Test 6 · ★ · Algorithms, bubbles and false balance
In Bristol: "Gurt big rabbit hole, my feed's all aliens-built-the-pyramids now, proper job." What should he notice?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Gurt, aliens · What happens: hole, build, notice · To what, where: aliens, pyramids
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 34 «Algorithms, bubbles and false balance» 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: In Bristol: "Gurt big rabbit hole, my feed's all aliens-built-the-pyramids now, proper job."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 Bristol | case |
| 2 | Bristol | Bristol | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 hole | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 hole | punct |
| 5 | Gurt | Gurt | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 hole | nsubj |
| 6 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 hole | amod |
| 7 | rabbit | rabbit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 hole | compound |
| 8 | hole | hole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Bristol | appos |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 feed | punct |
| 10 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 feed | nmod:poss |
| 11 | feed | feed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 hole | nmod |
| 12 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 11 feed | case |
| 13 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 14 aliens | det |
| 14 | aliens | alien | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 hole | nmod |
| 15 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 14 aliens | punct |
| 16 | built | build | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 aliens | acl |
| 17 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 20 pyramids | punct |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 pyramids | det |
| 19 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 18 the | punct |
| 20 | pyramids | pyramid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 built | obl |
| 21 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 16 built | advmod |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 job | punct |
| 23 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 job | amod |
| 24 | job | job | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 aliens | conj |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 hole | punct |
| 26 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 hole | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hole in a quote | Gurt | all aliens and proper job | 's my feed | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | build in a quote | participle | all aliens and proper job not said here | the pyramids | now | 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 should he notice?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 notice | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 notice | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 notice | nsubj |
| 4 | notice | notice | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 notice | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | notice | should | Gurt | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |
The options
Option 1
Rabbit holes are always about real rabbits
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rabbit | rabbit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 holes | compound |
| 2 | holes | hole | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 rabbits | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 rabbits | cop |
| 4 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 7 rabbits | advmod |
| 5 | about | about | ADP | _ | 7 rabbits | case |
| 6 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 rabbits | amod |
| 7 | rabbits | rabbit | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Rabbit holes | about real rabbits; always property | tree rules |
Option 2
It proves aliens built the pyramids, because so many different videos say the same thing
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 proves | nsubj |
| 2 | proves | prove | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | aliens | alien | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 built | nsubj |
| 4 | built | build | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 proves | ccomp |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 pyramids | det |
| 6 | pyramids | pyramid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 built | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 proves | punct |
| 8 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 13 say | mark |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 many | advmod |
| 10 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 videos | amod |
| 11 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 videos | amod |
| 12 | videos | video | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 say | nsubj |
| 13 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 proves | advcl |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 thing | det |
| 15 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 thing | amod |
| 16 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 say | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prove | present | It | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | build | past | aliens | the pyramids | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset pyramid=Product | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | present | many different videos | the same thing | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent thing=Topic |
Option 3
Feeds only show what experts agree on
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Feeds | feed | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 show | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 show | advmod |
| 3 | show | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 agree | obj |
| 5 | experts | expert | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 agree | nsubj |
| 6 | agree | agree | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 show | ccomp |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 3 show | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | Feeds | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | agree speech: agree | present | experts | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
His feed is getting stranger, so step back and look elsewhere
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 | 2 feed | nmod:poss |
| 2 | feed | feed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 getting | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 getting | aux |
| 4 | getting | get | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | stranger | strange | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 getting | xcomp |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 step | punct |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 8 step | advmod |
| 8 | step | step | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 getting | parataxis |
| 9 | back | back | ADV | _ | 8 step | advmod |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 look | cc |
| 11 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 step | conj |
| 12 | elsewhere | elsewhere | ADV | _ | 11 look | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present · progressive | His feed | strange property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | step back | infinitive | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | look | infinitive | elsewhere property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
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