Test 5 · ★★★ · Sounds wrong, but is right
Ollie's sister: "On day 8 it starts at 7 and climbs to 10. It's out, chilling." If the well were only 5 metres deep, on which day would the snail get out?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: it, well, snail · What happens: start, climb, be, chill, get out · To what, where: sister, 7, 10
This is test 5 · ★★★ of lesson 182 «Sounds wrong, but is right» 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: Ollie's sister: "On day 8 it starts at 7 and climbs to 10.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ollie | Ollie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 sister | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Ollie | case |
| 3 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 starts | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 starts | punct |
| 6 | On | on | ADP | _ | 7 day | case |
| 7 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 starts | obl |
| 8 | 8 | 8 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 day | flat |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 starts | nsubj |
| 10 | starts | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 sister | acl:relcl |
| 11 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 7 | case |
| 12 | 7 | 7 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 10 starts | obl |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 climbs | cc |
| 14 | climbs | climb | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 starts | conj |
| 15 | to | to | ADP | _ | 16 10 | case |
| 16 | 10 | 10 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 14 climbs | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 sister | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start in a quote | present | it | Ollie's sister not said here | 7 | day | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sister=Eventuality | ||
| 2 | climb in a quote | present | 10 | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to 10=Destination |
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 out, chilling."
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 out | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 out | cop |
| 3 | out | out | ADV | _ | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 chilling | punct |
| 5 | chilling | chill | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 out | conj |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 out | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 out | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | out property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | chill | gerund | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
Sentence 3: If the well were only 5 metres deep, on which day would the snail get out?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 deep | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 well | det |
| 3 | well | well | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 deep | nsubj |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 deep | cop |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 5 | advmod |
| 6 | 5 | 5 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 metres | nummod |
| 7 | metres | metre | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 deep | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | deep | deep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 get | punct |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 which | case |
| 11 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 16 get | obl |
| 12 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 get | obl:unmarked |
| 13 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 16 get | aux |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 snail | det |
| 15 | snail | snail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 get | nsubj |
| 16 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 deep | conj |
| 17 | out | out | ADV | _ | 16 get | advmod |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 deep | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the well | 5 metres obl:unmarked; deep property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | get out | would | the snail | day | out property | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Day 4
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Day | Day | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | 4 | 4 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 Day | flat |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Day 3
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Day | Day | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 Day | flat |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Day 5
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Day | Day | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | 5 | 5 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 Day | flat |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Day 2
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Day | Day | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 Day | flat |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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