Test 2 · Alarms, stopwatches and how long a second is Lola: "My 12.4 is mid, but you only beat me by like five seconds." Her friend ran 11.9. Put it right.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Lola, you, friend · What happens: be, beat, run, put · To what, where: me, 11.9, friend
This is test 2 of lesson 105 «Alarms, stopwatches and how long a second is» of the world 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: Lola: "My 12.4 is mid, but you only beat me by like five seconds."
nsubj punct punct nmod:poss nsubj cop punct cc nsubj advmod parataxis obj case case nummod obl punct punct root Lola PROPN : PUNCT " PUNCT My PRON 12.4 NUM is AUX mid ADJ , PUNCT but CCONJ you PRON only ADV beat VERB me PRON by ADP like ADP five NUM seconds NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Lola Lola PROPN Number=Sing 7 mid nsubj 2 : : PUNCT _ 7 mid punct 3 " " PUNCT _ 7 mid punct 4 My my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 mid nmod:poss 5 12.4 12.4 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 7 mid nsubj 6 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 mid cop 7 mid mid ADJ Degree=Pos root root 8 , , PUNCT _ 12 beat punct 9 but but CCONJ _ 12 beat cc 10 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 12 beat nsubj 11 only only ADV _ 12 beat advmod 12 beat beat VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 mid parataxis 13 me I PRON Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 12 beat obj 14 by by ADP _ 17 seconds case 15 like like ADP _ 17 seconds case 16 five five NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 17 seconds nummod 17 seconds second NOUN Number=Plur 12 beat obl 18 . . PUNCT _ 7 mid punct 19 " " PUNCT _ 7 mid punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is in a quote present Lola mid property tree rules 2 beat in a quote present you me second vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location i=Theme
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: Her friend ran 11.9.
nmod:poss nsubj obj punct root Her PRON friend NOUN ran VERB 11.9 NUM . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 friend nmod:poss 2 friend friend NOUN Number=Sing 3 ran nsubj 3 ran run VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 11.9 11.9 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 3 ran obj 5 . . PUNCT _ 3 ran punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 run past Lola's friend 11.9 vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme 11.9=Trajectory
Sentence 3: Put it right.
obj advmod punct root Put VERB it PRON right ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Put put VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Put obj 3 right right ADV _ 1 Put advmod 4 . . PUNCT _ 1 Put punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 put imperative you not said here friend right property vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice It really was five seconds
nsubj advmod cop nummod root It PRON really ADV was AUX five NUM seconds NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 seconds nsubj 2 really really ADV _ 4 five advmod 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 five cop 4 five five NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 5 seconds nummod 5 seconds second NOUN Number=Plur root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a past five tree rules
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer It was only half a second
nsubj cop advmod det:predet det root It PRON was AUX only ADV half DET a DET second NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 second nsubj 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 second cop 3 only only ADV _ 4 half advmod 4 half half DET NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind 6 second det:predet 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 second det 6 second second NOUN Number=Sing root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a past It half second tree rules
Option 3 It was one and a half seconds
nsubj cop cc det compound conj root It PRON was AUX one NUM and CCONJ a DET half NOUN seconds NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 one nsubj 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 one cop 3 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card root root 4 and and CCONJ _ 7 seconds cc 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 half det 6 half half NOUN Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac 7 seconds compound 7 seconds second NOUN Number=Plur 3 one conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a past It one and half seconds tree rules
Option 4 It was four seconds exactly
nsubj cop nummod advmod root It PRON was AUX four NUM seconds NOUN exactly ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 seconds nsubj 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 seconds cop 3 four four NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 4 seconds nummod 4 seconds second NOUN Number=Plur root root 5 exactly exactly ADV _ 4 seconds advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a past It four seconds exactly property tree rules
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