Test 8 · ★★★ · I was wrong: changing your mind
Which shows a scientist's attitude?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: show · To what, where: attitude
This is test 8 · ★★★ of lesson 35 «I was wrong: changing your mind» 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 2 shows | nsubj |
| 2 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 scientist | det |
| 4 | scientist | scientist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 attitude | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 scientist | case |
| 6 | attitude | attitude | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 shows | obj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 shows | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | a scientist's attitude | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent attitude=Recipient |
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.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
"I changed my mind because my friend got angry"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 changed | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 changed | nsubj |
| 3 | changed | change | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 mind | nmod:poss |
| 5 | mind | mind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 changed | obj |
| 6 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 9 got | mark |
| 7 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 friend | nmod:poss |
| 8 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 got | nsubj |
| 9 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 changed | advcl |
| 10 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 got | xcomp |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 changed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | change in a quote | past | I | my mind | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Patient | ||||
| 2 | get in a quote | past | my friend | angry property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | mind in a quote | my | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2
"I'll never change my mind, whatever the evidence"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 change | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 change | nsubj |
| 3 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 change | aux |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 change | advmod |
| 5 | change | change | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 mind | nmod:poss |
| 7 | mind | mind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 change | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 whatever | punct |
| 9 | whatever | whatever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 change | obj |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 evidence | det |
| 11 | evidence | evidence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 whatever | nsubj |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 change | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not change in a quote | future | I | my mind | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | mind in a quote | my | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
"I used to think Pluto was a planet; the new definition changed my mind"
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 used | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 used | nsubj |
| 3 | used | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 think | mark |
| 5 | think | think | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 used | xcomp |
| 6 | Pluto | Pluto | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 planet | nsubj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 planet | cop |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 planet | det |
| 9 | planet | planet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 think | ccomp |
| 10 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 14 changed | punct |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 definition | det |
| 12 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 definition | amod |
| 13 | definition | definition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 changed | nsubj |
| 14 | changed | change | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 used | conj |
| 15 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 mind | nmod:poss |
| 16 | mind | mind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 changed | obj |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 changed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use in a quote | past | I | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | think speech: other in a quote | to-infinitive | I not said here | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | past | Pluto | a planet | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | change in a quote | past | the new definition | my mind | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Patient | ||||
| 5 | mind in a quote | my | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
"Facts change every day, so nothing is true"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 change | punct |
| 2 | Facts | fact | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 change | nsubj |
| 3 | change | change | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 day | det |
| 5 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 change | obl:unmarked |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 true | punct |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 true | advmod |
| 8 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 10 true | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 true | cop |
| 10 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 change | conj |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 change | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | change in a quote | present | Facts | day | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | nothing | true property | tree rules |
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