Test 2 · ★★★ · Olympiad: speed, space and seasons ★★★
Uncle Dave: "It's summer cos we're closest to the Sun, innit." Put him right.
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: It, we, you · What happens: be, put · To what, where: summer, Dave
This is test 2 · ★★★ 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: Uncle Dave: "It's summer cos we're closest to the Sun, innit."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uncle | Uncle | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Dave | compound |
| 2 | Dave | Dave | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 summer | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 summer | punct |
| 5 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 summer | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 summer | cop |
| 7 | summer | summer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Dave | appos |
| 8 | cos | cos | SCONJ | _ | 11 closest | case |
| 9 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 closest | nsubj |
| 10 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 closest | cop |
| 11 | closest | close | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 7 summer | conj |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 Sun | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 Sun | det |
| 14 | Sun | Sun | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 closest | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 innit | punct |
| 16 | innit | innit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Dave | appos |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 Dave | punct |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Dave | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | It | summer | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | we | to the Sun; close property | tree rules |
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: Put him right.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Put | obj |
| 3 | right | right | ADV | _ | 1 Put | advmod |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | imperative | you not said here | Dave | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal |
The options
Option 1
We are only closest to the Sun in July
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | We | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 closest | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 closest | cop |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 closest | advmod |
| 4 | closest | close | ADJ | Degree=Sup | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 Sun | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Sun | det |
| 7 | Sun | Sun | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 closest | obl |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 July | case |
| 9 | July | July | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 closest | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | We | july | to the Sun; close property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
The Sun itself gets hotter every summer
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Sun | det |
| 2 | Sun | Sun | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 gets | nsubj |
| 3 | itself | itself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes | 2 Sun | nmod |
| 4 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | hotter | hot | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 gets | xcomp |
| 6 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 summer | det |
| 7 | summer | summer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gets | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | the Sun Sun | summer | hot property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3
He is right, that is how the seasons work
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 right | nsubj |
| 2 | is | 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 | _ | 7 how | punct |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 7 how | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 how | cop |
| 7 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 10 work | advmod |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 seasons | det |
| 9 | seasons | season | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 work | nsubj |
| 10 | work | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | that | how property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | work | present | the seasons | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
The tilt makes summer; we are nearest in January
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 tilt | det |
| 2 | tilt | tilt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 makes | nsubj |
| 3 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | summer | summer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 makes | obj |
| 5 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 8 nearest | punct |
| 6 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 nearest | nsubj |
| 7 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 nearest | cop |
| 8 | nearest | near | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 3 makes | xcomp |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 January | case |
| 10 | January | January | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 nearest | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | the tilt | summer | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | ||||
| 2 | is | present | we | january | near property | tree rules |
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