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Test 8 · ★ · Water, deserts and the shape of the land

Thomas won't give up: "But they're BOTH carbon, so I'm right!" Best reply?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Thomas, they, I · What happens: not give up, be · To what, where: carbon

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 16 «Water, deserts and the shape of the land» 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

Sentence 1: Thomas won't give up: "But they're BOTH carbon, so I'm right!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Thomas	Thomas	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 give	nsubj
2	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 give	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 give	advmod
4	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 give	compound:prt
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 up	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 give	punct
8	But	but	CCONJ	_	12 carbon	cc
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 carbon	nsubj
10	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 carbon	cop
11	BOTH	both	ADV	_	12 carbon	advmod
12	carbon	carbon	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 give	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 right	punct
14	so	so	ADV	_	17 right	advmod
15	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	17 right	nsubj
16	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 right	cop
17	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 give	parataxis
18	!	!	PUNCT	_	4 give	punct
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 give	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not give up	future	Thomas						tree rules
2	is a in a quote	present	they	carbon				both property	tree rules
3	is in a quote	present	I					right property	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: Best reply?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	2 reply	amod
2	reply	reply	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 reply	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1

You're right, any carbon always turns into diamond in the end

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 turns	punct
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 carbon	det
6	carbon	carbon	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 turns	nsubj
7	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	8 turns	advmod
8	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	conj
9	into	into	ADP	_	10 diamond	case
10	diamond	diamond	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 turns	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 end	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 end	det
13	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 turns	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	You					right property	tree rules
2	turn	present	any carbon			diamond	in the end	always property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into diamond=Trajectory

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Sharing an ingredient doesn't mean one turned into the other

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sharing	share	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 mean	csubj
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 ingredient	det
3	ingredient	ingredient	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sharing	obj
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 mean	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 mean	advmod
6	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 turned	nsubj
8	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 mean	ccomp
9	into	into	ADP	_	11 other	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 other	det
11	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 turned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share	gerund		a ingredient					tree rules
2	not mean	present · do-support	Sharing						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	turn	past	one			the other			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into other=Trajectory

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Then pencils must be made of diamonds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 made	advmod
2	pencils	pencil	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 made	nsubj:pass
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 made	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 made	aux:pass
5	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 diamonds	case
7	diamonds	diamond	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	must · passive		pencils			then	of diamonds	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

Option 4

Coal and diamonds are not carbon at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Coal	coal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 carbon	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 diamonds	cc
3	diamonds	diamond	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Coal	conj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 carbon	cop
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 carbon	advmod
6	carbon	carbon	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 all	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 carbon	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is a	present	Coal and diamonds	carbon		all			tree rules

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