Test 2 · ★ · The Moon's month and the year round the Sun
Sam's teacher asks how long the Earth takes to go round the Sun. Sam: "A day, easy." His mate whispers, "Nah, you muppet." What's right?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: teacher, Earth, mate, you · What happens: ask, take, go, whisper, muppet, be · To what, where: Sun. Sam · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 119 «The Moon's month and the year round the Sun» 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: Sam's teacher asks how long the Earth takes to go round the Sun. Sam: "A day, easy."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 teacher | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Sam | case |
| 3 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 asks | nsubj |
| 4 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 long | advmod |
| 6 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 9 takes | advmod |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Earth | det |
| 8 | Earth | Earth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 takes | nsubj |
| 9 | takes | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 asks | ccomp |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 go | mark |
| 11 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 takes | xcomp |
| 12 | round | round | ADP | _ | 15 Sam | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 Sam | det |
| 14 | Sun. | Sunday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 Sam | compound |
| 15 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 go | obl |
| 16 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 21 easy | punct |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 21 easy | punct |
| 18 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 day | det |
| 19 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 easy | obl:unmarked |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 day | punct |
| 21 | easy | easy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 asks | parataxis |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 21 easy | punct |
| 23 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 21 easy | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | Sam's teacher | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | take | present | the Earth | long property | vn require-103 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition | ||||
| 3 | go | to-infinitive | the Earth not said here | the Sun. Sam | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme round sam=Initial_Location |
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: His mate whispers, "Nah, you muppet."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 whispers | nsubj |
| 3 | whispers | whisper | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 muppet | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 muppet | punct |
| 6 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 9 muppet | discourse |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 Nah | punct |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 muppet | nsubj |
| 9 | muppet | muppet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 whispers | ccomp |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 whispers | punct |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 whispers | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | whisper speech: assert | present | Sam's mate | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | muppet in a quote | you | tree rules |
Sentence 3: What's right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 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
About one month, like the Moon
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | About | about | ADV | _ | 2 one | advmod |
| 2 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 month | nummod |
| 3 | month | month | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 Moon | punct |
| 5 | like | like | ADP | _ | 7 Moon | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Moon | det |
| 7 | Moon | Moon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 month | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
One day, so Sam is right
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 day | nummod |
| 2 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 right | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 day | punct |
| 4 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 right | advmod |
| 5 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 right | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 right | cop |
| 7 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | One day | right property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
About 365 and a quarter days; a day is one spin
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | About | about | ADV | _ | 2 365 | advmod |
| 2 | 365 | 365 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 days | cc |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 quarter | det |
| 5 | quarter | quarter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 days | compound |
| 6 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 365 | conj |
| 7 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 12 spin | punct |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 day | det |
| 9 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 spin | nsubj |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 spin | cop |
| 11 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 12 spin | nummod |
| 12 | spin | spin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 365 | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a day | one spin | tree rules |
Option 4
About 29 and a half days, the same as one Moon month
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | About | about | ADV | _ | 2 29 | advmod |
| 2 | 29 | 29 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 days | nummod |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 days | cc |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 half | det |
| 5 | half | half | NOUN | Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 6 days | compound |
| 6 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 same | punct |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 same | det |
| 9 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 days | amod |
| 10 | as | as | ADP | _ | 13 month | case |
| 11 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 13 month | nummod |
| 12 | Moon | Moon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 month | compound |
| 13 | month | month | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 same | obl |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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