Test 4 · ★★★ · Olympiad: Cyrillic code-breaking and number puzzles ★★★
«bruv I counted to forty, that's chotyRY tens, so it's 'chotyrdesyat' innit» Is he right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: bruv, that, he · What happens: count, be · To what, where: chotyRY tens, chotyrdesyat · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★★★ of lesson 31 «Olympiad: Cyrillic code-breaking and number puzzles ★★★» of the Ukrainian street 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 counted | punct |
| 2 | bruv | bruv | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 counted | nsubj |
| 3 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 counted | nsubj |
| 4 | counted | count | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 right | csubj |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 forty | case |
| 6 | forty | forty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 counted | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 tens | punct |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 11 tens | nsubj |
| 9 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 tens | cop |
| 10 | chotyRY | chotyry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 tens | compound |
| 11 | tens | ten | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 counted | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 chotyrdesyat | punct |
| 13 | so | so | ADV | _ | 17 chotyrdesyat | advmod |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 chotyrdesyat | nsubj |
| 15 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 chotyrdesyat | cop |
| 16 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 17 chotyrdesyat | punct |
| 17 | chotyrdesyat | chotyrdesyat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 innit | compound |
| 18 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 17 chotyrdesyat | punct |
| 19 | innit | innit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 counted | parataxis |
| 20 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 counted | punct |
| 21 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 23 right | cop |
| 22 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 right | nsubj |
| 23 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 24 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 23 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | count in a quote | past | bruv | to forty | vn matter-91 «NP V PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to forty=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | that | chotyRY tens | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | bruv | chotyrdesyat | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | is | present | he | right 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.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No: forty is its own odd word, SOrok, not built from chotyRY
The tree, 12 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 8 word | det |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 word | punct |
| 3 | forty | forty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 word | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 word | cop |
| 5 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 word | nmod:poss |
| 6 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 word | amod |
| 7 | odd | odd | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 word | amod |
| 8 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 SOrok | punct |
| 10 | SOrok | SOrok | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 word | appos |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 built | punct |
| 12 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 built | advmod |
| 13 | built | build | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 word | acl |
| 14 | from | from | ADP | _ | 15 chotyRY | case |
| 15 | chotyRY | chotyry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 built | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | forty | its own odd word | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not build | participle | its own odd word not said here | chotyRY | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset from chotyry=Material |
Option 2
No, forty is devyanOsto, the odd one
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 devyanOsto | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 devyanOsto | punct |
| 3 | forty | forty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 devyanOsto | nummod |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 devyanOsto | cop |
| 5 | devyanOsto | devyanOsto | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 one | punct |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 one | det |
| 8 | odd | odd | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 one | amod |
| 9 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 devyanOsto | appos |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | forty devyanOsto | tree rules |
Option 3
Yes, chotyrdesyat is the proper word for forty
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 word | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | chotyrdesyat | chotyrdesyat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 word | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 word | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 word | det |
| 6 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 word | amod |
| 7 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 forty | case |
| 9 | forty | forty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 word | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | chotyrdesyat | the proper word | for forty | tree rules |
Option 4
No, forty is p'yatdesYAt, said like fifty
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 forty | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | forty | forty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 p'yatdesYAt | nummod |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 p'yatdesYAt | cop |
| 5 | p'yatdesYAt | p'yatdesyat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 said | nsubj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 p'yatdesYAt | punct |
| 7 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | like | like | ADP | _ | 9 fifty | case |
| 9 | fifty | fifty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 said | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | forty p'yatdesYAt | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | forty p'yatdesYAt | like fifty | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
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