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Test 1 · ★ · Growing up: ages of people and pets, and the "dog years" m…

Jack: "My dog's 3, so he's 21 in dog years, simple maths." Vet: "That's a myth, actually." What's closer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: dog, That · What happens: be · To what, where: 21, myth

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 128 «Growing up: ages of people and pets, and the "dog years" myth» 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: "My dog's 3, so he's 21 in dog years, simple maths."

punctpunctnmod:possnmod:posscaseappospunctadvmodnsubjcoplistcasecompoundnmodpunctamodconjpunctpunctrootJackPROPN:PUNCT"PUNCTMyPRONdogNOUN'sPART3NUM,PUNCTsoADVhePRON'sAUX21NUMinADPdogNOUNyearsNOUN,PUNCTsimpleADJmathsNOUN.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1JackJackPROPNNumber=Singrootroot
2::PUNCT_7 3punct
3""PUNCT_7 3punct
4MymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs5 dognmod:poss
5dogdogNOUNNumber=Sing7 3nmod:poss
6's'sPART_5 dogcase
733NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Card1 Jackappos
8,,PUNCT_12 21punct
9sosoADV_12 21advmod
10hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs12 21nsubj
11'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin12 21cop
122121NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Card1 Jacklist
13ininADP_15 yearscase
14dogdogNOUNNumber=Sing15 yearscompound
15yearsyearNOUNNumber=Plur12 21nmod
16,,PUNCT_18 mathspunct
17simplesimpleADJDegree=Pos18 mathsamod
18mathsmathNOUNNumber=Plur15 yearsconj
19..PUNCT_1 Jackpunct
20""PUNCT_1 Jackpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is a in a quotepresentdog21yeartree 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: Vet: "That's a myth, actually."

punctpunctnsubjcopdetappospunctadvmodpunctpunctrootVetNOUN:PUNCT"PUNCTThatPRON'sAUXaDETmythNOUN,PUNCTactuallyADV.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1VetvetNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
2::PUNCT_7 mythpunct
3""PUNCT_7 mythpunct
4ThatthatPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem7 mythnsubj
5'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 mythcop
6aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art7 mythdet
7mythmythNOUNNumber=Sing1 Vetappos
8,,PUNCT_9 actuallypunct
9actuallyactuallyADV_7 mythadvmod
10..PUNCT_7 mythpunct
11""PUNCT_7 mythpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is a in a quotepresentThata mythactually propertytree rules

Sentence 3: What's closer?

nsubjcoppunctrootWhatPRON'sAUXcloserADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int3 closernsubj
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 closercop
3closercloseADJDegree=Cmprootroot
4??PUNCT_3 closerpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentclose propertytree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

About 28 or 29, because dogs grow up fast at first

advmodnsubjccconjpunctmarknsubjcompound:prtadvmodcaseoblrootAboutADV28NUMorCCONJ29NUM,PUNCTbecauseSCONJdogsNOUNgrowVERBupADPfastADVatADPfirstADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AboutaboutADV_2 28advmod
22828NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Card8 grownsubj
3ororCCONJ_4 29cc
42929NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Card2 28conj
5,,PUNCT_8 growpunct
6becausebecauseSCONJ_8 growmark
7dogsdogNOUNNumber=Plur8 grownsubj
8growgrowVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
9upupADP_8 growcompound:prt
10fastfastADVDegree=Pos8 growadvmod
11atatADP_12 firstcase
12firstfirstADVNumForm=Word NumType=Ord8 growobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1grow uppresent28fast propertyvn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at first=Location

Option 2

Exactly 21, so the vet has got it completely wrong

advmodpunctadvmoddetnsubjauxparataxisobjadvmodxcomprootExactlyADV21NUM,PUNCTsoADVtheDETvetNOUNhasAUXgotVERBitPRONcompletelyADVwrongADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ExactlyexactlyADV_2 21advmod
22121NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Cardrootroot
3,,PUNCT_8 gotpunct
4sosoADV_8 gotadvmod
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 vetdet
6vetvetNOUNNumber=Sing8 gotnsubj
7hashaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 gotaux
8gotgetVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part2 21parataxis
9ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs8 gotobj
10completelycompletelyADV_11 wrongadvmod
11wrongwrongADJDegree=Pos8 gotxcomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1getpresent · perfectthe vetitwrong propertyvn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Option 3

About 70, because dogs age very fast from the start

advmodnsubjpunctmarknsubjadvmodadvmodcasedetoblrootAboutADV70NUM,PUNCTbecauseSCONJdogsNOUNageVERBveryADVfastADVfromADPtheDETstartNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AboutaboutADV_2 70advmod
27070NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Card6 agensubj
3,,PUNCT_6 agepunct
4becausebecauseSCONJ_6 agemark
5dogsdogNOUNNumber=Plur6 agensubj
6ageageVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
7veryveryADV_8 fastadvmod
8fastfastADVDegree=Pos6 ageadvmod
9fromfromADP_11 startcase
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 startdet
11startstartNOUNNumber=Sing6 ageobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1agepresent70the startfast propertyvn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

About 3, because dogs age just the same as people do

advmodnsubjpunctmarknsubjadvmoddetxcompmarknsubjadvclrootAboutADV3NUM,PUNCTbecauseSCONJdogsNOUNageVERBjustADVtheDETsameADJasSCONJpeopleNOUNdoVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AboutaboutADV_2 3advmod
233NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Card6 agensubj
3,,PUNCT_6 agepunct
4becausebecauseSCONJ_6 agemark
5dogsdogNOUNNumber=Plur6 agensubj
6ageageVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
7justjustADV_9 sameadvmod
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 samedet
9samesameADJDegree=Pos6 agexcomp
10asasSCONJ_12 domark
11peoplepeopleNOUNNumber=Plur12 donsubj
12dodoVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin9 sameadvcl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1agepresent3same propertyvn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2dopresentpeoplevn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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