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Test 5 · "Crime is up, I saw it on the news"

Aunt: "Burglaries up 50%! We're doomed!" Last year 2, this year 3. What do you say?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: doom, say · To what, where: We · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 of lesson 177 «"Crime is up, I saw it on the news"» 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: Aunt: "Burglaries up 50%!

punctpunctconjadvmodnummodnmodpunctrootAuntNOUN:PUNCT"PUNCTBurglariesNOUNupADV50NUM%SYM!PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AuntauntNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
2::PUNCT_4 Burglariespunct
3""PUNCT_4 Burglariespunct
4BurglariesburglaryNOUNNumber=Plur1 Auntconj
5upupADV_6 50advmod
65050NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Card7 %nummod
7%%SYMNumber=Sing4 Burglariesnmod
8!!PUNCT_1 Auntpunct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 2: We're doomed!"

nsubj:passaux:passpunctpunctrootWePRON'reAUXdoomedVERB!PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WewePRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs3 doomednsubj:pass
2'rebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 doomedaux:pass
3doomeddoomVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
4!!PUNCT_3 doomedpunct
5""PUNCT_3 doomedpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1doompresent · passiveWetree rules

Sentence 3: Last year 2, this year 3.

amodflatpunctdetapposflatpunctrootLastADJyearNOUN2NUM,PUNCTthisDETyearNOUN3NUM.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1LastlastADJDegree=Pos2 yearamod
2yearyearNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
322NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Card2 yearflat
4,,PUNCT_6 yearpunct
5thisthisDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem6 yeardet
6yearyearNOUNNumber=Sing2 yearappos
733NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Card6 yearflat
8..PUNCT_2 yearpunct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 4: What do you say?

objauxnsubjpunctrootWhatPRONdoAUXyouPRONsayVERB?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int4 sayobj
2dodoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 sayaux
3youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs4 saynsubj
4saysayVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5??PUNCT_4 saypunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresent · do-supportyouvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

It's one more burglary; ask for the real numbers

nsubjcopnummodamodpunctparataxiscasedetamodoblrootItPRON'sAUXoneNUMmoreADJburglaryNOUN;PUNCTaskVERBforADPtheDETrealADJnumbersNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 burglarynsubj
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 burglarycop
3oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card5 burglarynummod
4moremoreADJDegree=Cmp5 burglaryamod
5burglaryburglaryNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
6;;PUNCT_7 askpunct
7askaskVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin5 burglaryparataxis
8forforADP_11 numberscase
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 numbersdet
10realrealADJDegree=Pos11 numbersamod
11numbersnumberNOUNNumber=Plur7 askobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentItone more burglarytree rules
2ask speech: askinfinitivefor the real numbersvn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

It means the number of burglaries more than doubled

nsubjdetobjcasenmodobjmarkadvclrootItPRONmeansVERBtheDETnumberNOUNofADPburglariesNOUNmoreADJthanSCONJdoubledVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 meansnsubj
2meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 numberdet
4numbernumberNOUNNumber=Sing2 meansobj
5ofofADP_6 burglariescase
6burglariesburglaryNOUNNumber=Plur4 numbernmod
7moremoreADJDegree=Cmp2 meansobj
8thanthanSCONJ_9 doubledmark
9doubleddoubleVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass7 moreadvcl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1meanpresentItthe number of burglariestree rules
2doubleparticiplevn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

It means 50 more houses in the village were burgled

nsubjnummodamodnsubj:passcasedetnmodaux:passccomprootItPRONmeansVERB50NUMmoreADJhousesNOUNinADPtheDETvillageNOUNwereAUXburgledVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 meansnsubj
2meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
35050NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Card5 housesnummod
4moremoreADJDegree=Cmp5 housesamod
5houseshouseNOUNNumber=Plur10 burglednsubj:pass
6ininADP_8 villagecase
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 villagedet
8villagevillageNOUNNumber=Sing5 housesnmod
9werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin10 burgledaux:pass
10burgledburgleVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass2 meansccomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1meanpresentItvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2burglepast · passive50 more houses in the villagevn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Source

Option 4

It means half the houses in the village were burgled

nsubjdet:predetdetnsubj:passcasedetnmodaux:passccomprootItPRONmeansVERBhalfDETtheDEThousesNOUNinADPtheDETvillageNOUNwereAUXburgledVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 meansnsubj
2meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3halfhalfDETNumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind5 housesdet:predet
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 housesdet
5houseshouseNOUNNumber=Plur10 burglednsubj:pass
6ininADP_8 villagecase
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 villagedet
8villagevillageNOUNNumber=Sing5 housesnmod
9werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin10 burgledaux:pass
10burgledburgleVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass2 meansccomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1meanpresentItvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2burglepast · passivehalf houses in the villagevn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Source

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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