Test 8 · Decades, centuries and millennia
Liam's teacher writes "19th century". His mate: "Easy, the 1900s, innit." Fix it.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: teacher, you · What happens: write, fix · To what, where: mate
This is test 8 of lesson 124 «Decades, centuries and millennia» 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: Liam's teacher writes "19th century".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liam | Liam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 teacher | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Liam | case |
| 3 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 writes | nsubj |
| 4 | writes | write | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 century | punct |
| 6 | 19th | 19th | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Combi NumType=Ord | 7 century | amod |
| 7 | century | century | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 writes | obj |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 century | punct |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 writes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | present | Liam's teacher | century | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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: "Easy, the 1900s, innit."
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 | 5 Easy | nsubj |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 Easy | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 Easy | punct |
| 5 | Easy | easy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 1900s | punct |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 1900s | det |
| 8 | 1900s | 1900 | NOUN | Number=Ptan NumForm=Combi NumType=Card | 5 Easy | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 innit | punct |
| 10 | innit | innit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 1900s | conj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 Easy | punct |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 Easy | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: Fix it.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fix | fix | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Fix | obj |
| 3 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Fix | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fix | imperative | you not said here | mate | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It's the 1800s: take 1 from 19 to get the hundreds
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 1800s | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 1800s | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 1800s | det |
| 4 | 1800s | 1800 | NOUN | Number=Ptan NumForm=Combi NumType=Card | root | root |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 take | punct |
| 6 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 1800s | acl |
| 7 | 1 | 1 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 take | obj |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 19 | case |
| 9 | 19 | 19 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 take | obl |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 get | mark |
| 11 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 take | advcl |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 hundreds | det |
| 13 | hundreds | hundred | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 get | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | the 1800s | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | take | infinitive | the 1800s not said here | 1 | 19 | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent 1=Theme from 19=Initial_Location | |||
| 3 | get | to-infinitive | the 1800s not said here | the hundreds | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hundred=Stimulus |
Option 2
He's right, it's the 1900s
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 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 | _ | 8 1900s | punct |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 1900s | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 1900s | cop |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 1900s | det |
| 8 | 1900s | 1900 | NOUN | Number=Ptan NumForm=Combi NumType=Card | 3 right | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | it | the 1900s | tree rules |
Option 3
It's the 1700s
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 1700s | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 1700s | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 1700s | det |
| 4 | 1700s | 1700 | NOUN | Number=Ptan NumForm=Combi NumType=Card | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | the 1700s | tree rules |
Option 4
It's the 2000s
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 2000s | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 2000s | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 2000s | det |
| 4 | 2000s | 2000 | NOUN | Number=Ptan NumForm=Combi NumType=Card | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | the 2000s | tree rules |
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