Test 7 · ★★★ · Olympiad: reading hidden feelings in hard times ★★★
Ben's Scottish nan says, "Och, it's dreich and I'm a wee bit low, hen." ("Dreich" means grey and gloomy; "hen" is a friendly name.) Which part is the understatement to gently ask about?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Scottish nan, nan, Dreich, hen, part · What happens: say, be, mean, ask · To what, where: dreich, grey, friendly name, understatement · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 31 «Olympiad: reading hidden feelings in hard times ★★★» of the reflection 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: Ben's Scottish nan says, "Och, it's dreich and I'm a wee bit low, hen."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben | Ben | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 nan | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Ben | case |
| 3 | Scottish | Scottish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 nan | amod |
| 4 | nan | nan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 says | nsubj |
| 5 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 says | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 dreich | punct |
| 8 | Och | och | INTJ | _ | 12 dreich | discourse |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 Och | punct |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 dreich | nsubj |
| 11 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 dreich | cop |
| 12 | dreich | dreich | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 says | ccomp |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 low | cc |
| 14 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 19 low | nsubj |
| 15 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 low | cop |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 bit | det |
| 17 | wee | wee | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 bit | amod |
| 18 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 low | obl:unmarked |
| 19 | low | low | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 dreich | conj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 hen | punct |
| 21 | hen | hen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 dreich | conj |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 dreich | punct |
| 23 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 dreich | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Ben's Scottish nan | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | nan | dreich and hen | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | Ben's Scottish nan = nan | a wee bit obl:unmarked; low 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: ("Dreich" means grey and gloomy; "hen" is a friendly name.)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| 2 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 Dreich | punct |
| 3 | Dreich | Dreich | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 means | nsubj |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 Dreich | punct |
| 5 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | grey | grey | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 means | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 gloomy | cc |
| 8 | gloomy | gloomy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 grey | conj |
| 9 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 16 name | punct |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 hen | punct |
| 11 | hen | hen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 name | nsubj |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 hen | punct |
| 13 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 name | cop |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 name | det |
| 15 | friendly | friendly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 name | amod |
| 16 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 means | parataxis |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| 18 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Dreich | grey | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grey=Topic | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | hen | a friendly name | tree rules |
Sentence 3: Which part is the understatement to gently ask about?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 part | det |
| 2 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 understatement | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 understatement | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 understatement | det |
| 5 | understatement | understatement | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 ask | mark |
| 7 | gently | gently | ADV | _ | 8 ask | advmod |
| 8 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 understatement | acl |
| 9 | about | about | ADP | _ | 8 ask | obl |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 understatement | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | which part | the understatement | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | to-infinitive | gently property | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
"och"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 och | punct |
| 2 | och | och | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 och | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
"hen"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 hen | punct |
| 2 | hen | hen | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 hen | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
"dreich"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 dreich | punct |
| 2 | dreich | dreich | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 dreich | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
"a wee bit low"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 low | punct |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 bit | det |
| 3 | wee | wee | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 bit | amod |
| 4 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 low | obl:unmarked |
| 5 | low | low | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 low | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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