Test 7 · ★★★ · BC and AD, dinosaurs and pyramids, and timelines
Ruby: "Egyptians and mammoths at the same time? Wild." ("Wild" means amazing.) Is it true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Wild, it · What happens: mean, be
This is test 7 · ★★★ 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: Ruby: "Egyptians and mammoths at the same time?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruby | Ruby | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Egyptians | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 Egyptians | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 Egyptians | punct |
| 4 | Egyptians | Egyptian | PROPN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 mammoths | cc |
| 6 | mammoths | mammoth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 Egyptians | conj |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 time | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 time | det |
| 9 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 time | amod |
| 10 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 Egyptians | nmod |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 Egyptians | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: Wild."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wild | Wild | PROPN | _ | root | root |
| 2 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Wild | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 1 Wild | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: ("Wild" means amazing.)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| 2 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 Wild | punct |
| 3 | Wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 means | nsubj |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 Wild | punct |
| 5 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | amazing | amazing | 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 | Wild | amazing property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
Sentence 4: Is it true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 true | nsubj |
| 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 | it | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, the Egyptians kept mammoths as pets
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 kept | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Egyptians | det |
| 4 | Egyptians | Egyptian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 5 kept | nsubj |
| 5 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | mammoths | mammoth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 kept | obj |
| 7 | as | as | ADP | _ | 8 pets | case |
| 8 | pets | pet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 kept | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | past | the Egyptians | mammoths | as pets | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mammoth=Theme |
Option 2
No, mammoths only appeared on Earth after the Romans had built all their roads
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 mammoths | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | mammoths | mammoth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 appeared | nsubj |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 appeared | advmod |
| 5 | appeared | appear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 Earth | case |
| 7 | Earth | Earth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 appeared | obl |
| 8 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 12 built | mark |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Romans | det |
| 10 | Romans | Roman | PROPN | Number=Plur | 12 built | nsubj |
| 11 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 built | aux |
| 12 | built | build | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 appeared | advcl |
| 13 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 15 roads | det:predet |
| 14 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 roads | nmod:poss |
| 15 | roads | road | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 appeared | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | appear | past | mammoths | Romans's roads | Earth | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location road=Theme | |||
| 2 | build | past · perfect | the Romans | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Yes, the last mammoths lived on an Arctic island until about 4,000 years ago
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 lived | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 mammoths | det |
| 4 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 mammoths | amod |
| 5 | mammoths | mammoth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 lived | nsubj |
| 6 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 island | case |
| 8 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 island | det |
| 9 | Arctic | arctic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 island | amod |
| 10 | island | island | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lived | obl |
| 11 | until | until | ADP | _ | 14 years | case |
| 12 | about | about | ADV | _ | 13 4,000 | advmod |
| 13 | 4,000 | 4,000 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 14 years | nummod |
| 14 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 lived | obl |
| 15 | ago | ago | ADV | _ | 14 years | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | past | the last mammoths | a Arctic island | year | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on island=Location |
Option 4
No, mammoths died out with the dinosaurs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 died | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | mammoths | mammoth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 died | nsubj |
| 4 | died | die | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 4 died | compound:prt |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 dinosaurs | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 dinosaurs | det |
| 8 | dinosaurs | dinosaur | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 died | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | die out | past | mammoths | with the dinosaurs | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
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