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Test 7 · Day and night, shadows and sundials

Nathan's friend in Glasgow: "Sunset at 7 every day of the year? Dinnae talk mince." ("Dinnae talk mince" is Scots for don't talk rubbish.) Who's right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, you, Dinnae talk mince · What happens: sunset, talk, be, not talk · To what, where: 7, mince, Scots, rubbish

This is test 7 of lesson 118 «Day and night, shadows and sundials» 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: Nathan's friend in Glasgow: "Sunset at 7 every day of the year?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nathan	Nathan	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 friend	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Nathan	case
3	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 Sunset	nsubj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 Glasgow	case
5	Glasgow	Glasgow	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 friend	nmod
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 Sunset	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 Sunset	punct
8	Sunset	sunset	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 7	case
10	7	7	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	8 Sunset	obl
11	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	12 day	det
12	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 Sunset	obl:unmarked
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 year	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 year	det
15	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 day	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 Sunset	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sunset in a quote	infinitive	Nathan's friend in Glasgow			7	day		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: Dinnae talk mince."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dinnae	Dinnae	X	Foreign=Yes	2 talk	dep
2	talk	talk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	mince	mince	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 talk	obj
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 talk	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 talk	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	talk	imperative	you not said here	mince					vn compel-59.1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent mince=Patient

Sentence 3: ("Dinnae talk mince" is Scots for don't talk rubbish.)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	8 Scots	punct
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 mince	punct
3	Dinnae	Dinnae	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 mince	compound
4	talk	talk	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mince	compound
5	mince	mince	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 Scots	nsubj
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 mince	punct
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 Scots	cop
8	Scots	Scot	PROPN	Number=Plur	root	root
9	for	for	SCONJ	_	12 talk	mark
10	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 talk	aux
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 talk	advmod
12	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 Scots	advcl
13	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 talk	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 Scots	punct
15	)	)	PUNCT	_	8 Scots	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Dinnae talk mince	Scots					tree rules
2	not talk	present · do-support	Dinnae talk mince not said here	rubbish					vn compel-59.1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent rubbish=Patient

Sentence 4: Who's right?

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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Nathan: near the equator day length hardly changes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nathan	Nathan	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 changes	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 length	punct
3	near	near	ADP	_	7 length	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 length	det
5	equator	equator	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 day	compound
6	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 length	compound
7	length	length	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 changes	nsubj
8	hardly	hardly	ADV	_	9 changes	advmod
9	changes	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	present	Nathan					hardly property	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

The friend: sunset changes by hours everywhere

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 friend	det
2	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 changes	punct
4	sunset	sunset	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 changes	nsubj
5	changes	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 friend	acl:relcl
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 hours	case
7	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 changes	obl
8	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 changes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	present	sunset	the friend not said here			hour	everywhere property	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Patient

Option 3

Nathan: but only because Singapore is so very small and flat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nathan	Nathan	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 small	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 small	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 Singapore	advmod
5	because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	6 Singapore	case
6	Singapore	Singapore	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 small	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 small	cop
8	so	so	ADV	_	10 small	advmod
9	very	very	ADV	_	10 small	advmod
10	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Nathan	parataxis
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 flat	cc
12	flat	flat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 small	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Singapore					small property	tree rules
2	be		Singapore not said here						tree rules

Option 4

The friend: Singapore never has a sunset

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 friend	det
2	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 has	nsubj
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 Singapore	punct
4	Singapore	Singapore	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 friend	appos
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 has	advmod
6	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 sunset	det
8	sunset	sunset	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 has	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not have	present	the friend				sunset		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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