Test 6 · ★ · Leap years and 29 February birthdays Tanvir: "A leapling born in 2016, how old on their 4th real birthday?" His mate says, "4, ya eejit." Who's right?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate · What happens: bear, say, be · To what, where: leapling, 2016 · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 112 «Leap years and 29 February birthdays» 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: Tanvir: "A leapling born in 2016, how old on their 4th real birthday?"
nsubj punct punct det nsubj acl case obl punct advmod case nmod:poss amod amod obl punct punct root Tanvir PROPN : PUNCT " PUNCT A DET leapling NOUN born VERB in ADP 2016 NUM , PUNCT how ADV old ADJ on ADP their PRON 4th ADJ real ADJ birthday NOUN ? PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Tanvir Tanvir PROPN Number=Sing 11 old nsubj 2 : : PUNCT _ 11 old punct 3 " " PUNCT _ 11 old punct 4 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 leapling det 5 leapling leapling NOUN Number=Sing 11 old nsubj 6 born bear VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 5 leapling acl 7 in in ADP _ 8 2016 case 8 2016 2016 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 6 born obl 9 , , PUNCT _ 11 old punct 10 how how ADV PronType=Int 11 old advmod 11 old old ADJ Degree=Pos root root 12 on on ADP _ 16 birthday case 13 their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 16 birthday nmod:poss 14 4th 4th ADJ Degree=Pos NumForm=Combi NumType=Ord 16 birthday amod 15 real real ADJ Degree=Pos 16 birthday amod 16 birthday birthday NOUN Number=Sing 11 old obl 17 ? ? PUNCT _ 11 old punct 18 " " PUNCT _ 11 old punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 bear in a quote participle a leapling not said here 2016 vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
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, "4, ya eejit."
nmod:poss nsubj punct punct ccomp punct ccomp goeswith punct punct root His PRON mate NOUN says VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT 4 NUM , PUNCT ya X eejit NOUN . 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 _ 3 says punct 5 " " PUNCT _ 6 4 punct 6 4 4 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 3 says ccomp 7 , , PUNCT _ 8 ya punct 8 ya ya X _ 3 says ccomp 9 eejit eejit NOUN Number=Sing 8 ya goeswith 10 . . PUNCT _ 8 ya punct 11 " " PUNCT _ 8 ya punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present leapling's mate vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: Who's right?
nsubj cop punct root Who PRON 's AUX right ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Who who PRON PronType=Rel 3 right nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 right cop 3 right right ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 right punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present right property tree rules
The options Option 1 Nobody: they turn 8
nsubj punct nsubj obj root Nobody PRON : PUNCT they PRON turn VERB 8 NUM The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Nobody nobody PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 4 turn nsubj 2 : : PUNCT _ 4 turn punct 3 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 turn nsubj 4 turn turn VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 8 8 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 4 turn obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 turn present Nobody 8 vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent 8=Theme
Option 2 Nobody: they turn 20
nsubj punct nsubj obj root Nobody PRON : PUNCT they PRON turn VERB 20 NUM The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Nobody nobody PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 4 turn nsubj 2 : : PUNCT _ 4 turn punct 3 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 turn nsubj 4 turn turn VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 20 20 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 4 turn obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 turn present Nobody 20 vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent 20=Theme
Option 3 The mate: they turn 4, one per real birthday
det punct nsubj cop appos punct conj case amod nmod root The DET mate NOUN : PUNCT they PRON turn VERB 4 NUM , PUNCT one NUM per ADP real ADJ birthday NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 mate det 2 mate mate NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 : : PUNCT _ 6 4 punct 4 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 4 nsubj 5 turn turn VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 4 cop 6 4 4 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 2 mate appos 7 , , PUNCT _ 8 one punct 8 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 6 4 conj 9 per per ADP _ 11 birthday case 10 real real ADJ Degree=Pos 11 birthday amod 11 birthday birthday NOUN Number=Sing 8 one nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present they 4 tree rules
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Tanvir's sum: they turn 16 in 2032
nmod:poss case nsubj punct nsubj obj case nmod root Tanvir PROPN 's PART sum NOUN : PUNCT they PRON turn VERB 16 NUM in ADP 2032 NUM The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Tanvir Tanvir PROPN Number=Sing 3 sum nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Tanvir case 3 sum sum NOUN Number=Sing 6 turn nsubj 4 : : PUNCT _ 6 turn punct 5 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 turn nsubj 6 turn turn VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 16 16 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 6 turn obj 8 in in ADP _ 9 2032 case 9 2032 2032 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 7 16 nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 turn present Tanvir's sum 16 in 2032 vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent 16=Patient in 2032=Topic 2 sum Tanvir nom sum «possession transitive»: poss=agent
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