Test 2 · ★ · Growing up: ages of people and pets, and the "dog years" m…
Ruby: "My hamster's 2. Two isn't old!" What's true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Two · What happens: not be, be
This is test 2 · ★ 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: Ruby: "My hamster's 2.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruby | Ruby | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 2 | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 2 | punct |
| 4 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 hamster | nmod:poss |
| 5 | hamster | hamster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 2 | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 hamster | case |
| 7 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 Ruby | flat |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ruby | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: Two isn't old!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 old | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 old | cop |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 old | advmod |
| 4 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 4 old | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 old | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | present | Two | old property | tree rules |
Sentence 3: What's true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 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 | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Hamsters never get old
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hamsters | hamster | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 get | nsubj |
| 2 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 3 get | advmod |
| 3 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 get | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not get | present | Hamsters | old property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2
Hamsters live about 20 years, so it's a baby
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hamsters | hamster | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 live | nsubj |
| 2 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | about | about | ADV | _ | 4 20 | advmod |
| 4 | 20 | 20 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 years | nummod |
| 5 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 live | obl:unmarked |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 baby | punct |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 baby | advmod |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 baby | nsubj |
| 9 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 baby | cop |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 baby | det |
| 11 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 live | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | Hamsters | year | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | it | a baby | tree rules |
Option 3
A hamster is only old after 10
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 hamster | det |
| 2 | hamster | hamster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 old | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 old | cop |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 old | advmod |
| 5 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | after | after | ADP | _ | 7 10 | case |
| 7 | 10 | 10 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 old | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | a hamster | after 10 | old property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
For a hamster, 2 is old; they live about 2 to 3 years
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | For | for | ADP | _ | 3 hamster | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 hamster | det |
| 3 | hamster | hamster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 old | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 hamster | punct |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 old | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 old | cop |
| 7 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 10 live | punct |
| 9 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 live | nsubj |
| 10 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 old | advcl |
| 11 | about | about | ADV | _ | 12 2 | advmod |
| 12 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 15 years | nummod |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 3 | case |
| 14 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 12 2 | nmod |
| 15 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 live | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | 2 | for a hamster; old property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | live | present | they | year | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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