Test 9 · ★★★ · Olympiad: which claim is true? ★★★

Lily's book says nine planets, Sam's says eight; Sam yells "your book's lying!" What is fairest?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: book, Sam · What happens: say, yell, lie, be · To what, where: nine planets, eight, lying · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★★★ 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: Lily's book says nine planets, Sam's says eight; Sam yells "your book's lying!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lily	Lily	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 book	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Lily	case
3	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	nine	nine	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 planets	nummod
6	planets	planet	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 says	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 says	punct
8	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 says	nsubj
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Sam	case
10	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	conj
11	eight	eight	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 says	obj
12	;	;	PUNCT	_	14 yells	punct
13	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 yells	nsubj
14	yells	yell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	conj
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	19 lying	punct
16	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 book	nmod:poss
17	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 lying	nmod:poss
18	's	's	PART	_	17 book	case
19	lying	lying	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 yells	obj
20	!	!	PUNCT	_	19 lying	punct
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	19 lying	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Lily's book	nine planets	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent planet=Topic
2	say speech: assert	present	Sam	eight	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent eight=Topic
3	yell speech: express	present	Sam	your book's lying	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lying=Topic
4	lie in a quote		your book		nom lying «act intransitive»: poss=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: What is fairest?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	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 · ✓ the right answer

Her book is just out of date: Pluto changed in 2006

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 book	nmod:poss
2	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 date	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 date	cop
4	just	just	ADV	_	7 date	advmod
5	out	out	ADP	_	7 date	case
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 date	case
7	date	date	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 changed	punct
9	Pluto	Pluto	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 changed	nsubj
10	changed	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 date	advcl
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 2006	case
12	2006	2006	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	10 changed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Her book			date			tree rules
2	change	past	Pluto			2006			vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Her book is lying and should be thrown away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 book	nmod:poss
2	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lying	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 lying	aux
4	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 thrown	cc
6	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 thrown	aux
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 thrown	aux:pass
8	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 lying	conj
9	away	away	ADV	_	8 thrown	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	present · progressive	Her book						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	throw away	should · passive	Her book not said here					away property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»

Option 3

Sam's book is the old one, so he's wrong

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 book	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Sam	case
3	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 one	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 one	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 one	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 one	amod
7	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 wrong	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	12 wrong	advmod
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 wrong	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 wrong	cop
12	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 one	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Sam's book	the old one					tree rules
2	is	present	Sam					wrong property	tree rules

Option 4

Both books are wrong: there are ten planets

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	2 books	det
2	books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 wrong	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 wrong	cop
4	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 are	punct
6	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	7 are	expl
7	are	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 wrong	parataxis
8	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 planets	nummod
9	planets	planet	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 are	nsubj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	both books					wrong property	tree rules
2	does	present	ten planets			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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