Test 9 · How long since? Counting back Jamie's bean was planted on 2 March and sprouted on 16 March. His mate says, "A fortnight, easy." Is that right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, that · What happens: plant, sprout, say, be · To what, where: bean, 16 · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 of lesson 108 «How long since? Counting back» 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: Jamie's bean was planted on 2 March and sprouted on 16 March.
nmod:poss case nsubj:pass aux:pass case nummod obl cc conj case obl nmod:unmarked punct root Jamie PROPN 's PART bean NOUN was AUX planted VERB on ADP 2 NUM March PROPN and CCONJ sprouted VERB on ADP 16 NUM March PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Jamie Jamie PROPN Number=Sing 3 bean nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Jamie case 3 bean bean NOUN Number=Sing 5 planted nsubj:pass 4 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 planted aux:pass 5 planted plant VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 6 on on ADP _ 8 March case 7 2 2 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 8 March nummod 8 March March PROPN Number=Sing 5 planted obl 9 and and CCONJ _ 10 sprouted cc 10 sprouted sprout VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 5 planted conj 11 on on ADP _ 12 16 case 12 16 16 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 10 sprouted obl 13 March March PROPN Number=Sing 12 16 nmod:unmarked 14 . . PUNCT _ 5 planted punct
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1 plant past · passive Jamie's bean march vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient 2 sprout participle 16 March vn entity_specific_modes_being-47.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on 16=Location
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: His mate says, "A fortnight, easy."
nmod:poss nsubj punct punct det obl:unmarked punct ccomp punct punct root His PRON mate NOUN says VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT A DET fortnight NOUN , PUNCT easy ADJ . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 His his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 mate nmod:poss 2 mate mate NOUN Number=Sing 3 says nsubj 3 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 9 easy punct 5 " " PUNCT _ 9 easy punct 6 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 fortnight det 7 fortnight fortnight NOUN Number=Sing 9 easy obl:unmarked 8 , , PUNCT _ 7 fortnight punct 9 easy easy ADJ Degree=Pos 3 says ccomp 10 . . PUNCT _ 9 easy punct 11 " " PUNCT _ 9 easy punct
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1 say speech: assert present Jamie's mate vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: Is that right?
cop nsubj punct root Is AUX that PRON right ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 right cop 2 that that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 3 right nsubj 3 right right ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 right punct
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1 is present that right property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Yes, 14 days is a fortnight
discourse punct nummod nmod:unmarked cop det root Yes INTJ , PUNCT 14 NUM days NOUN is AUX a DET fortnight NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 3 14 discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Yes punct 3 14 14 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 4 days nummod 4 days day NOUN Number=Plur 7 fortnight nmod:unmarked 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 fortnight cop 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 fortnight det 7 fortnight fortnight NOUN Number=Sing root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present a fortnight day tree rules
Option 2 No, a fortnight is 10 days
discourse punct det nsubj cop nummod root No INTJ , PUNCT a DET fortnight NOUN is AUX 10 NUM days NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no INTJ Polarity=Neg 7 days discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 No punct 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 fortnight det 4 fortnight fortnight NOUN Number=Sing 7 days nsubj 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 days cop 6 10 10 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 7 days nummod 7 days day NOUN Number=Plur root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present a fortnight 10 days tree rules
Option 3 No, it was 16 days
discourse punct nsubj cop nummod root No INTJ , PUNCT it PRON was AUX 16 NUM days NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no INTJ Polarity=Neg 6 days discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 No punct 3 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 days nsubj 4 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 days cop 5 16 16 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 6 days nummod 6 days day NOUN Number=Plur root root
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1 is a past it 16 days tree rules
Option 4 No, a fortnight is 4 weeks
discourse punct det nsubj cop nummod root No INTJ , PUNCT a DET fortnight NOUN is AUX 4 NUM weeks NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no INTJ Polarity=Neg 7 weeks discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 No punct 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 fortnight det 4 fortnight fortnight NOUN Number=Sing 7 weeks nsubj 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 weeks cop 6 4 4 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 7 weeks nummod 7 weeks week NOUN Number=Plur root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present a fortnight 4 weeks tree rules
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