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%!
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aunt | aunt | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 Burglaries | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 Burglaries | punct |
| 4 | Burglaries | burglary | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Aunt | conj |
| 5 | up | up | ADV | _ | 6 50 | advmod |
| 6 | 50 | 50 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 % | nummod |
| 7 | % | % | SYM | Number=Sing | 4 Burglaries | nmod |
| 8 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 1 Aunt | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: We're doomed!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | We | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 doomed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 doomed | aux:pass |
| 3 | doomed | doom | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 3 doomed | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 doomed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | doom | present · passive | We | tree rules |
Sentence 3: Last year 2, this year 3.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 year | amod |
| 2 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 year | flat |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 year | punct |
| 5 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 year | det |
| 6 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 year | appos |
| 7 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 year | flat |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 year | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 4: What do you say?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 say | obj |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 say | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 say | nsubj |
| 4 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present · do-support | you | vn 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
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 | 5 burglary | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 burglary | cop |
| 3 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 burglary | nummod |
| 4 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 burglary | amod |
| 5 | burglary | burglary | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 7 ask | punct |
| 7 | ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 5 burglary | parataxis |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 numbers | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 numbers | det |
| 10 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 numbers | amod |
| 11 | numbers | number | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 ask | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | one more burglary | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | infinitive | for the real numbers | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
It means the number of burglaries more than doubled
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 | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 number | det |
| 4 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 burglaries | case |
| 6 | burglaries | burglary | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 number | nmod |
| 7 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 means | obj |
| 8 | than | than | SCONJ | _ | 9 doubled | mark |
| 9 | doubled | double | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 more | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | It | the number of burglaries | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | double | participle | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 3
It means 50 more houses in the village were burgled
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 | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | 50 | 50 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 houses | nummod |
| 4 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 houses | amod |
| 5 | houses | house | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 burgled | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 village | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 village | det |
| 8 | village | village | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 houses | nmod |
| 9 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 burgled | aux:pass |
| 10 | burgled | burgle | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 means | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | It | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | burgle | past · passive | 50 more houses in the village | vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Source |
Option 4
It means half the houses in the village were burgled
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 | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | half | half | DET | NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind | 5 houses | det:predet |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 houses | det |
| 5 | houses | house | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 burgled | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 village | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 village | det |
| 8 | village | village | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 houses | nmod |
| 9 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 burgled | aux:pass |
| 10 | burgled | burgle | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 means | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | It | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | burgle | past · passive | half houses in the village | vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Source |
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