Test 1 · Climate: hot summers and hot arguments
A girl in London says: «it snowed bare last week, so global warming's a lie, innit». What is the best reply?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl, it, global warming, best reply · What happens: say, snow, be, innit · To what, where: lie · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 of lesson 21 «Climate: hot summers and hot arguments» of the politics 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: A girl in London says: «it snowed bare last week, so global warming's a lie, innit».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 girl | det |
| 2 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 says | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 London | case |
| 4 | London | London | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 girl | nmod |
| 5 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 snowed | punct |
| 7 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 9 snowed | punct |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 snowed | nsubj |
| 9 | snowed | snow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 says | ccomp |
| 10 | bare | bare | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 week | amod |
| 11 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 week | amod |
| 12 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 snowed | obl:unmarked |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 lie | punct |
| 14 | so | so | ADV | _ | 19 lie | advmod |
| 15 | global | global | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 warming | amod |
| 16 | warming | warming | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 lie | nsubj |
| 17 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 lie | cop |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 lie | det |
| 19 | lie | lie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 snowed | obl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 innit | punct |
| 21 | innit | innit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 snowed | advcl |
| 22 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 21 innit | punct |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a girl in London | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | snow in a quote | past | it | week | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme» | ||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | global warming | a lie | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | innit in a quote | infinitive | 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: What is the best reply?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 reply | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 reply | amod |
| 5 | reply | reply | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the best reply | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Global warming means it can't snow anywhere
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Global | global | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 warming | amod |
| 2 | warming | warming | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 means | nsubj |
| 3 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 snow | nsubj |
| 5 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 snow | aux |
| 6 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 snow | advmod |
| 7 | snow | snow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 means | obj |
| 8 | anywhere | anywhere | ADV | PronType=Ind | 7 snow | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Global warming | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | not snow | can | it | anywhere property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
One snowy week doesn't change the world's average over many years
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 week | nummod |
| 2 | snowy | snowy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 week | amod |
| 3 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 change | obl:unmarked |
| 4 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 change | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 change | advmod |
| 6 | change | change | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 world | det |
| 8 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 average | nmod:poss |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 world | case |
| 10 | average | average | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 change | obj |
| 11 | over | over | ADP | _ | 13 years | case |
| 12 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 years | amod |
| 13 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 change | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not change | present · do-support | the world's average | week; year | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent average=Patient | ||||
| 2 | average | the world | nom average «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
Snow only falls when there is no climate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Snow | snow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 falls | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 falls | advmod |
| 3 | falls | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 is | advmod |
| 5 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 6 is | expl |
| 6 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 falls | advcl |
| 7 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 8 climate | det |
| 8 | climate | climate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 is | nsubj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall | present | Snow | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | be | present | no climate | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Right, a week of snow proves the planet is cooling
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Right | right | INTJ | _ | 7 proves | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 proves | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 week | det |
| 4 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 proves | nsubj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 snow | case |
| 6 | snow | snow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 week | nmod |
| 7 | proves | prove | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 cooling | csubj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 planet | det |
| 9 | planet | planet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 proves | obj |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 cooling | cop |
| 11 | cooling | cooling | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prove | present | a week of snow | the planet | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent planet=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | cooling | tree rules |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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