Test 4 · ★ · Pendulums, Greenwich and railway time, atomic clocks and p… Mia's brother at Greenwich at 1 pm: "A ball drops down a pole. Is that it?!" Why did it matter?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: ball · What happens: drop down, be, matter · To what, where: pole, ball
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 123 «Pendulums, Greenwich and railway time, atomic clocks and phones» 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: Mia's brother at Greenwich at 1 pm: "A ball drops down a pole.
nmod:poss case case nmod case nummod nmod punct punct det nsubj conj compound:prt det obj punct root Mia PROPN 's PART brother NOUN at ADP Greenwich PROPN at ADP 1 NUM pm NOUN : PUNCT " PUNCT A DET ball NOUN drops VERB down ADP a DET pole NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mia Mia PROPN Number=Sing 3 brother nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Mia case 3 brother brother NOUN Number=Sing root root 4 at at ADP _ 5 Greenwich case 5 Greenwich Greenwich PROPN Number=Sing 3 brother nmod 6 at at ADP _ 8 pm case 7 1 1 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 8 pm nummod 8 pm p.m. NOUN Number=Sing 3 brother nmod 9 : : PUNCT _ 13 drops punct 10 " " PUNCT _ 13 drops punct 11 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 12 ball det 12 ball ball NOUN Number=Sing 13 drops nsubj 13 drops drop VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 brother conj 14 down down ADP _ 13 drops compound:prt 15 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 16 pole det 16 pole pole NOUN Number=Sing 13 drops obj 17 . . PUNCT _ 3 brother punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 drop down in a quote present a ball a pole vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pole=Theme
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: Is that it?!"
case obl punct punct root Is VERB that ADP it PRON ?! PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Is be VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 2 that that ADP _ 3 it case 3 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Is obl 4 ?! ?! PUNCT _ 1 Is punct 5 " " PUNCT _ 1 Is punct
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1 be present that ball vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Sentence 3: Why did it matter?
advmod aux expl punct root Why ADV did AUX it PRON matter VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Why why ADV PronType=Int 4 matter advmod 2 did do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 matter aux 3 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 matter expl 4 matter matter VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 matter punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 matter past · do-support ball vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
The options Option 1 It warned that the observatory was closing
nsubj mark det nsubj aux ccomp root It PRON warned VERB that SCONJ the DET observatory NOUN was AUX closing VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 warned nsubj 2 warned warn VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 that that SCONJ _ 7 closing mark 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 observatory det 5 observatory observatory NOUN Number=Sing 7 closing nsubj 6 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 closing aux 7 closing close VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 2 warned ccomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 warn speech: warn past It vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 close past · progressive the observatory vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Ships on the Thames used it to set their clocks exactly
nsubj case det nmod obj mark advcl nmod:poss obj advmod root Ships NOUN on ADP the DET Thames PROPN used VERB it PRON to PART set VERB their PRON clocks NOUN exactly ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ships ship NOUN Number=Plur 5 used nsubj 2 on on ADP _ 4 Thames case 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 Thames det 4 Thames Thames PROPN Number=Sing 1 Ships nmod 5 used use VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 used obj 7 to to PART _ 8 set mark 8 set set VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 used advcl 9 their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 10 clocks nmod:poss 10 clocks clock NOUN Number=Plur 8 set obj 11 exactly exactly ADV _ 8 set advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 use past Ships on the Thames Thames vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient 2 set to-infinitive Ships on the Thames not said here Ships's clocks exactly property vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient clock=Result
Option 3 It was the signal for everyone in London to stop for lunch
nsubj cop det case nmod case nmod mark acl case obl root It PRON was AUX the DET signal NOUN for ADP everyone PRON in ADP London PROPN to PART stop VERB for ADP lunch NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 signal nsubj 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 signal cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 signal det 4 signal signal NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 for for ADP _ 6 everyone case 6 everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 4 signal nmod 7 in in ADP _ 8 London case 8 London London PROPN Number=Sing 6 everyone nmod 9 to to PART _ 10 stop mark 10 stop stop VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 signal acl 11 for for ADP _ 12 lunch case 12 lunch lunch NOUN Number=Sing 10 stop obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a past It the signal for everyone tree rules 2 stop to-infinitive for lunch vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
Option 4 It told sailors the tide was coming in
nsubj iobj det nsubj aux ccomp advmod root It PRON told VERB sailors NOUN the DET tide NOUN was AUX coming VERB in ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 told nsubj 2 told tell VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 sailors sailor NOUN Number=Plur 2 told iobj 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 tide det 5 tide tide NOUN Number=Sing 7 coming nsubj 6 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 coming aux 7 coming come VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 2 told ccomp 8 in in ADV _ 7 coming advmod
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1 tell speech: assert past It sailors vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent sailor=Recipient clause=Topic 2 come in past · progressive the tide vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
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