Test 1 · ★★★ · Where did you read that? Checking sources
Finn says, "It's on a website so it's true." What's the best question to ask?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Finn, It, website, best question · What happens: say, be, ask · To what, where: website · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 28 «Where did you read that? Checking sources» 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: Finn says, "It's on a website so it's true."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finn | Finn | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 website | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 website | punct |
| 5 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 website | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 website | cop |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 website | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 website | det |
| 9 | website | website | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 says | ccomp |
| 10 | so | so | ADV | _ | 13 true | advmod |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 true | nsubj |
| 12 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 true | cop |
| 13 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 says | parataxis |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 true | punct |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Finn | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | It | a website | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | website | true 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: What's the best question to ask?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 question | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 question | amod |
| 5 | question | question | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 ask | mark |
| 7 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 question | acl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the best question | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | to-infinitive | the best question not said here | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
How many colours are on the website?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 2 many | advmod |
| 2 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 colours | amod |
| 3 | colours | colour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 website | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 website | cop |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 website | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 website | det |
| 7 | website | website | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 website | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | many colours | the website | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Who wrote it, and how do they know?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 2 wrote | nsubj |
| 2 | wrote | write | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 wrote | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 know | punct |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 know | cc |
| 6 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 9 know | advmod |
| 7 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 know | aux |
| 8 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 know | nsubj |
| 9 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wrote | conj |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 wrote | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | past | it | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||||
| 2 | know | present · do-support | they | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3
Has the website got lots of adverts?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 got | aux |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 website | det |
| 3 | website | website | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 got | nsubj |
| 4 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | lots | lot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 got | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 adverts | case |
| 7 | adverts | advert | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 lots | nmod |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 got | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | the website | lots of adverts | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lot=Stimulus |
Option 4
Is the website easy to read?
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 | 4 easy | cop |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 website | det |
| 3 | website | website | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 easy | nsubj |
| 4 | easy | easy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 read | mark |
| 6 | read | read | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 easy | xcomp |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 easy | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the website | easy property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | read | to-infinitive | the website not said here | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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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