Test 9 · ★★★ · Olympiad: how could you check it? ★★★
Uncle Dev: "That headline about chocolate's slightly overcooked." The study was on 12 mice. What does he really mean?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: study, he · What happens: be, mean
This is test 9 · ★★★ 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: Uncle Dev: "That headline about chocolate's slightly overcooked."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uncle | uncle | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | Dev | Dev | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Uncle | flat |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 headline | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 headline | punct |
| 5 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 headline | det |
| 6 | headline | headline | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Uncle | appos |
| 7 | about | about | ADP | _ | 8 chocolate | case |
| 8 | chocolate | chocolate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 headline | nmod |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 chocolate | case |
| 10 | slightly | slightly | ADV | _ | 11 overcooked | advmod |
| 11 | overcooked | overcooked | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 headline | advcl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 headline | punct |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 headline | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: The study was on 12 mice.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 study | det |
| 2 | study | study | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 mice | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 mice | cop |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 mice | case |
| 5 | 12 | 12 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 mice | nummod |
| 6 | mice | mouse | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 mice | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the study | on 12 mice | tree rules |
Sentence 3: What does he really mean?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 mean | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 mean | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 mean | nsubj |
| 4 | really | really | ADV | _ | 5 mean | advmod |
| 5 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 mean | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present · do-support | he | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1
The chocolate in the study was a bit burnt
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 chocolate | det |
| 2 | chocolate | chocolate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 burnt | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 study | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 study | det |
| 5 | study | study | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 chocolate | nmod |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 burnt | cop |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 bit | det |
| 8 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 burnt | obl:unmarked |
| 9 | burnt | burnt | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the chocolate in the study | a bit obl:unmarked; burnt property | tree rules |
Option 2
Twelve mice prove it for every child
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Twelve | twelve | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 mice | nummod |
| 2 | mice | mouse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 prove | nsubj |
| 3 | prove | prove | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 prove | obj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 child | case |
| 6 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 child | det |
| 7 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 prove | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prove | present | Twelve mice | it | for every child | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It claims far more than the study shows
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 | 2 claims | nsubj |
| 2 | claims | claim | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 more | advmod |
| 4 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 claims | obj |
| 5 | than | than | SCONJ | _ | 8 shows | mark |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 study | det |
| 7 | study | study | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 shows | nsubj |
| 8 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 more | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | claim speech: other | present | It | more | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent more=Topic | ||||
| 2 | show | present | the study | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
The headline is spot on and fair
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 headline | det |
| 2 | headline | headline | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 spot | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 spot | aux:pass |
| 4 | spot | spot | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 spot | compound:prt |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 fair | cc |
| 7 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 spot | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spot on | present · passive | the headline | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination |
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