Test 3 · ★★ · The date line and summer time: clocks going forward and back Ruby flies east from Japan to Hawaii on her birthday: "Birthday twice?? Double cake, slay!" ("Slay" means brilliant.) What's true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ruby, Double cake, Slay · What happens: fly, slay, mean, be · To what, where: Birthday, Hawaii, Japan
This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 121 «The date line and summer time: clocks going forward and back» 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: Ruby flies east from Japan to Hawaii on her birthday: "Birthday twice??
nsubj advmod case obl case obl case nmod:poss obl punct punct obl advmod punct root Ruby PROPN flies VERB east ADV from ADP Japan PROPN to ADP Hawaii PROPN on ADP her PRON birthday NOUN : PUNCT " PUNCT Birthday PROPN twice ADV ?? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ruby Ruby PROPN Number=Sing 2 flies nsubj 2 flies fly VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 east east ADV _ 2 flies advmod 4 from from ADP _ 5 Japan case 5 Japan Japan PROPN Number=Sing 2 flies obl 6 to to ADP _ 7 Hawaii case 7 Hawaii Hawaii PROPN Number=Sing 2 flies obl 8 on on ADP _ 10 birthday case 9 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 10 birthday nmod:poss 10 birthday birthday NOUN Number=Sing 2 flies obl 11 : : PUNCT _ 13 Birthday punct 12 " " PUNCT _ 13 Birthday punct 13 Birthday Birthday PROPN Number=Sing 2 flies obl 14 twice twice ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Mult 2 flies advmod 15 ?? ?? PUNCT _ 2 flies punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 fly present Ruby Birthday Hawaii Japan on Ruby's birthday; east, twice property vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to hawaii=Result
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: Double cake, slay!"
amod nsubj punct punct punct root Double ADJ cake NOUN , PUNCT slay VERB ! PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Double double ADJ Degree=Pos 2 cake amod 2 cake cake NOUN Number=Sing 4 slay nsubj 3 , , PUNCT _ 2 cake punct 4 slay slay VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 ! ! PUNCT _ 4 slay punct 6 " " PUNCT _ 4 slay punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 slay infinitive Double cake vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: ("Slay" means brilliant.)
punct punct nsubj punct xcomp punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Slay PROPN " PUNCT means VERB brilliant ADJ . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Slay punct 3 Slay Slay PROPN Number=Sing 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Slay punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 brilliant brilliant ADJ Degree=Pos 5 means xcomp 7 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct 8 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Slay brilliant property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
Sentence 4: What's true?
nsubj cop punct root What PRON 's AUX true ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 3 true nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 true cop 3 true true ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 true punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present true property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice She gets two years older on one flight
nsubj nummod obl:unmarked xcomp case nummod obl root She PRON gets VERB two NUM years NOUN older ADJ on ADP one NUM flight NOUN 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 gets nsubj 2 gets get VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 two two NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 4 years nummod 4 years year NOUN Number=Plur 5 older obl:unmarked 5 older old ADJ Degree=Cmp 2 gets xcomp 6 on on ADP _ 8 flight case 7 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 8 flight nummod 8 flight flight NOUN Number=Sing 2 gets obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 get present She one flight old property vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent on flight=Source
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer The date repeats, but she doesn't get any older
det nsubj punct cc nsubj aux advmod conj det xcomp root The DET date NOUN repeats VERB , PUNCT but CCONJ she PRON does AUX n't PART get VERB any DET older ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 date det 2 date date NOUN Number=Sing 3 repeats nsubj 3 repeats repeat VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 9 get punct 5 but but CCONJ _ 9 get cc 6 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 get nsubj 7 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 get aux 8 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 9 get advmod 9 get get VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 repeats conj 10 any any DET PronType=Ind 11 older det 11 older old ADJ Degree=Cmp 9 get xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 repeat present the date vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality 2 not get present · do-support date old property vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
Option 3 She becomes a day younger forever
nsubj det obl:unmarked xcomp advmod root She PRON becomes VERB a DET day NOUN younger ADJ forever ADV 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 becomes nsubj 2 becomes become VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 day det 4 day day NOUN Number=Sing 5 younger obl:unmarked 5 younger young ADJ Degree=Cmp 2 becomes xcomp 6 forever forever ADV _ 2 becomes advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 become present She forever, young property vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
Option 4 She loses her birthday completely
nsubj nmod:poss obj advmod root She PRON loses VERB her PRON birthday NOUN completely ADV 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 loses nsubj 2 loses lose VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 4 birthday nmod:poss 4 birthday birthday NOUN Number=Sing 2 loses obj 5 completely completely ADV _ 2 loses advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 lose present She her birthday completely property vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent birthday=Eventuality
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