Test 6 · ★★ · Birthdays, ages and "how many sleeps"

Min-jun's grandma laughs, "In the old way I'm 2 years older!" How can that be?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: grandma, I, that · What happens: laugh, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★★ 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: Min-jun's grandma laughs, "In the old way I'm 2 years older!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Min	min	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 jun	compound
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	1 Min	punct
3	jun	jun	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 grandma	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 jun	case
5	grandma	grandma	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 laughs	nsubj
6	laughs	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 way	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 way	punct
9	In	in	ADP	_	12 way	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 way	det
11	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 way	amod
12	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 laughs	obl
13	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	17 older	nsubj
14	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 older	cop
15	2	2	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	16 years	nummod
16	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 older	obl:unmarked
17	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	12 way	parataxis
18	!	!	PUNCT	_	12 way	punct
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 laughs	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	present	Min jun's grandma					in the old way	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in way=Theme
2	is in a quote	present	I				year	old property	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: How can that be?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 be	advmod
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 be	aux
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 be	nsubj
4	be	be	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 be	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	can	can	that						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The old Korean way counted 1 at birth and added a year at New Year

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 way	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 way	amod
3	Korean	korean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 way	amod
4	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 added	nsubj
5	counted	count	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 way	acl
6	1	1	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 counted	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 birth	case
8	birth	birth	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 counted	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 counted	cc
10	added	add	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 year	det
12	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 added	obl:unmarked
13	at	at	ADP	_	15 Year	case
14	New	New	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 Year	compound
15	Year	Year	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 added	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	count	participle	the old Korean way not said here	1		birth			vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 1=Theme
2	add speech: assert	past	the old Korean way				at New Year; year		vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 2

She lied about her age for 2 years

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lied	nsubj
2	lied	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	about	about	ADP	_	5 age	case
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 age	nmod:poss
5	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lied	obl
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 years	case
7	2	2	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	8 years	nummod
8	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 lied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	past	She				about her age; year		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent about age=Location

Option 3

She was born twice in two countries

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 born	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 born	aux:pass
3	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	twice	twice	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	3 born	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 countries	case
6	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 countries	nummod
7	countries	country	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 born	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bear	past · passive		She		two countries		twice property	vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4

Korean years are shorter than other years

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Korean	korean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 years	amod
2	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 shorter	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 shorter	cop
4	shorter	short	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
5	than	than	ADP	_	7 years	case
6	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 years	amod
7	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 shorter	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Korean years				year	short property	tree rules

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