Test 5 · ★★★ · Where did you read that? Checking sources
Kai says "Wikipedia says it, so it's a fact." What's the clever reply?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Kai, Wikipedia, it, clever reply · What happens: say, be · To what, where: it, fact · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★★★ 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: Kai says "Wikipedia says it, so it's a fact."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kai | Kai | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 says | punct |
| 4 | Wikipedia | Wikipedia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 says | nsubj |
| 5 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 says | conj |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 says | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 fact | punct |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 12 fact | advmod |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 fact | nsubj |
| 10 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 fact | cop |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 fact | det |
| 12 | fact | fact | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 says | ccomp |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 fact | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 fact | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Kai | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert in a quote | present | Wikipedia | it | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic | ||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | it | a fact | 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 clever reply?
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 reply | det |
| 4 | clever | clever | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 reply | amod |
| 5 | reply | reply | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the clever reply | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Let's check the sources it links to at the bottom
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | 's | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 1 Let | obj |
| 3 | check | check | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Let | xcomp |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 sources | det |
| 5 | sources | source | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 check | obj |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 links | nsubj |
| 7 | links | link | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 sources | acl:relcl |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 bottom | case |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 bottom | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 bottom | det |
| 11 | bottom | bottom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 links | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | imperative | you not said here | 's | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | check | infinitive | 's not said here | the sources | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent source=Theme | ||||
| 3 | link | present | it | the sources not said here | to the bottom | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent source=Patient to bottom=Co-Patient |
Option 2
Only the first line of Wikipedia is true
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 4 line | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 line | det |
| 3 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 4 line | amod |
| 4 | line | line | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 true | nsubj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 Wikipedia | case |
| 6 | Wikipedia | Wikipedia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 line | nmod |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 true | cop |
| 8 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the first line of Wikipedia | true property | tree rules |
Option 3
Wikipedia can't be edited by anyone, so it's always perfect
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wikipedia | Wikipedia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 edited | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 edited | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 edited | advmod |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 edited | aux:pass |
| 5 | edited | edit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 anyone | case |
| 7 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 5 edited | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 perfect | punct |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 13 perfect | advmod |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 perfect | nsubj |
| 11 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 perfect | cop |
| 12 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 13 perfect | advmod |
| 13 | perfect | perfect | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 edited | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not edit | can · passive | anyone | Wikipedia | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | it | always, perfect property | tree rules |
Option 4
Wikipedia is always lies
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wikipedia | Wikipedia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 lies | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 lies | cop |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 4 lies | advmod |
| 4 | lies | lie | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Wikipedia | lies | always property | tree rules |
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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