Test 8 · ★★★ · Olympiad: planet puzzles ★★★
★★★ Ava from Toronto: "Full Moon tonight, eh, so we might get a solar eclipse tomorrow." What is wrong?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: we · What happens: get, be · To what, where: solar eclipse
This is test 8 · ★★★ 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: ★★★ Ava from Toronto: "Full Moon tonight, eh, so we might get a solar eclipse tomorrow."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 ★ | compound |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | X | _ | 3 ★ | compound |
| 3 | ★ | ★ | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | Ava | Ava | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 ★ | appos |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 Toronto | case |
| 6 | Toronto | Toronto | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Ava | nmod |
| 7 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 11 tonight | punct |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 tonight | punct |
| 9 | Full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 tonight | amod |
| 10 | Moon | Moon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 tonight | compound |
| 11 | tonight | tonight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ★ | parataxis |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 eh | punct |
| 13 | eh | eh | INTJ | _ | 11 tonight | discourse |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 get | punct |
| 15 | so | so | ADV | _ | 18 get | advmod |
| 16 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 18 get | nsubj |
| 17 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 18 get | aux |
| 18 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 ★ | parataxis |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 eclipse | det |
| 20 | solar | solar | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 eclipse | amod |
| 21 | eclipse | eclipse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 get | obj |
| 22 | tomorrow | tomorrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 get | obl:unmarked |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 ★ | punct |
| 24 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 ★ | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get in a quote | might | we | a solar eclipse | tomorrow | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer eclipse=Stimulus |
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 is wrong?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrong | cop |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wrong | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | wrong property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Solar eclipses can only ever happen at night
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Solar | solar | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 eclipses | amod |
| 2 | eclipses | eclipse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 happen | nsubj |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 happen | aux |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 happen | advmod |
| 5 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 6 happen | advmod |
| 6 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 night | case |
| 8 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 happen | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | can | Solar eclipses | ever; night | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
A solar eclipse needs a new Moon, about two weeks off
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 eclipse | det |
| 2 | solar | solar | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 eclipse | amod |
| 3 | eclipse | eclipse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 needs | nsubj |
| 4 | needs | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 Moon | det |
| 6 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 Moon | amod |
| 7 | Moon | Moon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 needs | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 weeks | punct |
| 9 | about | about | ADV | _ | 10 two | advmod |
| 10 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 11 weeks | nummod |
| 11 | weeks | week | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 needs | obl:unmarked |
| 12 | off | off | ADV | _ | 4 needs | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present | a solar eclipse | a new Moon | week | off property | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot moon=Theme |
Option 3
Nothing: solar eclipses come the day after full Moon
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 come | punct |
| 3 | solar | solar | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 eclipses | amod |
| 4 | eclipses | eclipse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 come | nsubj |
| 5 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Nothing | conj |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 day | det |
| 7 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 come | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | after | after | ADP | _ | 10 Moon | case |
| 9 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 Moon | amod |
| 10 | Moon | Moon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 come | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present | solar eclipses | after full Moon; day | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
A solar eclipse needs a half Moon, a week off
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 eclipse | det |
| 2 | solar | solar | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 eclipse | amod |
| 3 | eclipse | eclipse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 needs | nsubj |
| 4 | needs | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 half | det |
| 6 | half | half | NOUN | Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 4 needs | obj |
| 7 | Moon | Moon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 half | appos |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 week | punct |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 week | det |
| 10 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 half | conj |
| 11 | off | off | ADP | _ | 4 needs | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need off | present | a solar eclipse | a half and a week | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot half=Theme |
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