Test 9 · Speed: fast and slow
Two runners both run 100 metres. Ana takes 15 seconds, Ben takes 18. Who is faster?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Two runners, Ana, Ben · What happens: run, take, be · To what, where: 100 metres, 18
This is test 9 of lesson 36 «Speed: fast and slow» of the physics 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: Two runners both run 100 metres.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 runners | nummod |
| 2 | runners | runner | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 run | nsubj |
| 3 | both | both | ADV | _ | 4 run | advmod |
| 4 | run | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | 100 | 100 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 metres | nummod |
| 6 | metres | metre | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 run | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 run | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | present | Two runners | 100 metres | both property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme metre=Trajectory |
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: Ana takes 15 seconds, Ben takes 18.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ana | Ana | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 takes | nsubj |
| 2 | takes | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | 15 | 15 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 seconds | nummod |
| 4 | seconds | second | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 takes | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 takes | punct |
| 6 | Ben | Ben | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 takes | nsubj |
| 7 | takes | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 takes | parataxis |
| 8 | 18 | 18 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 takes | obj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 takes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | present | Ana | second | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | take | present | Ben | 18 | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 18=Theme |
Sentence 3: Who is faster?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 faster | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 faster | cop |
| 3 | faster | fast | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 faster | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | fast property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Ana
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ana | Ana | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Ben
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben | Ben | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
You cannot tell without their weight
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 tell | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 tell | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 tell | advmod |
| 4 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | without | without | ADP | _ | 7 weight | case |
| 6 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 weight | nmod:poss |
| 7 | weight | weight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 tell | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not tell speech: assert | can | You | without their weight | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
They are equally fast
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 fast | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 fast | cop |
| 3 | equally | equally | ADV | _ | 4 fast | advmod |
| 4 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | They | equally, fast property | tree rules |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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