Test 11 · ★★★ · Olympiad: which claim is true? ★★★

In a jar there are 2 spiders, 1 ant and 1 seven-spot ladybird. Your mate says "that's 28 legs and 7 spots, easy". Is he right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: 2 spiders, mate, that · What happens: be, say · To what, where: jar, 28 legs · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 36 «Olympiad: which claim is true? ★★★» 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: In a jar there are 2 spiders, 1 ant and 1 seven-spot ladybird.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 jar	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 jar	det
3	jar	jar	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 are	obl
4	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	5 are	expl
5	are	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	2	2	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 spiders	nummod
7	spiders	spider	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 are	nsubj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 ant	punct
9	1	1	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	10 ant	nummod
10	ant	ant	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 spiders	conj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 ladybird	cc
12	1	1	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	16 ladybird	nummod
13	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 spot	nummod
14	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 seven	punct
15	spot	spot	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 ladybird	compound
16	ladybird	ladybird	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 spiders	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 are	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	does	present	2 spiders and 1 ant and 1 spot ladybird			a jar; there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in jar=Location

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: Your mate says "that's 28 legs and 7 spots, easy".

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 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	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 legs	punct
5	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 legs	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 legs	cop
7	28	28	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	8 legs	nummod
8	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 says	ccomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 spots	cc
10	7	7	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	11 spots	nummod
11	spots	spot	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 legs	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 easy	punct
13	easy	easy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 legs	parataxis
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 easy	punct
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Your mate						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a in a quote	present	that	28 legs and 7 spots					tree rules

Sentence 3: Is he right?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 right	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	mate					right property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

No: spiders have 6 legs, so it's 24 legs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	3 spiders	det
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	spiders	spider	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 have	nsubj
4	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	6	6	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 legs	nummod
6	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 have	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 legs	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	12 legs	advmod
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 legs	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 legs	cop
11	24	24	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	12 legs	nummod
12	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 have	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	no spiders	6 legs					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Patient
2	is a	present	it	24 legs					tree rules

Option 2

No: the spots depend on age, so it's 9

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 spots	det
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 spots	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 spots	det
4	spots	spot	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 depend	nsubj
5	depend	depend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 age	case
7	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 depend	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 9	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	12 9	advmod
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 9	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 9	cop
12	9	9	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 depend	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	depend	present	no spots				on age		vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent on age=Theme
2	is a	present	age	9					tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Yes: 16 plus 6 plus 6 legs, and 7 spots

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 legs	discourse
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	3 16	punct
3	16	16	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	8 legs	nummod
4	plus	plus	CCONJ	_	5 6	cc
5	6	6	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 16	conj
6	plus	plus	CCONJ	_	7 6	cc
7	6	6	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 16	conj
8	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 spots	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 spots	cc
11	7	7	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	12 spots	nummod
12	spots	spot	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 legs	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

No: ladybirds are spiders, so it's 30 legs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	3 ladybirds	det
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	ladybirds	ladybird	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 spiders	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 spiders	cop
5	spiders	spider	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 legs	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	11 legs	advmod
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 legs	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 legs	cop
10	30	30	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	11 legs	nummod
11	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 spiders	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	no ladybirds	spiders					tree rules
2	is a	present	it	30 legs					tree rules

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