Test 1 · ★★★ · Olympiad: forces, floating and machines ★★★
Jaz, from Yorkshire: "This box weighs a ton, I'm literally dying, our kid." What does he really mean?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: box, I, kid · What happens: weigh, die, mean · To what, where: ton
This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 42 «Olympiad: forces, floating and machines ★★★» 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: Jaz, from Yorkshire: "This box weighs a ton, I'm literally dying, our kid."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jaz | Jaz | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 Yorkshire | punct |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 4 Yorkshire | case |
| 4 | Yorkshire | Yorkshire | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Jaz | appos |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 weighs | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 weighs | punct |
| 7 | This | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 box | det |
| 8 | box | box | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 weighs | nsubj |
| 9 | weighs | weigh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Jaz | parataxis |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 ton | det |
| 11 | ton | ton | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 weighs | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 dying | punct |
| 13 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 16 dying | nsubj |
| 14 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 dying | aux |
| 15 | literally | literally | ADV | _ | 16 dying | advmod |
| 16 | dying | die | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Jaz | conj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 kid | punct |
| 18 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 kid | nmod:poss |
| 19 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Jaz | appos |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 19 kid | punct |
| 21 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 kid | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | weigh in a quote | present | this box | a ton | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme ton=Value | ||||
| 2 | die in a quote | present · progressive | I | literally property | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
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 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 | kid | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1
The box is as heavy as a whole lorry
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 box | det |
| 2 | box | box | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 heavy | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 heavy | cop |
| 4 | as | as | ADV | _ | 5 heavy | advmod |
| 5 | heavy | heavy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | as | as | ADP | _ | 9 lorry | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 lorry | det |
| 8 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 lorry | amod |
| 9 | lorry | lorry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 heavy | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the box | as a whole lorry; heavy property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The box is very heavy for him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 box | det |
| 2 | box | box | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 heavy | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 heavy | cop |
| 4 | very | very | ADV | _ | 5 heavy | advmod |
| 5 | heavy | heavy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 him | case |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 heavy | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the box | for him = he; heavy property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
The box weighs exactly 1,000 kilograms
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 box | det |
| 2 | box | box | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 weighs | nsubj |
| 3 | weighs | weigh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 5 1,000 | advmod |
| 5 | 1,000 | 1000 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 kilograms | nummod |
| 6 | kilograms | kilogram | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 weighs | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | weigh | present | the box | 1,000 kilograms | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme kilogram=Value |
Option 4
The box is light, he is just bored
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 box | det |
| 2 | box | box | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 light | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 light | cop |
| 4 | light | light | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 bored | punct |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 bored | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 bored | cop |
| 8 | just | just | ADV | _ | 9 bored | advmod |
| 9 | bored | bored | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 light | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the box | light property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | he | bored property | tree rules |
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