Test 7 · "In the olden days": Grandad's 1990
Lily: "Why's this 1975 photo all orange and fuzzy? Was the world orange?"
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Lily · What happens: be · To what, where: world orange
This is test 7 of lesson 126 «"In the olden days": Grandad's 1990» 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: Lily: "Why's this 1975 photo all orange and fuzzy?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lily | Lily | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 orange | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 orange | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 orange | punct |
| 4 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 10 orange | advmod |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 orange | cop |
| 6 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 photo | det |
| 7 | 1975 | 1975 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 8 photo | nummod |
| 8 | photo | photo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 orange | nsubj |
| 9 | all | all | ADV | _ | 10 orange | advmod |
| 10 | orange | orange | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 fuzzy | cc |
| 12 | fuzzy | fuzzy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 orange | conj |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 10 orange | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | Lily | all, orange property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be in a quote | Lily not said here | 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: Was the world orange?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 orange | cop |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 orange | det |
| 3 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 orange | compound |
| 4 | orange | orange | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 orange | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 orange | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the world orange | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The film has faded with age
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 film | det |
| 2 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 faded | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 faded | aux |
| 4 | faded | fade | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 age | case |
| 6 | age | age | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 faded | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fade | present · perfect · passive | the film | with age | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with age=Instrument |
Option 2
The Sun was redder in the 1970s
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Sun | det |
| 2 | Sun | Sun | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 redder | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 redder | cop |
| 4 | redder | red | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 1970s | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 1970s | det |
| 7 | 1970s | 1970s | NOUN | Number=Ptan NumForm=Combi NumType=Card | 4 redder | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the Sun | the 1970s | red property | tree rules |
Option 3
Everything in 1975 was painted orange
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 5 painted | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 3 1975 | case |
| 3 | 1975 | 1975 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 Everything | nmod |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 painted | aux:pass |
| 5 | painted | paint | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | orange | orange | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 painted | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | paint | past · passive | Everything | orange property | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination |
Option 4
Cameras then added orange on purpose
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cameras | camera | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 added | nsubj |
| 2 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 added | advmod |
| 3 | added | add | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | orange | orange | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 added | obj |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 purpose | case |
| 6 | purpose | purpose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 added | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | add speech: assert | past | Cameras | orange | purpose | then | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent orange=Patient |
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