Test 4 · ★ · Growing up: ages of people and pets, and the "dog years" m…
Lily: "Cat's 10. Is that, like, old?" Mum: "Kind of middle-aged." Why?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: that · What happens: be
This is test 4 · ★ 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: Lily: "Cat's 10.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lily | Lily | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 10 | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 10 | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 10 | punct |
| 4 | Cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 10 | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 Cat | case |
| 6 | 10 | 10 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 10 | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: Is that, like, old?"
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 | 6 old | cop |
| 2 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 old | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 old | punct |
| 4 | like | like | INTJ | _ | 6 old | discourse |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 like | punct |
| 6 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 old | punct |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 old | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | that | old property | tree rules |
Sentence 3: Mum: "Kind of middle-aged."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 Kind | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 Kind | punct |
| 4 | Kind | Kind | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Mum | appos |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 aged | case |
| 6 | middle | middle | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 aged | amod |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 middle | punct |
| 8 | aged | aged | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 Kind | nmod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 Kind | punct |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 Kind | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 4: Why?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Cats are already old by the time they reach about 3 years
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cats | cat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 old | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 old | cop |
| 3 | already | already | ADV | _ | 4 old | advmod |
| 4 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 time | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 time | det |
| 7 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 old | obl |
| 8 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 reach | nsubj |
| 9 | reach | reach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 time | acl:relcl |
| 10 | about | about | ADV | _ | 11 3 | advmod |
| 11 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 12 years | nummod |
| 12 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 reach | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Cats | time | old property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | reach | present | Cats = cat | the time not said here | year | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent time=Theme |
Option 2
10 is like 10 for a person
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | 10 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 10 | compound |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 10 | cop |
| 3 | like | like | ADP | _ | 4 10 | case |
| 4 | 10 | 10 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 person | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 person | det |
| 7 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 10 | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | like 10 10; for a person | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
By the cat guide, 10 is like about 56 for a person
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | By | by | ADP | _ | 4 guide | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 guide | det |
| 3 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 guide | compound |
| 4 | guide | guide | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 56 | punct |
| 6 | 10 | 10 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 10 56 | compound |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 56 | cop |
| 8 | like | like | ADP | _ | 10 56 | case |
| 9 | about | about | ADV | _ | 10 56 | advmod |
| 10 | 56 | 56 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 guide | nmod |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 person | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 person | det |
| 13 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 56 | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | like 10 56; for a person; about property | tree rules |
Option 4
10 is like 70, so very old
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | 10 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 70 | compound |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 70 | cop |
| 3 | like | like | ADP | _ | 4 70 | case |
| 4 | 70 | 70 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 old | punct |
| 6 | so | so | ADV | _ | 8 old | advmod |
| 7 | very | very | ADV | _ | 8 old | advmod |
| 8 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 70 | amod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | like 10 70 | tree rules |
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