Test 4 · ★★ · Birthdays, ages and "how many sleeps"
Ayaan, working out Grandma's 80th: "2026 plus 80, she was born in 2106!" What went wrong?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ayaan · What happens: work out, bear, go · To what, where: 80th, Ayaan, 2106 · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★★ 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: Ayaan, working out Grandma's 80th: "2026 plus 80, she was born in 2106!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ayaan | Ayaan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 working | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 working | punct |
| 3 | working | work | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | out | out | ADP | _ | 3 working | compound:prt |
| 5 | Grandma | Grandma | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 80th | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 Grandma | case |
| 7 | 80th | 80th | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 working | obj |
| 8 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 2026 | punct |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 2026 | punct |
| 10 | 2026 | 2026 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 working | parataxis |
| 11 | plus | plus | CCONJ | _ | 12 80 | cc |
| 12 | 80 | 80 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 10 2026 | conj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 working | punct |
| 14 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 born | nsubj:pass |
| 15 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 born | aux:pass |
| 16 | born | bear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 working | parataxis |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 2106 | case |
| 18 | 2106 | 2106 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 16 born | obl |
| 19 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 3 working | punct |
| 20 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 working | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work out | gerund | Ayaan | Grandma's 80th | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | bear in a quote | past · passive | Ayaan | 2106 | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
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: What went wrong?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 went | nsubj |
| 2 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 went | xcomp |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 went | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | wrong property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
He's right; she was born in 2106
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 | 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 | _ | 7 born | punct |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 born | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 born | aux:pass |
| 7 | born | bear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 right | parataxis |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 2106 | case |
| 9 | 2106 | 2106 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 born | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | bear | past · passive | she | 2106 | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
He should take 80 away: she was born in 1946
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 | 3 take | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 take | aux |
| 3 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | 80 | 80 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 take | obj |
| 5 | away | away | ADV | _ | 3 take | advmod |
| 6 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 born | punct |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 born | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 born | aux:pass |
| 9 | born | bear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 take | advcl |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 1946 | case |
| 11 | 1946 | 1946 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 9 born | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take away | should | He | 80 | away property | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 80=Theme | |||
| 2 | bear | past · passive | she | 1946 | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 3
He should take 26 away: so she was born in 1980
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 | 3 take | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 take | aux |
| 3 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | 26 | 26 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 take | obj |
| 5 | away | away | ADV | _ | 3 take | advmod |
| 6 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 born | punct |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 born | advmod |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 born | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 born | aux:pass |
| 10 | born | bear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 take | advcl |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 1980 | case |
| 12 | 1980 | 1980 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 10 born | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take away | should | He | 26 | away property | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 26=Theme | |||
| 2 | bear | past · passive | she | 1980 | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 4
He should add 20: 2046
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 | 3 add | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 add | aux |
| 3 | add | add | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | 20 | 20 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 add | obj |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 2046 | punct |
| 6 | 2046 | 2046 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 add | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | add speech: assert | should | He | 20 | 2046 obl | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 20=Patient |
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