Test 6 · ★★★ · Alice's fall and her sizes: falling, the centre of the Ear…
Your little brother drinks a whole bottle of milk and says, «watch me, I'm gonna get taller now». What is true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: little brother · What happens: drink, say, watch, get, be · To what, where: whole bottle, little brother · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★★★ of lesson 41 «Alice's fall and her sizes: falling, the centre of the Earth, giants and tiny people» 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: Your little brother drinks a whole bottle of milk and says, «watch me, I'm gonna get taller now».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 brother | nmod:poss |
| 2 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 brother | amod |
| 3 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 drinks | nsubj |
| 4 | drinks | drink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 bottle | det |
| 6 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 bottle | amod |
| 7 | bottle | bottle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 drinks | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 milk | case |
| 9 | milk | milk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 bottle | nmod |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 says | cc |
| 11 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 drinks | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 watch | punct |
| 13 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 14 watch | punct |
| 14 | watch | watch | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 11 says | ccomp |
| 15 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 14 watch | obj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 get | punct |
| 17 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 20 get | nsubj |
| 18 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 get | aux |
| 19 | gonna | gonna | PART | _ | 20 get | mark |
| 20 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 drinks | parataxis |
| 21 | taller | tall | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 20 get | xcomp |
| 22 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 20 get | advmod |
| 23 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 20 get | punct |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 drinks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drink | present | Your little brother | a whole bottle of milk | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | Your little brother not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | watch in a quote | infinitive | Your little brother = brother | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | |||||
| 4 | get in a quote | present | Your little brother = brother | now | tall property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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 is true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
If he drinks two bottles he will grow twice as fast
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 3 drinks | mark |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 drinks | nsubj |
| 3 | drinks | drink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 grow | advcl |
| 4 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 bottles | nummod |
| 5 | bottles | bottle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 drinks | obj |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 grow | nsubj |
| 7 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 grow | aux |
| 8 | grow | grow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 9 | twice | twice | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 8 grow | advmod |
| 10 | as | as | ADV | _ | 11 fast | advmod |
| 11 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 8 grow | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drink a condition, not said to happen | present | he | two bottles | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bottle=Patient | ||||
| 2 | grow | future | he | fast, twice property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
He will grow about a centimetre in the next hour
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 grow | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 grow | aux |
| 3 | grow | grow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | about | about | ADP | _ | 6 centimetre | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 centimetre | det |
| 6 | centimetre | centimetre | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 grow | obl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 hour | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 hour | det |
| 9 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 hour | amod |
| 10 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 grow | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | future | He | hour | about a centimetre | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about centimetre=Location |
Option 3
Milk makes you grow, but only if you drink it upside down while standing on your head
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Milk | milk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 makes | nsubj |
| 2 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 makes | obj |
| 4 | grow | grow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 makes | xcomp |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 drink | punct |
| 6 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 10 drink | cc |
| 7 | only | only | ADV | _ | 10 drink | advmod |
| 8 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 10 drink | mark |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 drink | nsubj |
| 10 | drink | drink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 makes | parataxis |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 drink | obj |
| 12 | upside | upside | ADV | _ | 13 down | advmod |
| 13 | down | down | ADV | _ | 10 drink | advmod |
| 14 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 15 standing | mark |
| 15 | standing | stand | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 drink | advcl |
| 16 | on | on | ADP | _ | 18 head | case |
| 17 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 head | nmod:poss |
| 18 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 standing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | Milk | you | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | grow | infinitive | you not said here | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | drink a condition, not said to happen | present | you | Milk | down property | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | |||
| 4 | stand | gerund | you not said here | your head | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on head=Location |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Milk is good food, but growing takes months and years, not seconds
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Milk | milk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 food | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 food | cop |
| 3 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 food | amod |
| 4 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 takes | punct |
| 6 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 8 takes | cc |
| 7 | growing | grow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 takes | nsubj |
| 8 | takes | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 food | acl:relcl |
| 9 | months | month | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 takes | obj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 years | cc |
| 11 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 months | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 seconds | punct |
| 13 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 seconds | advmod |
| 14 | seconds | second | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 food | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Milk | good food and seconds | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | grow | gerund | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | take | present | good food and seconds not said here | month | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme |
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