Test 11 · ★★★ · Olympiad: how could you check it? ★★★
Jake measures the big orange Moon at the horizon with a coin at arm's length, then again at midnight. What will he find?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Jake · What happens: measure, find · To what, where: big orange Moon, horizon
This is test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 37 «Olympiad: how could you check it? ★★★» 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: Jake measures the big orange Moon at the horizon with a coin at arm's length, then again at midnight.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jake | Jake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 measures | nsubj |
| 2 | measures | measure | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Moon | det |
| 4 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 Moon | amod |
| 5 | orange | orange | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 Moon | amod |
| 6 | Moon | Moon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 measures | obj |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 horizon | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 horizon | det |
| 9 | horizon | horizon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 measures | obl |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 coin | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 coin | det |
| 12 | coin | coin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 horizon | nmod |
| 13 | at | at | ADP | _ | 16 length | case |
| 14 | arm | arm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 length | nmod:poss |
| 15 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 14 arm | case |
| 16 | length | length | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 coin | nmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 again | punct |
| 18 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 19 again | advmod |
| 19 | again | again | ADV | _ | 2 measures | advmod |
| 20 | at | at | ADP | _ | 21 midnight | case |
| 21 | midnight | midnight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 again | obl |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 measures | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | measure | present | Jake | the big orange Moon | the horizon with a coin at arm's length | again | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent moon=Theme at horizon=Value |
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 will he find?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 find | obj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 find | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 find | nsubj |
| 4 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 find | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | future | Jake | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
It's twice as big at the horizon, low down
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 big | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 big | cop |
| 3 | twice | twice | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 5 big | advmod |
| 4 | as | as | ADV | _ | 5 big | advmod |
| 5 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 horizon | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 horizon | det |
| 8 | horizon | horizon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 big | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 down | punct |
| 10 | low | low | ADV | Degree=Pos | 11 down | advmod |
| 11 | down | down | ADV | _ | 5 big | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | the horizon | big, twice property | tree rules |
Option 2
The coin won't cover it at either time
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 coin | det |
| 2 | coin | coin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 cover | nsubj |
| 3 | wo | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 cover | aux |
| 4 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 cover | advmod |
| 5 | cover | cover | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 cover | obj |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 time | case |
| 8 | either | either | DET | PronType=Ind | 9 time | det |
| 9 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 cover | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not cover | future | the coin | it | time | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Destination |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
The coin covers it the same both times
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 coin | det |
| 2 | coin | coin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 covers | nsubj |
| 3 | covers | cover | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 covers | obj |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 same | det |
| 6 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 covers | obj |
| 7 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 times | det |
| 8 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 same | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cover | present | the coin | it | tree rules |
Option 4
It's twice as big at midnight, high up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 big | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 big | cop |
| 3 | twice | twice | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 5 big | advmod |
| 4 | as | as | ADV | _ | 5 big | advmod |
| 5 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 midnight | case |
| 7 | midnight | midnight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 big | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 high | punct |
| 9 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 big | conj |
| 10 | up | up | ADV | _ | 9 high | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | midnight | big, twice property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | be up | tree rules |
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