Test 6 · ★★★ · Olympiad: planet puzzles ★★★
★★★ Ollie from Newcastle: "Howay, Titan's just a moon, so it's gotta be smaller than every planet." Check the claim.
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: moon, you · What happens: be, check · To what, where: claim
This is test 6 · ★★★ of lesson 31 «Olympiad: planet puzzles ★★★» of the space 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: ★★★ Ollie from Newcastle: "Howay, Titan's just a moon, so it's gotta be smaller than every planet."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 ★ | dep |
| 3 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Ollie | compound |
| 4 | Ollie | Ollie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 ★ | list |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 Newcastle | case |
| 6 | Newcastle | Newcastle | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Ollie | nmod |
| 7 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 Howay | punct |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 Howay | punct |
| 9 | Howay | Howay | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 ★ | list |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 moon | punct |
| 11 | Titan | Titan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 moon | nmod:poss |
| 12 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 11 Titan | case |
| 13 | just | just | ADV | _ | 15 moon | advmod |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 moon | det |
| 15 | moon | moon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 Howay | appos |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 smaller | punct |
| 17 | so | so | ADV | _ | 22 smaller | advmod |
| 18 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 smaller | nsubj |
| 19 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 22 smaller | cop |
| 20 | gotta | gotta | PART | _ | 22 smaller | mark |
| 21 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 22 smaller | cop |
| 22 | smaller | small | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 9 Howay | amod |
| 23 | than | than | ADP | _ | 25 planet | case |
| 24 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 25 planet | det |
| 25 | planet | planet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 smaller | obl |
| 26 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 ★ | punct |
| 27 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 1 ★ | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | moon | than every planet; small 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: Check the claim.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Check | check | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 claim | det |
| 3 | claim | claim | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Check | obj |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Check | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | check | imperative | you not said here | the claim | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent claim=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
False: Titan is wider than Mercury
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | False | false | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 Titan | amod |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 False | punct |
| 3 | Titan | Titan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 wider | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 wider | cop |
| 5 | wider | wide | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 6 | than | than | ADP | _ | 7 Mercury | case |
| 7 | Mercury | Mercury | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 wider | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | False Titan | than Mercury; wide property | tree rules |
Option 2
False: Titan is wider than the Earth
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | False | false | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 Titan | amod |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 False | punct |
| 3 | Titan | Titan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 wider | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 wider | cop |
| 5 | wider | wide | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 6 | than | than | ADP | _ | 8 Earth | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Earth | det |
| 8 | Earth | Earth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 wider | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | False Titan | than the Earth; wide property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
True: no moon is wider than a planet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | True | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 wider | punct |
| 3 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 4 moon | det |
| 4 | moon | moon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 wider | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 wider | cop |
| 6 | wider | wide | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 1 True | parataxis |
| 7 | than | than | ADP | _ | 9 planet | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 planet | det |
| 9 | planet | planet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 wider | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | no moon | than a planet; wide property | tree rules |
Option 4
True, but only for Saturn's moons
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | True | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 moons | amod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 moons | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 8 moons | cc |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 moons | advmod |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 moons | case |
| 6 | Saturn | Saturn | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 moons | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 Saturn | case |
| 8 | moons | moon | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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