Test 6 · ★★★ · Olympiad: how could you check it? ★★★
Gran, bless her: "My socks have won us heaps of matches, I've lost count, love." What would make her socks test fair?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Gran, I, socks · What happens: bless, win, lose, make, test · To what, where: her, socks, count
This is test 6 · ★★★ 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: Gran, bless her: "My socks have won us heaps of matches, I've lost count, love."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gran | Gran | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 bless | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Gran | punct |
| 3 | bless | bless | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 bless | obj |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 won | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 won | punct |
| 7 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 socks | nmod:poss |
| 8 | socks | sock | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 won | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 won | aux |
| 10 | won | win | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 bless | advcl |
| 11 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 won | obj |
| 12 | heaps | heap | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 won | obj |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 matches | case |
| 14 | matches | match | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 heaps | nmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 lost | punct |
| 16 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 18 lost | nsubj |
| 17 | 've | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 lost | aux |
| 18 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 10 won | advcl |
| 19 | count | count | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 lost | obj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 love | punct |
| 21 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 count | conj |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 bless | punct |
| 23 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 bless | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bless | infinitive | Gran | her = she | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | ||||
| 2 | win in a quote | present · perfect · passive | My socks | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | lose in a quote | present · perfect | I | count and love | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent count=Eventuality |
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 would make her socks test fair?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 make | obj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 make | aux |
| 3 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 socks | nmod:poss |
| 5 | socks | sock | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 test | nsubj |
| 6 | test | test | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 make | parataxis |
| 7 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 test | xcomp |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 make | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | would | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset what=Product | ||||||
| 2 | test | present | Gran's socks | fair property | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Ask the team if they like the socks
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 team | det |
| 3 | team | team | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ask | obj |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 like | mark |
| 5 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 like | nsubj |
| 6 | like | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Ask | advcl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 socks | det |
| 8 | socks | sock | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 like | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | the team | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent team=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | like a condition, not said to happen | present | they | the socks | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot sock=Theme |
Option 2
Buy a new pair and count only those wins
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buy | buy | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 pair | det |
| 3 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 pair | amod |
| 4 | pair | pair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Buy | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 count | cc |
| 6 | count | count | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Buy | conj |
| 7 | only | only | ADV | _ | 9 wins | advmod |
| 8 | those | that | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 9 wins | det |
| 9 | wins | win | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 count | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | buy | imperative | you not said here | a new pair | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pair=Theme | ||||
| 2 | count | present | you not said here | that wins | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent win=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Count wins and losses with the socks and without
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Count | count | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | wins | win | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Count | obj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 losses | cc |
| 4 | losses | loss | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 wins | conj |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 socks | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 socks | det |
| 7 | socks | sock | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Count | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 without | cc |
| 9 | without | without | ADP | _ | 1 Count | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | count | imperative | you not said here | wins and losses | with the socks | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent win=Theme |
Option 4
Wear the socks to even more of the team's matches
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wear | wear | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 socks | det |
| 3 | socks | sock | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Wear | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 more | mark |
| 5 | even | even | ADV | _ | 6 more | advmod |
| 6 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 1 Wear | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 matches | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 team | det |
| 9 | team | team | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 matches | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 team | case |
| 11 | matches | match | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 more | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wear | imperative | you not said here | the socks | tree rules |
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