Test 7 · ★★★ · Where did you read that? Checking sources Rhys says the zoo sign about white polar bear fur is fine. His mate says it's wrong because the hairs are colourless. Who is fairer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Rhys, zoo sign, mate, hairs · What happens: say, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★★★ 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: Rhys says the zoo sign about white polar bear fur is fine.
nsubj det compound nsubj case amod amod compound nmod cop ccomp punct root Rhys PROPN says VERB the DET zoo NOUN sign NOUN about ADP white ADJ polar ADJ bear NOUN fur NOUN is AUX fine ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Rhys Rhys PROPN Number=Sing 2 says nsubj 2 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 sign det 4 zoo zoo NOUN Number=Sing 5 sign compound 5 sign sign NOUN Number=Sing 12 fine nsubj 6 about about ADP _ 10 fur case 7 white white ADJ Degree=Pos 10 fur amod 8 polar polar ADJ Degree=Pos 10 fur amod 9 bear bear NOUN Number=Sing 10 fur compound 10 fur fur NOUN Number=Sing 5 sign nmod 11 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 12 fine cop 12 fine fine ADJ Degree=Pos 2 says ccomp 13 . . PUNCT _ 2 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Rhys vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 is present the zoo sign about white polar bear fur fine 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: His mate says it's wrong because the hairs are colourless.
nmod:poss nsubj nsubj cop ccomp mark det nsubj cop advcl punct root His PRON mate NOUN says VERB it PRON 's AUX wrong ADJ because SCONJ the DET hairs NOUN are AUX colourless ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 His his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 mate nmod:poss 2 mate mate NOUN Number=Sing 3 says nsubj 3 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 wrong nsubj 5 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 wrong cop 6 wrong wrong ADJ Degree=Pos 3 says ccomp 7 because because SCONJ _ 11 colourless mark 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 hairs det 9 hairs hair NOUN Number=Plur 11 colourless nsubj 10 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 colourless cop 11 colourless colourless ADJ Degree=Pos 6 wrong advcl 12 . . PUNCT _ 3 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Rhys's mate vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 is present mate wrong property tree rules 3 is present the hairs colourless property tree rules
Sentence 3: Who is fairer?
nsubj cop punct root Who PRON is AUX fairer ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Who who PRON PronType=Rel 3 fairer nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 fairer cop 3 fairer fair ADJ Degree=Cmp root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 fairer punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present fair property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Both: the fur looks white, though each hair is colourless
nsubj punct det nsubj xcomp punct mark det nsubj cop conj root Both DET : PUNCT the DET fur NOUN looks VERB white ADJ , PUNCT though SCONJ each DET hair NOUN is AUX colourless ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Both both DET PronType=Tot 5 looks nsubj 2 : : PUNCT _ 5 looks punct 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 fur det 4 fur fur NOUN Number=Sing 5 looks nsubj 5 looks look VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 white white ADJ Degree=Pos 5 looks xcomp 7 , , PUNCT _ 12 colourless punct 8 though though SCONJ _ 12 colourless mark 9 each each DET PronType=Tot 10 hair det 10 hair hair NOUN Number=Sing 12 colourless nsubj 11 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 12 colourless cop 12 colourless colourless ADJ Degree=Pos 5 looks conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 look present Both white property vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus 2 is present each hair colourless property tree rules
Option 2 Only Rhys: the hairs are pure white, right down to the skin
advmod punct det nsubj cop amod amod punct advmod conj case det obl root Only ADV Rhys PROPN : PUNCT the DET hairs NOUN are AUX pure ADJ white ADJ , PUNCT right ADV down ADV to ADP the DET skin NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Only only ADV _ 2 Rhys advmod 2 Rhys Rhys PROPN Number=Sing root root 3 : : PUNCT _ 8 white punct 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 hairs det 5 hairs hair NOUN Number=Plur 8 white nsubj 6 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 white cop 7 pure pure ADJ Degree=Pos 8 white amod 8 white white ADJ Degree=Pos 2 Rhys amod 9 , , PUNCT _ 11 down punct 10 right right ADV _ 11 down advmod 11 down down ADV _ 8 white conj 12 to to ADP _ 14 skin case 13 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 14 skin det 14 skin skin NOUN Number=Sing 11 down obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present the hairs white property tree rules
Option 3 Neither: polar bear fur is black
det punct amod compound nsubj cop root Neither DET : PUNCT polar ADJ bear NOUN fur NOUN is AUX black ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Neither neither DET PronType=Neg 5 fur det 2 : : PUNCT _ 4 bear punct 3 polar polar ADJ Degree=Pos 4 bear amod 4 bear bear NOUN Number=Sing 5 fur compound 5 fur fur NOUN Number=Sing 7 black nsubj 6 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 black cop 7 black black ADJ Degree=Pos root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present neither bear fur black property tree rules
Option 4 Only the mate: the sign is a lie
advmod det punct det nsubj cop det conj root Only ADV the DET mate NOUN : PUNCT the DET sign NOUN is AUX a DET lie NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Only only ADV _ 3 mate advmod 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 mate det 3 mate mate NOUN Number=Sing root root 4 : : PUNCT _ 9 lie punct 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 sign det 6 sign sign NOUN Number=Sing 9 lie nsubj 7 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 lie cop 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 lie det 9 lie lie NOUN Number=Sing 3 mate conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present the sign a lie tree rules
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