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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!"

nsubjpunctpunctnsubjnummodobjccnsubjadvmodconjobjpunctnsubjcopadvmodparataxispunctpunctrootMiaPROPN:PUNCT"PUNCTHePRONgrewVERB6NUMcmNOUNandCCONJIPRONonlyADVgrewVERB4NUM,PUNCTitPRON'sAUXwellADVunfairADJ!PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1MiaMiaPROPNNumber=Sing5 grewnsubj
2::PUNCT_5 grewpunct
3""PUNCT_5 grewpunct
4HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 grewnsubj
5grewgrowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
666NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Card7 cmnummod
7cmcmNOUNNumber=Plur5 grewobj
8andandCCONJ_11 grewcc
9IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs11 grewnsubj
10onlyonlyADV_11 grewadvmod
11grewgrowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 grewconj
1244NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Card11 grewobj
13,,PUNCT_17 unfairpunct
14ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs17 unfairnsubj
15'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin17 unfaircop
16wellwellADVDegree=Pos17 unfairadvmod
17unfairunfairADJDegree=Pos5 grewparataxis
18!!PUNCT_17 unfairpunct
19""PUNCT_17 unfairpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1grow in a quotepastMia6 cmvn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location cm=Theme
2grow in a quotepastI4vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location 4=Theme
3is in a quotepresentitunfair, well propertytree 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?

copdetamodnsubjpunctrootWhatPRON'sAUXtheDETbestADJanswerNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Introotroot
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Whatcop
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 answerdet
4bestgoodADJDegree=Sup5 answeramod
5answeranswerNOUNNumber=Sing1 Whatnsubj
6??PUNCT_1 Whatpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentthe best answertree rules

The options

Option 1

She will never grow again after 9

nsubjauxadvmodadvmodcaseoblrootShePRONwillAUXneverADVgrowVERBagainADVafterADP9NUM
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 grownsubj
2willwillAUXVerbForm=Fin4 growaux
3neverneverADVPronType=Neg4 growadvmod
4growgrowVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5againagainADV_4 growadvmod
6afterafterADP_7 9case
799NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Card4 growobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not growfutureSheafter 9; againvn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Boys always grow exactly 2 cm more a year

nsubjadvmodadvmodnummodobl:unmarkedobjdetobl:unmarkedrootBoysNOUNalwaysADVgrowVERBexactlyADV2NUMcmNOUNmoreADJaDETyearNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1BoysboyNOUNNumber=Plur3 grownsubj
2alwaysalwaysADVPronType=Tot3 growadvmod
3growgrowVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4exactlyexactlyADV_5 2advmod
522NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Card6 cmnummod
6cmcmNOUNNumber=Plur7 moreobl:unmarked
7moremoreADJDegree=Cmp3 growobj
8aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art9 yeardet
9yearyearNOUNNumber=Sing3 growobl:unmarked
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1growpresentBoysmoreyearalways propertyvn 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

nsubjcaseamodoblpunctccnsubjconjcaseamodoblrootChildrenNOUNgrowVERBatADPdifferentADJspeedsNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJspurtsNOUNcomeVERBatADPdifferentADJtimesNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ChildrenchildNOUNNumber=Plur2 grownsubj
2growgrowVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3atatADP_5 speedscase
4differentdifferentADJDegree=Pos5 speedsamod
5speedsspeedNOUNNumber=Plur2 growobl
6,,PUNCT_9 comepunct
7andandCCONJ_9 comecc
8spurtsspurtNOUNNumber=Plur9 comensubj
9comecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin2 growconj
10atatADP_12 timescase
11differentdifferentADJDegree=Pos12 timesamod
12timestimeNOUNNumber=Plur9 comeobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1growpresentChildrendifferent speedsvn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at speed=Location
2comepresentspurtstimevn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

She must be ill, since everyone grows exactly the same amount every year

nsubjauxcoppunctmarknsubjconjadvmoddetamodobjdetobl:unmarkedrootShePRONmustAUXbeAUXillADJ,PUNCTsinceSCONJeveryonePRONgrowsVERBexactlyADVtheDETsameADJamountNOUNeveryDETyearNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 illnsubj
2mustmustAUXVerbForm=Fin4 illaux
3bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf4 illcop
4illillADJDegree=Posrootroot
5,,PUNCT_8 growspunct
6sincesinceSCONJ_8 growsmark
7everyoneeveryonePRONNumber=Sing PronType=Tot8 growsnsubj
8growsgrowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 illconj
9exactlyexactlyADV_12 amountadvmod
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art12 amountdet
11samesameADJDegree=Pos12 amountamod
12amountamountNOUNNumber=Sing8 growsobj
13everyeveryDETPronType=Tot14 yeardet
14yearyearNOUNNumber=Sing8 growsobl:unmarked
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ismustSheill propertytree rules
2growpresenteveryonethe same amountyearvn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location amount=Theme

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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