Test 4 · Days, weeks and months
Josh says the day after the day after Tuesday is Friday. The class shouts, "Nooo!" Why?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Josh, day, class · What happens: say, be, shout · To what, where: Friday, Nooo · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 of lesson 111 «Days, weeks and months» 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: Josh says the day after the day after Tuesday is Friday.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Josh | Josh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 day | det |
| 4 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 Friday | nsubj |
| 5 | after | after | ADP | _ | 7 day | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 day | det |
| 7 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 day | nmod |
| 8 | after | after | ADP | _ | 9 Tuesday | case |
| 9 | Tuesday | Tuesday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 day | nmod |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 Friday | cop |
| 11 | Friday | Friday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | ccomp |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Josh | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | the day after the day after Tuesday | Friday | 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: The class shouts, "Nooo!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 class | det |
| 2 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shouts | nsubj |
| 3 | shouts | shout | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 Nooo | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 Nooo | punct |
| 6 | Nooo | Nooo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 shouts | obj |
| 7 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 6 Nooo | punct |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 shouts | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | present | the class | Nooo | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nooo=Topic |
Sentence 3: Why?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
It is really Wednesday
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 Wednesday | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 Wednesday | cop |
| 3 | really | really | ADV | _ | 4 Wednesday | advmod |
| 4 | Wednesday | Wednesday | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | Wednesday | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
He counted one day too many; it is Thursday
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 counted | nsubj |
| 2 | counted | count | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 day | nummod |
| 4 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 counted | obl:unmarked |
| 5 | too | too | ADV | _ | 6 many | advmod |
| 6 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 counted | advcl |
| 7 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 10 Thursday | punct |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 Thursday | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 Thursday | cop |
| 10 | Thursday | Thursday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 counted | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | count | past | He | day | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | it | Thursday | tree rules |
Option 3
He counted one too few; it is Saturday
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 counted | nsubj |
| 2 | counted | count | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 counted | obj |
| 4 | too | too | ADV | _ | 5 few | advmod |
| 5 | few | few | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 counted | advcl |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 9 Saturday | punct |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 Saturday | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 Saturday | cop |
| 9 | Saturday | Saturday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 counted | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | count | past | He | one | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | it | Saturday | tree rules |
Option 4
It is really Tuesday again
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 Tuesday | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 Tuesday | cop |
| 3 | really | really | ADV | _ | 4 Tuesday | advmod |
| 4 | Tuesday | Tuesday | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | again | again | ADV | _ | 4 Tuesday | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | Tuesday | again | tree rules |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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