Test 6 · ★ · Growing up: ages of people and pets, and the "dog years" m…
Mia: "He grew 6 cm and I only grew 4, it's well unfair!" What's the best answer?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mia, I, it, best answer · What happens: grow, be · To what, where: 6 cm, 4
This is test 6 · ★ 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: Mia: "He grew 6 cm and I only grew 4, it's well unfair!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mia | Mia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 grew | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 grew | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 grew | punct |
| 4 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 grew | nsubj |
| 5 | grew | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | 6 | 6 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 cm | nummod |
| 7 | cm | cm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 grew | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 grew | cc |
| 9 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 grew | nsubj |
| 10 | only | only | ADV | _ | 11 grew | advmod |
| 11 | grew | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 grew | conj |
| 12 | 4 | 4 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 11 grew | obj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 unfair | punct |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 unfair | nsubj |
| 15 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 unfair | cop |
| 16 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 17 unfair | advmod |
| 17 | unfair | unfair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 grew | parataxis |
| 18 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 17 unfair | punct |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 unfair | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow in a quote | past | Mia | 6 cm | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location cm=Theme | ||||
| 2 | grow in a quote | past | I | 4 | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location 4=Theme | ||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | it | unfair, well property | 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: What's the best answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 answer | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 answer | amod |
| 5 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the best answer | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
She will never grow again after 9
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 grow | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 grow | aux |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 grow | advmod |
| 4 | grow | grow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | again | again | ADV | _ | 4 grow | advmod |
| 6 | after | after | ADP | _ | 7 9 | case |
| 7 | 9 | 9 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 grow | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not grow | future | She | after 9; again | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Boys always grow exactly 2 cm more a year
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boys | boy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 grow | nsubj |
| 2 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 3 grow | advmod |
| 3 | grow | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 5 2 | advmod |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 cm | nummod |
| 6 | cm | cm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 more | obl:unmarked |
| 7 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 grow | obj |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 year | det |
| 9 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 grow | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | present | Boys | more | year | always property | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location more=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Children grow at different speeds, and spurts come at different times
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 grow | nsubj |
| 2 | grow | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 speeds | case |
| 4 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 speeds | amod |
| 5 | speeds | speed | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 grow | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 come | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 come | cc |
| 8 | spurts | spurt | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 come | nsubj |
| 9 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 grow | conj |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 times | case |
| 11 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 times | amod |
| 12 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 come | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | present | Children | different speeds | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at speed=Location | ||||
| 2 | come | present | spurts | time | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
She must be ill, since everyone grows exactly the same amount every year
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 ill | nsubj |
| 2 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 ill | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 ill | cop |
| 4 | ill | ill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 grows | punct |
| 6 | since | since | SCONJ | _ | 8 grows | mark |
| 7 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 8 grows | nsubj |
| 8 | grows | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 ill | conj |
| 9 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 12 amount | advmod |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 amount | det |
| 11 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 amount | amod |
| 12 | amount | amount | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 grows | obj |
| 13 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 14 year | det |
| 14 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 grows | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | must | She | ill property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | grow | present | everyone | the same amount | year | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location amount=Theme |
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