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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».

detnsubjcasenmodpunctpunctnsubjccompamodamodobl:unmarkedpunctadvmodamodnsubjcopdetoblpunctadvclpunctpunctrootADETgirlNOUNinADPLondonPROPNsaysVERB:PUNCT«PUNCTitPRONsnowedVERBbareADJlastADJweekNOUN,PUNCTsoADVglobalADJwarmingNOUN'sAUXaDETlieNOUN,PUNCTinnitVERB»PUNCT.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art2 girldet
2girlgirlNOUNNumber=Sing5 saysnsubj
3ininADP_4 Londoncase
4LondonLondonPROPNNumber=Sing2 girlnmod
5sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
6::PUNCT_9 snowedpunct
7««PUNCT_9 snowedpunct
8ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs9 snowednsubj
9snowedsnowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 saysccomp
10barebareADJDegree=Pos12 weekamod
11lastlastADJDegree=Pos12 weekamod
12weekweekNOUNNumber=Sing9 snowedobl:unmarked
13,,PUNCT_19 liepunct
14sosoADV_19 lieadvmod
15globalglobalADJDegree=Pos16 warmingamod
16warmingwarmingNOUNNumber=Sing19 liensubj
17'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin19 liecop
18aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art19 liedet
19lielieNOUNNumber=Sing9 snowedobl
20,,PUNCT_21 innitpunct
21innitinnitVERBVerbForm=Inf9 snowedadvcl
22»»PUNCT_21 innitpunct
23..PUNCT_5 sayspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresenta girl in Londonvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2snow in a quotepastitweekvn weather-57 «It V PP.theme»
3is a in a quotepresentglobal warminga lietree rules
4innit in a quoteinfinitivetree 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?

copdetamodnsubjpunctrootWhatPRONisAUXtheDETbestADJreplyNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Introotroot
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Whatcop
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 replydet
4bestgoodADJDegree=Sup5 replyamod
5replyreplyNOUNNumber=Sing1 Whatnsubj
6??PUNCT_1 Whatpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentthe best replytree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Global warming means it can't snow anywhere

amodnsubjnsubjauxadvmodobjadvmodrootGlobalADJwarmingNOUNmeansVERBitPRONcaAUXn'tPARTsnowNOUNanywhereADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1GlobalglobalADJDegree=Pos2 warmingamod
2warmingwarmingNOUNNumber=Sing3 meansnsubj
3meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs7 snownsubj
5cacanAUXVerbForm=Fin7 snowaux
6n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg7 snowadvmod
7snowsnowNOUNNumber=Sing3 meansobj
8anywhereanywhereADVPronType=Ind7 snowadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1meanpresentGlobal warmingvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2not snowcanitanywhere propertytree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

One snowy week doesn't change the world's average over many years

nummodamodobl:unmarkedauxadvmoddetnmod:posscaseobjcaseamodoblrootOneNUMsnowyADJweekNOUNdoesAUXn'tPARTchangeVERBtheDETworldNOUN'sPARTaverageNOUNoverADPmanyADJyearsNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1OneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card3 weeknummod
2snowysnowyADJDegree=Pos3 weekamod
3weekweekNOUNNumber=Sing6 changeobl:unmarked
4doesdoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 changeaux
5n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg6 changeadvmod
6changechangeVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 worlddet
8worldworldNOUNNumber=Sing10 averagenmod:poss
9's'sPART_8 worldcase
10averageaverageNOUNNumber=Sing6 changeobj
11overoverADP_13 yearscase
12manymanyADJDegree=Pos13 yearsamod
13yearsyearNOUNNumber=Plur6 changeobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not changepresent · do-supportthe world's averageweek; yearvn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent average=Patient
2averagethe worldnom average «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

Snow only falls when there is no climate

nsubjadvmodadvmodexpladvcldetnsubjrootSnowNOUNonlyADVfallsVERBwhenADVtherePRONisVERBnoDETclimateNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SnowsnowNOUNNumber=Sing3 fallsnsubj
2onlyonlyADV_3 fallsadvmod
3fallsfallVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4whenwhenADVPronType=Int6 isadvmod
5theretherePRONPronType=Dem6 isexpl
6isbeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 fallsadvcl
7nonoDETPronType=Neg8 climatedet
8climateclimateNOUNNumber=Sing6 isnsubj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1fallpresentSnowvn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2bepresentno climatetherevn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Right, a week of snow proves the planet is cooling

discoursepunctdetnsubjcasenmodcsubjdetobjcoprootRightINTJ,PUNCTaDETweekNOUNofADPsnowNOUNprovesVERBtheDETplanetNOUNisAUXcoolingNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1RightrightINTJ_7 provesdiscourse
2,,PUNCT_7 provespunct
3aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art4 weekdet
4weekweekNOUNNumber=Sing7 provesnsubj
5ofofADP_6 snowcase
6snowsnowNOUNNumber=Sing4 weeknmod
7provesproveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin11 coolingcsubj
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 planetdet
9planetplanetNOUNNumber=Sing7 provesobj
10isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin11 coolingcop
11coolingcoolingNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1provepresenta week of snowthe planetvn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent planet=Theme
2is apresentcoolingtree 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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