Test 7 · ★★★ · Sounds wrong, but is right
Mia: "It IS maths homework." If the drawer held black, white AND red socks, what is the smallest number to be sure of a pair?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: It, drawer, black socks · What happens: be, hold · To what, where: maths homework, black socks, smallest number
This is test 7 · ★★★ 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: Mia: "It IS maths homework."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mia | Mia | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 homework | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 homework | punct |
| 4 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 homework | nsubj |
| 5 | IS | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 homework | cop |
| 6 | maths | math | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 homework | compound |
| 7 | homework | homework | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Mia | appos |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Mia | punct |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 1 Mia | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | It | maths homework | 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: If the drawer held black, white AND red socks, what is the smallest number to be sure of a pair?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 4 held | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 drawer | det |
| 3 | drawer | drawer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 held | nsubj |
| 4 | held | hold | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | black | black | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 socks | amod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 white | punct |
| 7 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 black | conj |
| 8 | AND | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 red | cc |
| 9 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 black | conj |
| 10 | socks | sock | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 held | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 number | punct |
| 12 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 16 number | nsubj |
| 13 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 number | cop |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 number | det |
| 15 | smallest | small | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 16 number | amod |
| 16 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 socks | appos |
| 17 | to | to | PART | _ | 19 sure | mark |
| 18 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 19 sure | cop |
| 19 | sure | sure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 number | acl |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 pair | case |
| 21 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 22 pair | det |
| 22 | pair | pair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 sure | obl |
| 23 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 held | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold | participle | the drawer | black socks | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | black socks | the smallest number | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is | to-infinitive | the drawer not said here | of a pair; sure property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
4
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 4 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
7
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | 7 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
3
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
6
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 6 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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