Test 7 · Getting old: how long people and animals live Sienna's little brother, from Lviv, says, «Babusia was never a kid, she was always old.» («Babusia» is Ukrainian for «granny».) Which reply is true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: little brother, Babusia, reply · What happens: say, not be, be · To what, where: kid · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 of lesson 52 «Getting old: how long people and animals live» 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: Sienna's little brother, from Lviv, says, «Babusia was never a kid, she was always old.»
nmod:poss case amod nsubj punct case appos punct punct punct nsubj cop advmod det dep punct nsubj cop advmod conj punct punct root Sienna PROPN 's PART little ADJ brother NOUN , PUNCT from ADP Lviv PROPN , PUNCT says VERB , PUNCT « PUNCT Babusia PROPN was AUX never ADV a DET kid NOUN , PUNCT she PRON was AUX always ADV old ADJ . PUNCT » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Sienna Sienna PROPN Number=Sing 4 brother nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Sienna case 3 little little ADJ Degree=Pos 4 brother amod 4 brother brother NOUN Number=Sing 9 says nsubj 5 , , PUNCT _ 7 Lviv punct 6 from from ADP _ 7 Lviv case 7 Lviv Lviv PROPN Number=Sing 4 brother appos 8 , , PUNCT _ 4 brother punct 9 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 10 , , PUNCT _ 9 says punct 11 « « PUNCT _ 16 kid punct 12 Babusia Babusia PROPN Number=Sing 16 kid nsubj 13 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 16 kid cop 14 never never ADV PronType=Neg 16 kid advmod 15 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 16 kid det 16 kid kid NOUN Number=Sing 9 says dep 17 , , PUNCT _ 21 old punct 18 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 21 old nsubj 19 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 21 old cop 20 always always ADV PronType=Tot 21 old advmod 21 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 16 kid conj 22 . . PUNCT _ 16 kid punct 23 » » PUNCT _ 16 kid punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Sienna's little brother vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 not is a in a quote past Babusia a kid tree rules 3 is in a quote past Babusia always, old 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: («Babusia» is Ukrainian for «granny».)
punct punct nsubj punct cop case punct obl punct punct punct root ( PUNCT « PUNCT Babusia PROPN » PUNCT is AUX Ukrainian ADJ for ADP « PUNCT granny NOUN » PUNCT . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 6 Ukrainian punct 2 « « PUNCT _ 3 Babusia punct 3 Babusia Babusia PROPN Number=Sing 6 Ukrainian nsubj 4 » » PUNCT _ 3 Babusia punct 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 Ukrainian cop 6 Ukrainian ukrainian ADJ Degree=Pos root root 7 for for ADP _ 9 granny case 8 « « PUNCT _ 9 granny punct 9 granny granny NOUN Number=Sing 6 Ukrainian obl 10 » » PUNCT _ 9 granny punct 11 . . PUNCT _ 6 Ukrainian punct 12 ) ) PUNCT _ 6 Ukrainian punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present Babusia for granny; ukrainian property tree rules
Sentence 3: Which reply is true?
det nsubj cop punct root Which DET reply NOUN is AUX true ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Which which DET PronType=Int 2 reply det 2 reply reply NOUN Number=Sing 4 true nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 true cop 4 true true ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 true punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present which reply true property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice People in Lviv are never children, they start grown
nsubj case nmod cop advmod punct nsubj acl:relcl xcomp root People NOUN in ADP Lviv PROPN are AUX never ADV children NOUN , PUNCT they PRON start VERB grown VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 People people NOUN Number=Plur 6 children nsubj 2 in in ADP _ 3 Lviv case 3 Lviv Lviv PROPN Number=Sing 1 People nmod 4 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 children cop 5 never never ADV PronType=Neg 6 children advmod 6 children child NOUN Number=Plur root root 7 , , PUNCT _ 9 start punct 8 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 start nsubj 9 start start VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 children acl:relcl 10 grown grow VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 9 start xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not is a present People in Lviv children tree rules 2 start present People children not said here tree rules 3 grow participle People not said here vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer Every old person was once a child like him
det amod nsubj cop advmod det case nmod root Every DET old ADJ person NOUN was AUX once ADV a DET child NOUN like ADP him PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Every every DET PronType=Tot 3 person det 2 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 3 person amod 3 person person NOUN Number=Sing 7 child nsubj 4 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 child cop 5 once once ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Mult 7 child advmod 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 child det 7 child child NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 like like ADP _ 9 him case 9 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 child nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a past every old person a child like child; once property tree rules
Option 3 Only grandads were once children, not grannies
advmod nsubj cop advmod punct advmod conj root Only ADV grandads NOUN were AUX once ADV children NOUN , PUNCT not PART grannies NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Only only ADV _ 2 grandads advmod 2 grandads grandad NOUN Number=Plur 5 children nsubj 3 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 children cop 4 once once ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Mult 5 children advmod 5 children child NOUN Number=Plur root root 6 , , PUNCT _ 8 grannies punct 7 not not PART Polarity=Neg 8 grannies advmod 8 grannies grannie NOUN Number=Plur 5 children conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a past grandads children and grannies once property tree rules
Option 4 Grandmothers are born old and stay that way
nsubj:pass aux:pass xcomp cc conj det obl:unmarked root Grandmothers NOUN are AUX born VERB old ADJ and CCONJ stay VERB that DET way NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Grandmothers grandmother NOUN Number=Plur 3 born nsubj:pass 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 born aux:pass 3 born bear VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 4 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 3 born xcomp 5 and and CCONJ _ 6 stay cc 6 stay stay VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 born conj 7 that that DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 8 way det 8 way way NOUN Number=Sing 6 stay obl:unmarked
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 bear present · passive Grandmothers old property vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient 2 stay infinitive that way vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
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