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Test 5 · ★★★ · Olympiad: how could you check it? ★★★

"We dropped the toast twice and it landed butter down both times, so it's ALWAYS butter down." What's the problem?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: We, toast, problem · What happens: drop down, land down, be · To what, where: toast, butter

This is test 5 · ★★★ 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: "We dropped the toast twice and it landed butter down both times, so it's ALWAYS butter down."

punctnsubjdetobjadvmodccnsubjconjobjcompound:prtdetobl:unmarkedpunctadvmodnsubjcopadvmodparataxiscompound:prtpunctpunctroot"PUNCTWePRONdroppedVERBtheDETtoastNOUNtwiceADVandCCONJitPRONlandedVERBbutterNOUNdownADPbothDETtimesNOUN,PUNCTsoADVitPRON'sAUXALWAYSADVbutterNOUNdownADP.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1""PUNCT_3 droppedpunct
2WewePRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs3 droppednsubj
3droppeddropVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 toastdet
5toasttoastNOUNNumber=Sing3 droppedobj
6twicetwiceADVNumForm=Word NumType=Mult3 droppedadvmod
7andandCCONJ_9 landedcc
8ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs9 landednsubj
9landedlandVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 droppedconj
10butterbutterNOUNNumber=Sing9 landedobj
11downdownADP_9 landedcompound:prt
12bothbothDETPronType=Tot13 timesdet
13timestimeNOUNNumber=Plur9 landedobl:unmarked
14,,PUNCT_19 butterpunct
15sosoADV_19 butteradvmod
16ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs19 butternsubj
17'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin19 buttercop
18ALWAYSalwaysADVPronType=Tot19 butteradvmod
19butterbutterNOUNNumber=Sing3 droppedparataxis
20downdownADP_3 droppedcompound:prt
21..PUNCT_3 droppedpunct
22""PUNCT_3 droppedpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1drop down in a quotepastWethe toasttwice propertyvn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toast=Theme
2land down in a quotepasttoastbuttertimevn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V ADVP»: agent=Theme butter=Destination
3is a in a quotepresenttoastbutteralways propertytree 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: What's the problem?

copdetnsubjpunctrootWhatPRON'sAUXtheDETproblemNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Introotroot
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Whatcop
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 problemdet
4problemproblemNOUNNumber=Sing1 Whatnsubj
5??PUNCT_1 Whatpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentthe problemtree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Butter makes toast land the right way up

nsubjobjxcompdetamodobjadvmodrootButterNOUNmakesVERBtoastNOUNlandVERBtheDETrightADJwayNOUNupADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ButterbutterNOUNNumber=Sing2 makesnsubj
2makesmakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3toasttoastNOUNNumber=Sing2 makesobj
4landlandVERBVerbForm=Inf2 makesxcomp
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 waydet
6rightrightADJDegree=Pos7 wayamod
7waywayNOUNNumber=Sing4 landobj
8upupADV_4 landadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1makepresentButtertoasttree rules
2landinfinitivetoast not said herethe right wayvn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V ADVP»: agent=Theme way=Destination

Option 2

Nothing, two drops prove it for ever

nsubjpunctnummodnsubjobjcaseoblrootNothingPRON,PUNCTtwoNUMdropsNOUNproveVERBitPRONforADPeverADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NothingnothingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Neg5 provensubj
2,,PUNCT_1 Nothingpunct
3twotwoNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card4 dropsnummod
4dropsdropNOUNNumber=Plur5 provensubj
5proveproveVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
6ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 proveobj
7forforADP_8 evercase
8evereverADVPronType=Ind5 proveobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1provepresentNothingitvn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3

The toast was the wrong kind of bread

detnsubjcopdetamodcasenmodrootTheDETtoastNOUNwasAUXtheDETwrongADJkindNOUNofADPbreadNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 toastdet
2toasttoastNOUNNumber=Sing6 kindnsubj
3wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 kindcop
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 kinddet
5wrongwrongADJDegree=Pos6 kindamod
6kindkindNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
7ofofADP_8 breadcase
8breadbreadNOUNNumber=Sing6 kindnmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apastthe toastthe wrong kindof breadtree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Two drops are far too few

nummodnsubjcopadvmodadvmodrootTwoNUMdropsNOUNareAUXfarADVtooADVfewADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TwotwoNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card2 dropsnummod
2dropsdropNOUNNumber=Plur6 fewnsubj
3arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 fewcop
4farfarADVDegree=Pos6 fewadvmod
5tootooADV_6 fewadvmod
6fewfewADJDegree=Posrootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentTwo dropsfar, few propertytree rules

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