Test 3 · ★ · Growing up: ages of people and pets, and the "dog years" m… Ben's grandad: "This tortoise was my dad's, and it'll see me out, I reckon." ("See me out" means outlive me.) Is that possible?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: tortoise, grandad, I, that · What happens: be, see out, reckon, mean, outlive · To what, where: me · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★ 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: Ben's grandad: "This tortoise was my dad's, and it'll see me out, I reckon."
nmod:poss case nsubj punct punct det nsubj cop nmod:poss nmod case punct cc nsubj aux obj compound:prt punct nsubj conj punct punct root Ben PROPN 's PART grandad NOUN : PUNCT " PUNCT This DET tortoise NOUN was AUX my PRON dad NOUN 's PART , PUNCT and CCONJ it PRON 'll AUX see VERB me PRON out ADP , PUNCT I PRON reckon VERB . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ben Ben PROPN Number=Sing 3 grandad nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Ben case 3 grandad grandad NOUN Number=Sing 16 see nsubj 4 : : PUNCT _ 10 dad punct 5 " " PUNCT _ 10 dad punct 6 This this DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 7 tortoise det 7 tortoise tortoise NOUN Number=Sing 10 dad nsubj 8 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 10 dad cop 9 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 10 dad nmod:poss 10 dad dad NOUN Number=Sing 3 grandad nmod 11 's 's PART _ 10 dad case 12 , , PUNCT _ 16 see punct 13 and and CCONJ _ 16 see cc 14 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 16 see nsubj 15 'll will AUX VerbForm=Fin 16 see aux 16 see see VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 17 me I PRON Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 16 see obj 18 out out ADP _ 16 see compound:prt 19 , , PUNCT _ 21 reckon punct 20 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 21 reckon nsubj 21 reckon reckon VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 16 see conj 22 . . PUNCT _ 16 see punct 23 " " PUNCT _ 16 see punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is in a quote past this tortoise 's my dad tree rules 2 see out in a quote future Ben's grandad me vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus 3 reckon in a quote present I vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
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: ("See me out" means outlive me.)
punct punct ccomp obj compound:prt punct ccomp obj punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT See VERB me PRON out ADP " PUNCT means VERB outlive VERB me PRON . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 3 See punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 See punct 3 See see VERB VerbForm=Inf 7 means ccomp 4 me I PRON Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 3 See obj 5 out out ADP _ 3 See compound:prt 6 " " PUNCT _ 3 See punct 7 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 8 outlive outlive VERB VerbForm=Inf 7 means ccomp 9 me I PRON Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 8 outlive obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 7 means punct 11 ) ) PUNCT _ 7 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 see out in a quote infinitive me vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus 2 mean present vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 outlive infinitive me tree rules
Sentence 3: Is that possible?
cop nsubj punct root Is AUX that PRON possible ADJ ? PUNCT 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 possible cop 2 that that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 3 possible nsubj 3 possible possible ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 possible punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present that possible property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Yes, some tortoises live over 100 years
discourse punct det nsubj case nummod obl root Yes INTJ , PUNCT some DET tortoises NOUN live VERB over ADP 100 NUM years NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 5 live discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Yes punct 3 some some DET PronType=Ind 4 tortoises det 4 tortoises tortoise NOUN Number=Plur 5 live nsubj 5 live live VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 over over ADP _ 8 years case 7 100 100 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 8 years nummod 8 years year NOUN Number=Plur 5 live obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 live present some tortoises year vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 2 No, tortoises live about 10 years
discourse punct nsubj advmod nummod obl:unmarked root No INTJ , PUNCT tortoises NOUN live VERB about ADV 10 NUM years NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no INTJ Polarity=Neg 4 live discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 No punct 3 tortoises tortoise NOUN Number=Plur 4 live nsubj 4 live live VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 about about ADV _ 6 10 advmod 6 10 10 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 7 years nummod 7 years year NOUN Number=Plur 4 live obl:unmarked
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 live present tortoises year vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 3 Only if the tortoise never sleeps in winter
advmod mark det nsubj advmod case obl root Only ADV if SCONJ the DET tortoise NOUN never ADV sleeps VERB in ADP winter NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Only only ADV _ 6 sleeps advmod 2 if if SCONJ _ 6 sleeps mark 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 tortoise det 4 tortoise tortoise NOUN Number=Sing 6 sleeps nsubj 5 never never ADV PronType=Neg 6 sleeps advmod 6 sleeps sleep VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 in in ADP _ 8 winter case 8 winter winter NOUN Number=Sing 6 sleeps obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not sleep present the tortoise winter vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Option 4 No, pets always die before their owners
discourse punct nsubj advmod case nmod:poss obl root No INTJ , PUNCT pets NOUN always ADV die VERB before ADP their PRON owners NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no INTJ Polarity=Neg 5 die discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 No punct 3 pets pet NOUN Number=Plur 5 die nsubj 4 always always ADV PronType=Tot 5 die advmod 5 die die VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 before before ADP _ 8 owners case 7 their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 owners nmod:poss 8 owners owner NOUN Number=Plur 5 die obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 die present pets before pets's owners always property vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
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