Test 8 · ★ · The YouTuber who is right about everything
Her cousin: "10 million people also follow a cat that plays the piano. Doesn't make the cat a professor." What trap is he mocking?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: million people, cat, trap · What happens: follow, play, not make, mock · To what, where: cat, piano, professor
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 174 «The YouTuber who is right about everything» 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: Her cousin: "10 million people also follow a cat that plays the piano.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 2 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 follow | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 follow | punct |
| 5 | 10 | 10 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 million | compound |
| 6 | million | million | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 people | nummod |
| 7 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 follow | nsubj |
| 8 | also | also | ADV | _ | 9 follow | advmod |
| 9 | follow | follow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 cousin | conj |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 cat | det |
| 11 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 follow | obj |
| 12 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 plays | nsubj |
| 13 | plays | play | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 cat | acl:relcl |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 piano | det |
| 15 | piano | piano | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 plays | obj |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 cousin | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow in a quote | present | million people | a cat | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Theme | ||||
| 2 | play in a quote | present | a cat | the piano | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piano=Theme |
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: Doesn't make the cat a professor."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 make | aux |
| 2 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 3 make | advmod |
| 3 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 cat | det |
| 5 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 make | obj |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 professor | det |
| 7 | professor | professor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 make | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 make | punct |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 make | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not make | present · do-support | a professor | the cat | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset cat=Beneficiary professor=Product |
Sentence 3: What trap is he mocking?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | DET | PronType=Int | 2 trap | det |
| 2 | trap | trap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 mocking | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 mocking | aux |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 mocking | nsubj |
| 5 | mocking | mock | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 mocking | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mock | present · progressive | what trap | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Silence means yes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Silence | silence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 2 means | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Silence | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yes=Topic |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Many followers means right
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 followers | amod |
| 2 | followers | follower | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 means | nsubj |
| 3 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | right | right | ADV | _ | 3 means | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Many followers | right property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
A dream as proof
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 dream | det |
| 2 | dream | dream | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | as | as | ADP | _ | 4 proof | case |
| 4 | proof | proof | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 dream | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
One lucky try
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 try | nummod |
| 2 | lucky | lucky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 try | amod |
| 3 | try | try | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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