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Test 9 · ★★★ · Alice's fall and her sizes: falling, the centre of the Ear…

«Alice cried a whole pool, could you really fill a bath with tears?» What is true?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Alice, you · What happens: cry, fill, be · To what, where: whole pool, bath

This is test 9 · ★★★ 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: «Alice cried a whole pool, could you really fill a bath with tears?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 cried	punct
2	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 cried	nsubj
3	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 pool	det
5	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 pool	amod
6	pool	pool	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cried	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 fill	punct
8	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 fill	aux
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 fill	nsubj
10	really	really	ADV	_	11 fill	advmod
11	fill	fill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 cried	conj
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 bath	det
13	bath	bath	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 fill	obj
14	with	with	ADP	_	15 tears	case
15	tears	tear	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 fill	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 cried	punct
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 cried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express in a quote	past	Alice	a whole pool					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pool=Topic
2	fill in a quote	could	you	a bath				with tears	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent bath=Patient with tear=Instrument

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 · ✓ the right answer

No: even a long cry makes far less than a cupful

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 cry	det
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	even	even	ADV	_	6 cry	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cry	det
5	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 cry	amod
6	cry	cry	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 makes	nsubj
7	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 less	advmod
9	less	less	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 makes	obj
10	than	than	ADP	_	12 cupful	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 cupful	det
12	cupful	cupful	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 less	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	no long cry	less					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset less=Product

Option 2

Yes: grown-ups cry about a bucket a day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 cry	discourse
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 cry	punct
3	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 ups	amod
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 grown	punct
5	ups	up	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 cry	nsubj
6	cry	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	about	about	ADP	_	9 bucket	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 bucket	det
9	bucket	bucket	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cry	obl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 day	det
11	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cry	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	participle							vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	cry speech: express	present	grown ups				day	about a bucket	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about bucket=Topic

Option 3

No: tears dry up before they reach the floor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	3 tears	det
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	tears	tear	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 dry	nsubj
4	dry	dry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 dry	compound:prt
6	before	before	SCONJ	_	8 reach	mark
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 reach	nsubj
8	reach	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 dry	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 floor	det
10	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 reach	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dry up	present	no tears						vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	reach	present	tears = tear	the floor					vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent floor=Theme

Option 4

Yes: if you cry for a whole afternoon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 cry	discourse
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 cry	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 cry	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 cry	nsubj
5	cry	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	9 afternoon	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 afternoon	det
8	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 afternoon	amod
9	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	present	you				afternoon		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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