Test 5 · ★★★ · Olympiad: odd one out, the right order and tall tales ★★★
«It's a bit warm out» says Dad at sports day, and it's the hottest day of the year. Is he blowing it up or playing it down?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: It, Dad, bit · What happens: be, say, blow up, play down · To what, where: hottest day, bit · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★★★ 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: «It's a bit warm out» says Dad at sports day, and it's the hottest day of the year.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 warm | punct |
| 2 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 warm | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 warm | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 bit | det |
| 5 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 warm | obl:unmarked |
| 6 | warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 says | ccomp |
| 7 | out | out | ADP | _ | 6 warm | compound:prt |
| 8 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 warm | punct |
| 9 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | Dad | Dad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 says | nsubj |
| 11 | at | at | ADP | _ | 13 day | case |
| 12 | sports | sport | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 day | compound |
| 13 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 says | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 day | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 day | cc |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 day | nsubj |
| 17 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 day | cop |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 day | det |
| 19 | hottest | hot | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 20 day | amod |
| 20 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 says | obl:unmarked |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 year | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 year | det |
| 23 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 day | nmod |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | It | a bit obl:unmarked; warm property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | Dad | day | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | is a | present | bit | the hottest day | year | tree rules |
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: Is he blowing it up or playing it down?
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 blowing | aux |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 blowing | nsubj |
| 3 | blowing | blow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 blowing | obj |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 3 blowing | compound:prt |
| 6 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 7 playing | cc |
| 7 | playing | play | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 blowing | conj |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 playing | obj |
| 9 | down | down | ADP | _ | 7 playing | compound:prt |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 blowing | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | blow up | present · progressive | Dad | bit | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ||||
| 2 | play down | gerund | Dad not said here | bit | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Neither, it's exactly warm
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neither | neither | ADV | _ | 6 warm | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Neither | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 warm | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 warm | cop |
| 5 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 6 warm | advmod |
| 6 | warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | it | exactly, neither, warm property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Playing it down
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Playing | play | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Playing | obj |
| 3 | down | down | ADP | _ | 1 Playing | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play down | gerund | it | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 3
Blowing it up, it's actually cold
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blowing | blow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 cold | advcl |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Blowing | obj |
| 3 | up | up | ADP | _ | 1 Blowing | compound:prt |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Blowing | punct |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 cold | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 cold | cop |
| 7 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 8 cold | advmod |
| 8 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | blow up | gerund | it | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent it=Patient | |||||
| 2 | is | present | it | actually, cold property | tree rules |
Option 4
Blowing it up, it's only mild
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blowing | blow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 mild | advcl |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Blowing | obj |
| 3 | up | up | ADP | _ | 1 Blowing | compound:prt |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Blowing | punct |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 mild | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 mild | cop |
| 7 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 mild | advmod |
| 8 | mild | mild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | blow up | gerund | it | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent it=Patient | |||||
| 2 | is | present | it | mild property | tree rules |
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