Test 9 · ★★ · Let's test it! Experiments and fair tests
Josh says, "Seven folds, max, no one can ever do more." What's the clever reply?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Josh, Seven folds, clever reply · What happens: say, do, be · To what, where: more · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 29 «Let's test it! Experiments and fair tests» 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: Josh says, "Seven folds, max, no one can ever do more."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Josh | Josh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 folds | punct |
| 5 | Seven | seven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 folds | nummod |
| 6 | folds | fold | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 do | nsubj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 max | punct |
| 8 | max | max | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 folds | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 one | punct |
| 10 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 11 one | det |
| 11 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 folds | appos |
| 12 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 do | aux |
| 13 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 14 do | advmod |
| 14 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 says | ccomp |
| 15 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 14 do | obj |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 do | punct |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Josh | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | do in a quote | can | Seven folds and max | more | ever | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Eventuality |
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
Folding paper is impossible after two
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Folding | fold | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 impossible | csubj |
| 2 | paper | paper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Folding | obj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 impossible | cop |
| 4 | impossible | impossible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | after | after | ADP | _ | 6 two | case |
| 6 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 impossible | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fold | gerund | paper | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent paper=Patient | |||||
| 2 | is | present | Folding | after two | impossible property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
With ordinary paper, yes, but a student folded a long strip 12 times
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | With | with | ADP | _ | 3 paper | case |
| 2 | ordinary | ordinary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 paper | amod |
| 3 | paper | paper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 folded | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 paper | punct |
| 5 | yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 10 folded | discourse |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 folded | punct |
| 7 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 10 folded | cc |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 student | det |
| 9 | student | student | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 folded | nsubj |
| 10 | folded | fold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 strip | det |
| 12 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 strip | amod |
| 13 | strip | strip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 folded | obj |
| 14 | 12 | 12 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 15 times | nummod |
| 15 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 folded | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fold | past | a student | a long strip | time | with ordinary paper | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent strip=Patient with paper=Instrument |
Option 3
You're right, eight folds would explode
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 explode | punct |
| 5 | eight | eight | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 folds | nummod |
| 6 | folds | fold | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 explode | nsubj |
| 7 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 explode | aux |
| 8 | explode | explode | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 right | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | You | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | explode | would | eight folds | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Anyone can fold paper 100 times
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 3 fold | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 fold | aux |
| 3 | fold | fold | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | paper | paper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fold | obj |
| 5 | 100 | 100 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 times | nummod |
| 6 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 fold | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fold | can | Anyone | paper | time | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent paper=Patient |
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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