Test 5 · ★★ · Birthdays, ages and "how many sleeps"
Jacob counts sleeps from 28 March to 3 April as "3 April minus 28 March, that's minus 25, eh?" What's the real answer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Jacob, that, real answer · What happens: count, be · To what, where: sleeps, 28, minus 25
This is test 5 · ★★ 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: Jacob counts sleeps from 28 March to 3 April as "3 April minus 28 March, that's minus 25, eh?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacob | Jacob | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 counts | nsubj |
| 2 | counts | count | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | sleeps | sleep | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 counts | obj |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 28 | case |
| 5 | 28 | 28 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 counts | obl |
| 6 | March | March | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 28 | nmod:unmarked |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 3 | case |
| 8 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 28 | nmod |
| 9 | April | April | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 3 | compound |
| 10 | as | as | ADP | _ | 13 April | case |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 April | punct |
| 12 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 13 April | nummod |
| 13 | April | April | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 counts | obl |
| 14 | minus | minus | ADP | _ | 16 March | case |
| 15 | 28 | 28 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 16 March | nummod |
| 16 | March | March | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 counts | obl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 25 | punct |
| 18 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 21 25 | nsubj |
| 19 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 25 | cop |
| 20 | minus | minus | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 25 | amod |
| 21 | 25 | 25 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 16 March | nmod:unmarked |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 eh | punct |
| 23 | eh | eh | INTJ | _ | 2 counts | discourse |
| 24 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 counts | punct |
| 25 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 counts | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | count | present | Jacob | sleeps | 28 March to 3 | april; march | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sleep=Theme | ||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | that | minus 25 | 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: What's the real answer?
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 | 5 answer | det |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 answer | amod |
| 5 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the real answer | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
6 sleeps, counting to the end of March first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 6 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 sleeps | nummod |
| 2 | sleeps | sleep | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 counting | punct |
| 4 | counting | count | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 sleeps | acl |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 end | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 end | det |
| 7 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 counting | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 March | case |
| 9 | March | March | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 end | nmod |
| 10 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 4 counting | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | count | gerund | 6 sleeps not said here | to the end of March | first property | vn matter-91 «NP V PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to end=Experiencer |
Option 2
25 sleeps
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25 | 25 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 sleeps | nummod |
| 2 | sleeps | sleep | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
31 sleeps
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 31 | 31 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 sleeps | nummod |
| 2 | sleeps | sleep | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
3 sleeps
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 sleeps | nummod |
| 2 | sleeps | sleep | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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