Test 4 · ★★★ · Olympiad: which claim is true? ★★★
Four claims on a quiz sheet; three are myths. Which one is true?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: one · What happens: be · To what, where: three myths
This is test 4 · ★★★ 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: Four claims on a quiz sheet; three are myths.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 claims | nummod |
| 2 | claims | claim | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 sheet | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 sheet | det |
| 5 | quiz | quiz | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sheet | compound |
| 6 | sheet | sheet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 claims | nmod |
| 7 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 8 three | punct |
| 8 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 myths | nummod |
| 9 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 myths | cop |
| 10 | myths | myth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 claims | conj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 claims | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | three myths | 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: Which one is true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 one | det |
| 2 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 true | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 true | cop |
| 4 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | which one | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Lightning hits the Empire State Building about 20 to 25 times a year
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lightning | lightning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 hits | nsubj |
| 2 | hits | hit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Building | det |
| 4 | Empire | Empire | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 State | compound |
| 5 | State | State | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Building | compound |
| 6 | Building | Building | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 hits | obj |
| 7 | about | about | ADV | _ | 8 20 | advmod |
| 8 | 20 | 20 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 11 times | nummod |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 25 | case |
| 10 | 25 | 25 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 8 20 | nmod |
| 11 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 hits | obl:unmarked |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 year | det |
| 13 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 times | nmod:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hit | present | Lightning | the State Building | time | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme building=Co-Theme |
Option 2
The Great Wall is easy to see from orbit with bare eyes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Wall | det |
| 2 | Great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 Wall | amod |
| 3 | Wall | Wall | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 easy | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 easy | cop |
| 5 | easy | easy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 see | mark |
| 7 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 easy | xcomp |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 orbit | case |
| 9 | orbit | orbit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 see | obl |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 eyes | case |
| 11 | bare | bare | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 eyes | amod |
| 12 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 see | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the Great Wall | easy property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | see | to-infinitive | the Great Wall not said here | orbit | with bare eyes | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Glass is a slow liquid that runs down old windows
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glass | glass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 liquid | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 liquid | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 liquid | det |
| 4 | slow | slow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 liquid | amod |
| 5 | liquid | liquid | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 runs | nsubj |
| 7 | runs | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 liquid | acl:relcl |
| 8 | down | down | ADV | _ | 7 runs | advmod |
| 9 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 windows | amod |
| 10 | windows | window | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 runs | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Glass | a slow liquid | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | run down | present | a slow liquid | old windows | down property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme window=Trajectory |
Option 4
People in Columbus's time all thought the Earth was flat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | People | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 thought | nsubj |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 time | case |
| 3 | Columbus | Columbus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 time | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 Columbus | case |
| 5 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 People | nmod |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 thought | advmod |
| 7 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Earth | det |
| 9 | Earth | Earth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 flat | nsubj |
| 10 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 flat | cop |
| 11 | flat | flat | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 thought | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | past | People in Columbus's time | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | past | the Earth | flat property | tree rules |
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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