Test 9 · ★★ · How would we know? Asking experts and spotting tricks
Elsie's dad thinks the grape warning is "just another myth". What should she say?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad, grape warning, Elsie · What happens: think, be, say · To what, where: myth · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 30 «How would we know? Asking experts and spotting tricks» 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: Elsie's dad thinks the grape warning is "just another myth".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elsie | Elsie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 dad | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Elsie | case |
| 3 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 thinks | nsubj |
| 4 | thinks | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 warning | det |
| 6 | grape | grape | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 warning | compound |
| 7 | warning | warning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 myth | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 myth | cop |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 myth | punct |
| 10 | just | just | ADV | _ | 12 myth | advmod |
| 11 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 12 myth | det |
| 12 | myth | myth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 thinks | ccomp |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 myth | punct |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 thinks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | present | Elsie's dad | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | the grape warning | another myth | 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 should she say?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 say | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 say | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 say | nsubj |
| 4 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | should | Elsie | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
He's right, it's like nine lives
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 lives | punct |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 lives | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 lives | cop |
| 7 | like | like | ADP | _ | 9 lives | case |
| 8 | nine | nine | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 lives | nummod |
| 9 | lives | life | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 right | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | it | like nine lives | tree rules |
Option 2
Raisins are fine, it's only fresh grapes that hurt
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raisins | raisin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 fine | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fine | cop |
| 3 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 grapes | punct |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 grapes | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 grapes | cop |
| 7 | only | only | ADV | _ | 9 grapes | advmod |
| 8 | fresh | fresh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 grapes | amod |
| 9 | grapes | grape | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 fine | parataxis |
| 10 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 hurt | nsubj |
| 11 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 grapes | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Raisins | fine property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | it | fresh grapes | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | hurt | present | fresh grapes | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3
Grapes are only bad for big dogs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grapes | grape | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 bad | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 bad | cop |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 bad | advmod |
| 4 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 dogs | case |
| 6 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 dogs | amod |
| 7 | dogs | dog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 bad | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Grapes | for big dogs; bad property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
This one's true, vets have seen many cases
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | This | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 one | det |
| 2 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 vets | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 one | case |
| 4 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 vets | amod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 true | punct |
| 6 | vets | vet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 seen | nsubj |
| 7 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 seen | aux |
| 8 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 9 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 cases | amod |
| 10 | cases | case | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 seen | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | present · perfect | this one's true vets | many cases | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer case=Stimulus |
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