
This is test 2 · ★★★ 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: After the match Callum: «literally dying of thirst, mate».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | After | after | ADP | _ | 3 match | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 match | det |
| 3 | match | match | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | Callum | Callum | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 match | appos |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 3 match | punct |
| 6 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 dying | punct |
| 7 | literally | literally | ADV | _ | 8 dying | advmod |
| 8 | dying | die | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 match | conj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 thirst | case |
| 10 | thirst | thirst | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 dying | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 mate | punct |
| 12 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 thirst | appos |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 12 mate | punct |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 match | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | die in a quote | gerund | of thirst; literally property | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient of thirst=Causer |
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, and what helps?
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 | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 helps | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 helps | cc |
| 8 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 9 helps | nsubj |
| 9 | helps | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 mean | conj |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 mean | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present · do-support | Callum | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | |||||
| 2 | help | present | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
He's hungry, so crisps
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 | 3 hungry | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 hungry | cop |
| 3 | hungry | hungry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 crisps | punct |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 crisps | advmod |
| 6 | crisps | crisp | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 hungry | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | crisps obl; hungry property | tree rules |
Option 2
He's fine, so nothing
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 | 3 fine | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fine | cop |
| 3 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 nothing | punct |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 nothing | advmod |
| 6 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 fine | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | fine property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
He's very thirsty, so water
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 | 4 thirsty | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 thirsty | cop |
| 3 | very | very | ADV | _ | 4 thirsty | advmod |
| 4 | thirsty | thirsty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 water | punct |
| 6 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 water | advmod |
| 7 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 thirsty | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | thirsty property | tree rules |
Option 4
He's in danger, so call 999
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 | 4 danger | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 danger | cop |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 danger | case |
| 4 | danger | danger | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 call | punct |
| 6 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 call | advmod |
| 7 | call | call | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 danger | acl:relcl |
| 8 | 999 | 999 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 call | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | danger | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | call | infinitive | danger not said here | 999 | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent 999=Recipient |
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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