Test 1 · ★★★ · Olympiad: speed, space and seasons ★★★
Jack, in Sydney: "Stinkin' hot arvo, Christmas at the beach in me togs!" His pen pal in London says he's making it up. Who's right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: pen pal, pal · What happens: say, make up, be · To what, where: beach · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 44 «Olympiad: speed, space and seasons ★★★» 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: Jack, in Sydney: "Stinkin' hot arvo, Christmas at the beach in me togs!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack | Jack | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 Sydney | punct |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Sydney | case |
| 4 | Sydney | Sydney | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Jack | conj |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 arvo | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 arvo | punct |
| 7 | Stinkin | Stinkin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 arvo | nmod:poss |
| 8 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 7 Stinkin | case |
| 9 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 arvo | amod |
| 10 | arvo | arvo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Jack | appos |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 Christmas | punct |
| 12 | Christmas | Christmas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 arvo | appos |
| 13 | at | at | ADP | _ | 15 beach | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 beach | det |
| 15 | beach | beach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 arvo | nmod |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 me | case |
| 17 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 15 beach | conj |
| 18 | togs | tog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 me | flat |
| 19 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 1 Jack | punct |
| 20 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 1 Jack | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: His pen pal in London says he's making it up.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 pal | nmod:poss |
| 2 | pen | pen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pal | compound |
| 3 | pal | pal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 says | nsubj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 London | case |
| 5 | London | London | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 pal | nmod |
| 6 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 making | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 making | aux |
| 9 | making | make | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 says | ccomp |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 making | obj |
| 11 | up | up | ADP | _ | 9 making | compound:prt |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Christmas's pen pal in London | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | make up | present · progressive | pal | beach | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Pivot |
Sentence 3: Who's right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The pen pal: it always snows at Christmas
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 pal | det |
| 2 | pen | pen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pal | compound |
| 3 | pal | pal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 snows | nsubj |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 snows | punct |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 snows | nsubj |
| 6 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 7 snows | advmod |
| 7 | snows | snow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 Christmas | case |
| 9 | Christmas | Christmas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 snows | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | snow | present | the pen pal | Christmas | always property | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme» |
Option 2
Neither: it is spring there at Christmas
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neither | neither | ADV | _ | 5 spring | advmod |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Neither | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 spring | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 spring | cop |
| 5 | spring | spring | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 spring | advmod |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 Christmas | case |
| 8 | Christmas | Christmas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 spring | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | spring | Christmas; there | neither property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Jack: it is summer there at Christmas
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack | Jack | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 summer | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 summer | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 summer | cop |
| 5 | summer | summer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Jack | appos |
| 6 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 summer | advmod |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 Christmas | case |
| 8 | Christmas | Christmas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Jack | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | summer | there | tree rules |
Option 4
The pen pal: Christmas is always cold
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 pal | det |
| 2 | pen | pen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pal | compound |
| 3 | pal | pal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 cold | nsubj |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 Christmas | punct |
| 5 | Christmas | Christmas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 pal | vocative |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 cold | cop |
| 7 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 8 cold | advmod |
| 8 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the pen pal | always, cold property | tree rules |
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