Test 7 · ★ · "It worked once": one example is not all
Teen: "Dad, the magic time was a fluke. It's Saturday, the whole town's here. Bummer." What is a fluke?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: magic time, fluke · What happens: be · To what, where: fluke, Saturday
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 164 «"It worked once": one example is not all» 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: Teen: "Dad, the magic time was a fluke.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Teen | teen | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 Dad | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 Dad | punct |
| 4 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Teen | appos |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 fluke | punct |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 time | det |
| 7 | magic | magic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 time | compound |
| 8 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 fluke | nsubj |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 fluke | cop |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 fluke | det |
| 11 | fluke | fluke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 Dad | appos |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Teen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | past | the magic time | a fluke | 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: It's Saturday, the whole town's here.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 Saturday | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 Saturday | cop |
| 3 | Saturday | Saturday | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 Saturday | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 town | det |
| 6 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 town | amod |
| 7 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 here | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 town | case |
| 9 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 Saturday | advmod |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 Saturday | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | fluke | Saturday | here | tree rules |
Sentence 3: Bummer."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bummer | bummer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Bummer | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 1 Bummer | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 4: What is a fluke?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 fluke | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 fluke | det |
| 4 | fluke | fluke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a fluke | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
A rule that always works
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 rule | det |
| 2 | rule | rule | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 works | nsubj |
| 4 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 5 works | advmod |
| 5 | works | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 rule | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | present | a rule | always property | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
A lucky one-off that happened by chance
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 off | det |
| 2 | lucky | lucky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 off | amod |
| 3 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 off | compound |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 off | punct |
| 5 | off | off | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 happened | nsubj |
| 7 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 off | acl:relcl |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 chance | case |
| 9 | chance | chance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 happened | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | past | a lucky one off | by chance | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by chance=Location |
Option 3
The busiest time of day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 time | det |
| 2 | busiest | busy | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 3 time | amod |
| 3 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 day | case |
| 5 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 time | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
A type of parking ticket
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 type | det |
| 2 | type | type | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 ticket | case |
| 4 | parking | parking | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ticket | compound |
| 5 | ticket | ticket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 type | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | type | parking ticket | nom type «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
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