Test 4 · ★★★ · Olympiad: how could you check it? ★★★

"my brother's mate's dad saw a horned Viking helmet in a museum, no cap" How strong is that?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad, that · What happens: see, be · To what, where: horned Viking helmet, museum

This is test 4 · ★★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 saw	punct
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 brother	nmod:poss
3	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mate	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 brother	case
5	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dad	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 mate	case
7	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 saw	nsubj
8	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 helmet	det
10	horned	horned	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 helmet	amod
11	Viking	viking	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 helmet	compound
12	helmet	helmet	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 saw	obj
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 museum	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 museum	det
15	museum	museum	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 helmet	nmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 cap	punct
17	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	18 cap	det
18	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 helmet	conj
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	21 strong	punct
20	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	21 strong	advmod
21	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 saw	conj
22	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 strong	cop
23	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	21 strong	nsubj
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 saw	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see in a quote	past	my brother's mate's dad	a horned Viking helmet and no cap		a museum			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer helmet=Stimulus
2	is	present	that					strong property	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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Strong: three people all agree on it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 people	amod
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Strong	punct
3	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 people	nummod
4	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 agree	nsubj
5	all	all	ADV	_	6 agree	advmod
6	agree	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	on	on	ADP	_	8 it	case
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 agree	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	present	Strong three people					on it; all property	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent on it=Topic

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Weak: it can't be checked, and none has been dug up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Weak	weak	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 dug	advcl
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 checked	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 checked	nsubj:pass
4	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 checked	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 checked	advmod
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 checked	aux:pass
7	checked	check	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Weak	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 dug	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 dug	cc
10	none	none	PRON	PronType=Neg	13 dug	nsubj:pass
11	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 dug	aux
12	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	13 dug	aux:pass
13	dug	dig	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
14	up	up	ADP	_	13 dug	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not check	can · passive		it					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	dig up	present · perfect · passive		none					vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme

Option 3

Weak: museums never have Viking things

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Weak	weak	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 museums	amod
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Weak	punct
3	museums	museum	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 have	nsubj
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 have	advmod
5	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	Viking	Viking	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 things	compound
7	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 have	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not have	present	Weak museums	Viking things					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Patient

Option 4

Strong: a dad would never get a museum wrong

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 get	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 dad	det
4	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 get	nsubj
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 get	aux
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 get	advmod
7	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Strong	parataxis
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 museum	det
9	museum	museum	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 get	obj
10	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 get	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not get	would	a dad	a museum				wrong property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer museum=Stimulus

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