Test 1 · ★★ · Earth from space

"My teacher literally said the Great Wall is visible from space, he's a teacher so he's right innit" What's a wise move?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: teacher, Great Wall · What happens: say, be · To what, where: space, teacher, right innit, wise move · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 13 «Earth from space» of the myths 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	_	5 said	punct
2	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 teacher	nmod:poss
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	nsubj
4	literally	literally	ADV	_	5 said	advmod
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Wall	det
7	Great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 Wall	amod
8	Wall	Wall	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 visible	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 visible	cop
10	visible	visible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 said	ccomp
11	from	from	ADP	_	12 space	case
12	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 visible	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 teacher	punct
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 teacher	nsubj
15	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 teacher	cop
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 teacher	det
17	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 visible	parataxis
18	so	so	ADV	_	22 innit	advmod
19	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 innit	nsubj
20	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 innit	cop
21	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 innit	amod
22	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 visible	parataxis
23	"	"	PUNCT	_	28 move	punct
24	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	28 move	nsubj
25	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	28 move	cop
26	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	28 move	det
27	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 move	amod
28	move	move	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 visible	conj
29	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	past	My teacher			literally property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is in a quote	present	the Great Wall		space	visible property	tree rules
3	is a in a quote	present	teacher	a teacher			tree rules
4	is a in a quote	present	teacher	right innit			tree rules
5	is a	present		a wise move			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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

After class, say astronauts couldn't spot it and offer to look it up together

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	After	after	ADP	_	2 class	case
2	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 say	obl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 class	punct
4	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	astronauts	astronaut	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 spot	nsubj
6	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 spot	aux
7	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 spot	advmod
8	spot	spot	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 say	ccomp
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 spot	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 offer	cc
11	offer	offer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 spot	conj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 look	mark
13	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 offer	xcomp
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 look	obj
15	up	up	ADP	_	13 look	compound:prt
16	together	together	ADV	_	13 look	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		after class		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not spot	could	astronauts	class			vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Destination
3	offer	infinitive	astronauts not said here				tree rules
4	look up not said to happen	to-infinitive	astronauts not said here	class		together property	vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Attribute

Option 2

Shout "wrong!" in the middle of the lesson

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 wrong	punct
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Shout	obj
4	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 wrong	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 wrong	punct
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 middle	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 middle	det
8	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Shout	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 lesson	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 lesson	det
11	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 middle	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	imperative	you not said here	wrong		the middle of the lesson			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wrong=Topic

Option 3

Never mention it to anyone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 mention	advmod
2	mention	mention	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 mention	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 anyone	case
5	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 mention	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not mention speech: other	imperative	you not said here	it	anyone				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Topic to anyone=Recipient

Option 4

Agree, because teachers are never wrong

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Agree	agree	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 wrong	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 wrong	mark
4	teachers	teacher	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 wrong	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 wrong	cop
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 wrong	advmod
7	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Agree	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	imperative	you not said here						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not is	present	teachers					wrong property	tree rules

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