Test 6 · ★★ · When the teacher gets it wrong

"Everest is the tallest, end of," says Miss Parker. Which is fairest?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Everest, Miss · What happens: be, say · To what, where: tallest end · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 33 «When the teacher gets it wrong» 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: "Everest is the tallest, end of," says Miss Parker.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 end	punct
2	Everest	Everest	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 end	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 end	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 end	det
5	tallest	tall	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 end	amod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 tallest	punct
7	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 says	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 says	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 of	punct
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 says	punct
11	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	Miss	Miss	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 says	nsubj
13	Parker	Parker	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Miss	flat
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	Everest	the tallest end					tree rules
2	say speech: assert	present	Miss						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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: Which is fairest?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 fairest	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fairest	cop
3	fairest	fair	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 fairest	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

She's right and there's nothing more to say

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem 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	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 's	cc
5	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	6 's	expl
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	csubj
7	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	6 's	nsubj
8	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 nothing	amod
9	to	to	PART	_	10 say	mark
10	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 nothing	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	She					right property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	to-infinitive	She not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

She's right about height above sea level; Mauna Kea is taller from its base

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem 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	about	about	ADP	_	5 height	case
5	height	height	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 right	obl
6	above	above	ADP	_	8 level	case
7	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 level	compound
8	level	level	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 height	nmod
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 taller	punct
10	Mauna	Mauna	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 taller	nsubj
11	Kea	Kea	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Mauna	flat
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 taller	cop
13	taller	tall	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 right	parataxis
14	from	from	ADP	_	16 base	case
15	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 base	nmod:poss
16	base	base	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 taller	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	She					about height above sea level; right property	tree rules
2	is	present	Mauna			level's base		tall property	tree rules

Option 3

She's totally wrong, Mauna Kea is higher above the sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wrong	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 wrong	cop
3	totally	totally	ADV	_	4 wrong	advmod
4	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 higher	punct
6	Mauna	Mauna	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 higher	nsubj
7	Kea	Kea	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Mauna	flat
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 higher	cop
9	higher	high	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 wrong	conj
10	above	above	ADP	_	12 sea	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 sea	det
12	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 higher	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	She					totally, wrong property	tree rules
2	is	present	Mauna			the sea		high property	tree rules

Option 4

Both are the same height exactly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	5 height	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 height	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 height	det
4	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 height	amod
5	height	height	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	5 height	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Both	the same height				exactly property	tree rules

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