Test 7 · ★★★ · Olympiad practice: the hardest cases
Kids push Nadia: "Go on, is her house big or not?" What protects her friend without a lie?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Kids, house · What happens: push, go on, be, protect · To what, where: Nadia, friend · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 100 «Olympiad practice: the hardest cases» of the religion ethics 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: Kids push Nadia: "Go on, is her house big or not?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 push | nsubj |
| 2 | push | push | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Nadia | Nadia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 push | obj |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 Go | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 Go | punct |
| 6 | Go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 push | parataxis |
| 7 | on | on | ADV | _ | 6 Go | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 big | punct |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 big | cop |
| 10 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 house | nmod:poss |
| 11 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 big | nsubj |
| 12 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 Go | parataxis |
| 13 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 14 not | cc |
| 14 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 big | conj |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 push | punct |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 push | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | push | present | Kids | Nadia | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent nadia=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | go on in a quote | infinitive | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | Nadia's house | big 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: What protects her friend without a lie?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 protects | nsubj |
| 2 | protects | protect | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 friend | nmod:poss |
| 4 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 protects | obj |
| 5 | without | without | ADP | _ | 7 lie | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 lie | det |
| 7 | lie | lie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 protects | obl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 protects | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | protect | present | Nadia's friend | without a lie | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Beneficiary |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
"Ask her, it's her business"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Ask | punct |
| 2 | Ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 business | csubj |
| 3 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 Ask | iobj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Ask | punct |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 business | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 business | cop |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 business | nmod:poss |
| 8 | business | business | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 business | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask in a quote | infinitive | her = she | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | |||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | it | her business | tree rules |
Option 2
"She lies about everything she says"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 lies | punct |
| 2 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 lies | nsubj |
| 3 | lies | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | about | about | ADP | _ | 5 everything | case |
| 5 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 3 lies | obl |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 says | nsubj |
| 7 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 everything | acl:relcl |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 lies | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie in a quote | present | She | about everything | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent about everything=Location | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert in a quote | present | she | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
"No, they're totally broke, sorry"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 broke | punct |
| 2 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 broke | discourse |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 No | punct |
| 4 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 broke | nsubj |
| 5 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 broke | cop |
| 6 | totally | totally | ADV | _ | 7 broke | advmod |
| 7 | broke | broke | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 sorry | punct |
| 9 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 broke | conj |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 broke | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | they | broke, totally property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be in a quote | they not said here | tree rules |
Option 4
"Yes, it's a mansion with a pool"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 mansion | punct |
| 2 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 mansion | discourse |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Yes | punct |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 mansion | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 mansion | cop |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 mansion | det |
| 7 | mansion | mansion | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 pool | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 pool | det |
| 10 | pool | pool | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 mansion | nmod |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 mansion | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | it | a mansion | with a pool | tree rules |
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