Test 5 · ★ · Pendulums, Greenwich and railway time, atomic clocks and p… Jake, from Birmingham: "Two minute hands on one clock, what's the point, bab?" ("Bab" means love or mate.) Why do they make sense?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Two minute hands, Bab, love · What happens: be, mean, make · To what, where: point, love, sense
This is test 5 · ★ 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: Jake, from Birmingham: "Two minute hands on one clock, what's the point, bab?"
punct case conj punct punct nummod compound appos case nummod nmod punct nsubj cop det conj punct conj punct punct root Jake PROPN , PUNCT from ADP Birmingham PROPN : PUNCT " PUNCT Two NUM minute NOUN hands NOUN on ADP one NUM clock NOUN , PUNCT what PRON 's AUX the DET point NOUN , PUNCT bab NOUN ? PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Jake Jake PROPN Number=Sing root root 2 , , PUNCT _ 4 Birmingham punct 3 from from ADP _ 4 Birmingham case 4 Birmingham Birmingham PROPN Number=Sing 1 Jake conj 5 : : PUNCT _ 9 hands punct 6 " " PUNCT _ 9 hands punct 7 Two two NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 9 hands nummod 8 minute minute NOUN Number=Sing 9 hands compound 9 hands hand NOUN Number=Plur 4 Birmingham appos 10 on on ADP _ 12 clock case 11 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 12 clock nummod 12 clock clock NOUN Number=Sing 9 hands nmod 13 , , PUNCT _ 17 point punct 14 what what PRON PronType=Int 17 point nsubj 15 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 17 point cop 16 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 17 point det 17 point point NOUN Number=Sing 9 hands conj 18 , , PUNCT _ 19 bab punct 19 bab bab NOUN Number=Sing 9 hands conj 20 ? ? PUNCT _ 9 hands punct 21 " " PUNCT _ 1 Jake punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a in a quote present Two minute hands on one clock and the point and bab the point 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: ("Bab" means love or mate.)
punct punct nsubj punct obj cc conj punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Bab NOUN " PUNCT means VERB love NOUN or CCONJ mate NOUN . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Bab punct 3 Bab bab NOUN Number=Sing 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Bab punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 love love NOUN Number=Sing 5 means obj 7 or or CCONJ _ 8 mate cc 8 mate mate NOUN Number=Sing 6 love conj 9 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct 10 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Bab love or mate vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent love=Topic
Sentence 3: Why do they make sense?
advmod aux nsubj obj punct root Why ADV do AUX they PRON make VERB sense NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Why why ADV PronType=Int 4 make advmod 2 do do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 make aux 3 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 make nsubj 4 make make VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 sense sense NOUN Number=Sing 4 make obj 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 make punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 make present · do-support love sense vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sense=Product
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice One hand is for the left eye, one for the right
nummod nsubj cop case det amod punct appos case det nmod root One NUM hand NOUN is AUX for ADP the DET left ADJ eye NOUN , PUNCT one NUM for ADP the DET right NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 One one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 2 hand nummod 2 hand hand NOUN Number=Sing 7 eye nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 eye cop 4 for for ADP _ 7 eye case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 eye det 6 left left ADJ Degree=Pos 7 eye amod 7 eye eye NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 , , PUNCT _ 9 one punct 9 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 7 eye appos 10 for for ADP _ 12 right case 11 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 12 right det 12 right right NOUN Number=Sing 9 one nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present One hand for the left eye tree rules
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer Before railways, each town kept its own Sun time
case obl punct det nsubj nmod:poss amod compound obj root Before ADP railways NOUN , PUNCT each DET town NOUN kept VERB its PRON own ADJ Sun PROPN time NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Before before ADP _ 2 railways case 2 railways railway NOUN Number=Plur 6 kept obl 3 , , PUNCT _ 2 railways punct 4 each each DET PronType=Tot 5 town det 5 town town NOUN Number=Sing 6 kept nsubj 6 kept keep VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 7 its its PRON Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 10 time nmod:poss 8 own own ADJ Degree=Pos 10 time amod 9 Sun Sun PROPN Number=Sing 10 time compound 10 time time NOUN Number=Sing 6 kept obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 keep past each town railways time vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent before railway=Location
Option 3 Bristol has two different hours in every day
nsubj nummod amod obj case det obl root Bristol PROPN has VERB two NUM different ADJ hours NOUN in ADP every DET day NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Bristol Bristol PROPN Number=Sing 2 has nsubj 2 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 two two NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 5 hours nummod 4 different different ADJ Degree=Pos 5 hours amod 5 hours hour NOUN Number=Plur 2 has obj 6 in in ADP _ 8 day case 7 every every DET PronType=Tot 8 day det 8 day day NOUN Number=Sing 2 has obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 have present Bristol day; hour vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
Option 4 The clockmaker simply made a mistake
det nsubj advmod det obj root The DET clockmaker NOUN simply ADV made VERB a DET mistake NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 clockmaker det 2 clockmaker clockmaker NOUN Number=Sing 4 made nsubj 3 simply simply ADV _ 4 made advmod 4 made make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 mistake det 6 mistake mistake NOUN Number=Sing 4 made obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 make past the clockmaker a mistake simply property vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset mistake=Product
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