Test 3 · ★★★ · BC and AD, dinosaurs and pyramids, and timelines Jack, from Glasgow: "Caesar got done in in 44 BC, so that's 1,982 year ago, aye?" ("Got done in" means was killed.) What's right?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: that · What happens: do, be, do in, mean, kill · To what, where: Caesar, 44 · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 125 «BC and AD, dinosaurs and pyramids, and timelines» 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: Jack, from Glasgow: "Caesar got done in in 44 BC, so that's 1,982 year ago, aye?"
punct case nmod punct punct nsubj aux:pass parataxis case case obl nmod:unmarked punct mark nsubj cop nummod obl:unmarked advmod punct discourse punct punct root Jack PROPN , PUNCT from ADP Glasgow PROPN : PUNCT " PUNCT Caesar PROPN got AUX done VERB in ADP in ADP 44 NUM BC PROPN , PUNCT so SCONJ that PRON 's AUX 1,982 NUM year NOUN ago ADV , PUNCT aye INTJ ? PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Jack Jack PROPN Number=Sing root root 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Jack punct 3 from from ADP _ 4 Glasgow case 4 Glasgow Glasgow PROPN Number=Sing 1 Jack nmod 5 : : PUNCT _ 9 done punct 6 " " PUNCT _ 9 done punct 7 Caesar Caesar PROPN Number=Sing 9 done nsubj 8 got get AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 9 done aux:pass 9 done do VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 1 Jack parataxis 10 in in ADP _ 12 44 case 11 in in ADP _ 12 44 case 12 44 44 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 9 done obl 13 BC BC PROPN Number=Sing 12 44 nmod:unmarked 14 , , PUNCT _ 20 ago punct 15 so so SCONJ _ 20 ago mark 16 that that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 20 ago nsubj 17 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 20 ago cop 18 1,982 1,982 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 19 year nummod 19 year year NOUN Number=Sing 20 ago obl:unmarked 20 ago ago ADV _ 9 done advmod 21 , , PUNCT _ 22 aye punct 22 aye aye INTJ _ 9 done discourse 23 ? ? PUNCT _ 9 done punct 24 " " PUNCT _ 9 done punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 do in a quote past · passive Caesar 44 BC vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality 2 is in a quote present that year ago property 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: ("Got done in" means was killed.)
punct punct aux:pass csubj compound:prt punct aux:pass ccomp punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Got AUX done VERB in ADP " PUNCT means VERB was AUX killed VERB . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 4 done punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 4 done punct 3 Got get AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 done aux:pass 4 done do VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 7 means csubj 5 in in ADP _ 4 done compound:prt 6 " " PUNCT _ 4 done punct 7 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 8 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 9 killed aux:pass 9 killed kill VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 7 means ccomp 10 . . PUNCT _ 7 means punct 11 ) ) PUNCT _ 7 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 do in in a quote past · passive vn act-114-1 «NP V» 2 mean present vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 kill past · passive vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»
Sentence 3: What's right?
nsubj cop punct root What PRON 's AUX right ADJ ? PUNCT 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 44 years, since BC counts from now
nummod nsubj punct mark nsubj case obl root 44 NUM years NOUN , PUNCT since SCONJ BC PROPN counts VERB from ADP now ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 44 44 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 2 years nummod 2 years year NOUN Number=Plur 6 counts nsubj 3 , , PUNCT _ 6 counts punct 4 since since SCONJ _ 6 counts mark 5 BC BC PROPN Number=Sing 6 counts nsubj 6 counts count VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 from from ADP _ 8 now case 8 now now ADV PronType=Dem 6 counts obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 count present 44 years vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
Option 2 Yes, 2026 take away 44 is 1,982
discourse punct nsubj advmod compound cop obj root Yes INTJ , PUNCT 2026 NUM take VERB away ADV 44 NUM is AUX 1,982 NUM The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 4 take discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Yes punct 3 2026 2026 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 4 take nsubj 4 take take VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 away away ADV _ 4 take advmod 6 44 44 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 8 1,982 compound 7 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 1,982 cop 8 1,982 1,982 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 4 take obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 take away present 2026 away property vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 2 is a present 44 1,982 tree rules
Option 3 2,070 years: just add 44 and 2026
nummod obl:unmarked punct advmod obj cc conj root 2,070 NUM years NOUN : PUNCT just ADV add VERB 44 NUM and CCONJ 2026 NUM The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 2,070 2,070 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 2 years nummod 2 years year NOUN Number=Plur 5 add obl:unmarked 3 : : PUNCT _ 5 add punct 4 just just ADV _ 5 add advmod 5 add add VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 6 44 44 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 5 add obj 7 and and CCONJ _ 8 2026 cc 8 2026 2026 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 6 44 conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 add speech: assert imperative you not said here 44 year vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 44=Patient
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer 2,069 years: add 44 and 2026, then take away 1
nummod obl:unmarked punct obj cc conj punct advmod parataxis advmod obj root 2,069 NUM years NOUN : PUNCT add VERB 44 NUM and CCONJ 2026 NUM , PUNCT then ADV take VERB away ADV 1 NUM The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 2,069 2,069 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 2 years nummod 2 years year NOUN Number=Plur 4 add obl:unmarked 3 : : PUNCT _ 4 add punct 4 add add VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 5 44 44 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 4 add obj 6 and and CCONJ _ 7 2026 cc 7 2026 2026 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 5 44 conj 8 , , PUNCT _ 10 take punct 9 then then ADV PronType=Dem 10 take advmod 10 take take VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 4 add parataxis 11 away away ADV _ 10 take advmod 12 1 1 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 10 take obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 add speech: assert imperative you not said here 44 year vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 44=Patient 2 take away infinitive 1 then away property vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 1=Theme
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