Test 2 · ★★ · Birthdays, ages and "how many sleeps" Ruby boasts, "When I'm 20, our kid will be 10, half my age." Her brother is 6 now and she's 9. What's the truth?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ruby, kid, brother, truth · What happens: boast, be · To what, where: 20, 10, 6, 9 · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 114 «Birthdays, ages and "how many sleeps"» 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: Ruby boasts, "When I'm 20, our kid will be 10, half my age."
nsubj punct punct advmod nsubj cop obl punct nmod:poss nsubj aux cop nmod punct det:predet nmod:poss nmod:unmarked punct punct root Ruby PROPN boasts VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT When ADV I PRON 'm AUX 20 NUM , PUNCT our PRON kid NOUN will AUX be AUX 10 NUM , PUNCT half DET my PRON age NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ruby Ruby PROPN Number=Sing 2 boasts nsubj 2 boasts boast VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 , , PUNCT _ 8 20 punct 4 " " PUNCT _ 8 20 punct 5 When when ADV PronType=Int 8 20 advmod 6 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 8 20 nsubj 7 'm be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 20 cop 8 20 20 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 2 boasts obl 9 , , PUNCT _ 14 10 punct 10 our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 11 kid nmod:poss 11 kid kid NOUN Number=Sing 14 10 nsubj 12 will will AUX VerbForm=Fin 14 10 aux 13 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 14 10 cop 14 10 10 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 8 20 nmod 15 , , PUNCT _ 14 10 punct 16 half half DET NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind 18 age det:predet 17 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 18 age nmod:poss 18 age age NOUN Number=Sing 8 20 nmod:unmarked 19 . . PUNCT _ 2 boasts punct 20 " " PUNCT _ 2 boasts punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 boast speech: other present Ruby vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 is a in a quote present Ruby 20 my age tree rules 3 is a in a quote future our kid 10 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: Her brother is 6 now and she's 9.
nmod:poss nsubj cop advmod cc nsubj cop conj punct root Her PRON brother NOUN is AUX 6 NUM now ADV and CCONJ she PRON 's AUX 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 brother nmod:poss 2 brother brother NOUN Number=Sing 4 6 nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 6 cop 4 6 6 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card root root 5 now now ADV PronType=Dem 4 6 advmod 6 and and CCONJ _ 9 9 cc 7 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 9 nsubj 8 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 9 cop 9 9 9 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 4 6 conj 10 . . PUNCT _ 4 6 punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present kid's brother 6 now tree rules 2 is a present kid 9 tree rules
Sentence 3: What's the truth?
cop det nsubj punct root What PRON 's AUX the DET truth NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int root root 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 What cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 truth det 4 truth truth NOUN Number=Sing 1 What nsubj 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 What punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present the truth tree rules
The options Option 1 He'll be 10; the gap halves as you grow up
nsubj aux cop punct det nsubj conj mark nsubj advcl compound:prt root He PRON 'll AUX be AUX 10 NUM ; PUNCT the DET gap NOUN halves VERB as SCONJ you PRON grow VERB up ADP 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 4 10 nsubj 2 'll will AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 10 aux 3 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 4 10 cop 4 10 10 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card root root 5 ; ; PUNCT _ 8 halves punct 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 gap det 7 gap gap NOUN Number=Sing 8 halves nsubj 8 halves halve VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 10 conj 9 as as SCONJ _ 11 grow mark 10 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 11 grow nsubj 11 grow grow VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 halves advcl 12 up up ADP _ 11 grow compound:prt
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a future He 10 tree rules 2 halve present the gap vn remedy-45.7-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient 3 grow up present you vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer He'll be 17; the 3-year gap never changes
nsubj aux cop punct det nummod punct compound nsubj advmod conj root He PRON 'll AUX be AUX 17 NUM ; PUNCT the DET 3 NUM - PUNCT year NOUN gap NOUN never ADV changes VERB 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 4 17 nsubj 2 'll will AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 17 aux 3 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 4 17 cop 4 17 17 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card root root 5 ; ; PUNCT _ 12 changes punct 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 gap det 7 3 3 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 9 year nummod 8 - - PUNCT _ 7 3 punct 9 year year NOUN Number=Sing 10 gap compound 10 gap gap NOUN Number=Sing 12 changes nsubj 11 never never ADV PronType=Neg 12 changes advmod 12 changes change VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 17 conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a future He 17 tree rules 2 not change present the year gap vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Option 3 He'll be 14; the gap shrinks a bit every year
nsubj aux cop punct det nsubj conj det obj det obl:unmarked root He PRON 'll AUX be AUX 14 NUM ; PUNCT the DET gap NOUN shrinks VERB a DET bit NOUN every DET year NOUN 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 4 14 nsubj 2 'll will AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 14 aux 3 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 4 14 cop 4 14 14 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card root root 5 ; ; PUNCT _ 8 shrinks punct 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 gap det 7 gap gap NOUN Number=Sing 8 shrinks nsubj 8 shrinks shrink VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 14 conj 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 bit det 10 bit bit NOUN Number=Sing 8 shrinks obj 11 every every DET PronType=Tot 12 year det 12 year year NOUN Number=Sing 8 shrinks obl:unmarked
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a future He 14 tree rules 2 shrink present the gap a bit year vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent bit=Patient
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice He'll be 20 too; younger ages always catch up
nsubj aux cop advmod punct amod nsubj advmod conj compound:prt root He PRON 'll AUX be AUX 20 NUM too ADV ; PUNCT younger ADJ ages NOUN always ADV catch VERB up ADP 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 4 20 nsubj 2 'll will AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 20 aux 3 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 4 20 cop 4 20 20 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card root root 5 too too ADV _ 4 20 advmod 6 ; ; PUNCT _ 10 catch punct 7 younger young ADJ Degree=Cmp 8 ages amod 8 ages age NOUN Number=Plur 10 catch nsubj 9 always always ADV PronType=Tot 10 catch advmod 10 catch catch VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 20 conj 11 up up ADP _ 10 catch compound:prt
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a future He 20 tree rules 2 catch up present younger ages always property vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
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