Test 7 · ★ · Growing up: ages of people and pets, and the "dog years" m…

Gran, from Newcastle: "You'll be taller than me by 13, pet." ("Pet" means love.) Holly is 9 and 140 cm; Gran is 160 cm. At about 5 cm a year, is Gran right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Gran, Pet, Holly · What happens: be, mean · To what, where: love, 9 cm, 160 cm, 5 cm

This is test 7 · ★ 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: Gran, from Newcastle: "You'll be taller than me by 13, pet."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gran	Gran	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 taller	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 Newcastle	punct
3	from	from	ADP	_	4 Newcastle	case
4	Newcastle	Newcastle	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Gran	conj
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 taller	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 taller	punct
7	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 taller	nsubj
8	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 taller	aux
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 taller	cop
10	taller	tall	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
11	than	than	ADP	_	12 me	case
12	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 taller	obl
13	by	by	ADP	_	14 13	case
14	13	13	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	10 taller	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 pet	punct
16	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 taller	vocative
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 taller	punct
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 taller	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	future	Gran and Newcastle					than me; by 13; pet vocative; tall 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: ("Pet" means love.)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Pet	punct
3	Pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 means	nsubj
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Pet	punct
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 means	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct
8	)	)	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Pet	love					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent love=Topic

Sentence 3: Holly is 9 and 140 cm; Gran is 160 cm.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Holly	Holly	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 cm	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 cm	cop
3	9	9	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 cm	nummod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 140	cc
5	140	140	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 9	conj
6	cm	cm	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 cm	punct
8	Gran	Gran	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 cm	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 cm	cop
10	160	160	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	11 cm	nummod
11	cm	cm	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 cm	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 cm	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Holly	9 cm and 160 cm					tree rules
2	is a	present	Gran	160 cm					tree rules

Sentence 4: At about 5 cm a year, is Gran right?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	At	at	ADP	_	4 cm	case
2	about	about	ADV	_	3 5	advmod
3	5	5	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 cm	nummod
4	cm	cm	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 right	obl
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 year	det
6	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cm	nmod:unmarked
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 cm	punct
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 right	cop
9	Gran	Gran	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 right	nsubj
10	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 right	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Gran			5 cm a year		right property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Yes: 20 cm at 5 cm a year takes 4 years, to age 13

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	10 takes	discourse
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 cm	punct
3	20	20	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 cm	nummod
4	cm	cm	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 takes	nsubj
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 cm	case
6	5	5	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 cm	nummod
7	cm	cm	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 cm	nmod
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 year	det
9	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 takes	nsubj
10	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	4	4	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	12 years	nummod
12	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 takes	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 age	punct
14	to	to	PART	_	15 age	mark
15	age	age	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 takes	conj
16	13	13	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	15 age	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	present	20 cm at 5 cm				year		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	age	to-infinitive	20 cm at 5 cm not said here	13					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent 13=Patient

Option 2

No: Holly will be 13 cm taller

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	3 Holly	det
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	Holly	Holly	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 taller	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 taller	cop
6	13	13	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 cm	nummod
7	cm	cm	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 taller	obl:unmarked
8	taller	tall	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 Holly	amod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	future						13 cm obl:unmarked; tall property	tree rules

Option 3

Yes, but only if Gran shrinks 20 cm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 shrinks	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 shrinks	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 shrinks	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 Gran	advmod
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 Gran	mark
6	Gran	Gran	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 shrinks	nsubj
7	shrinks	shrink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	20	20	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	9 cm	nummod
9	cm	cm	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 shrinks	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shrink	present	Gran	20 cm					vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent cm=Patient

Option 4

No: it would take 20 years

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 take	det
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 take	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 take	nsubj
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 take	aux
5	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	20	20	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 years	nummod
7	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 take	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	would	it				year		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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