Test 5 · ★★ · Sounds right, but is wrong
Mum: "One and a half? Put it back in the story, Pete. Does it fit?" A bag of flour weighs 2 kg and half a bag. How much does the whole bag weigh?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, half, bag, much · What happens: put back, fit, weigh, do · To what, where: half, story, 2 kg, whole bag weigh
This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 183 «Sounds right, but is wrong» 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: Mum: "One and a half?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 One | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 One | punct |
| 4 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 1 Mum | appos |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 half | cc |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 half | det |
| 7 | half | half | NOUN | Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 4 One | conj |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 One | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: Put it back in the story, Pete.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Put | obj |
| 3 | back | back | ADV | _ | 1 Put | advmod |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 story | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 story | det |
| 6 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Put | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 Pete | punct |
| 8 | Pete | Pete | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 story | appos |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put back | imperative | you not said here | half | the story | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in story=Destination |
Sentence 3: Does it fit?"
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 fit | aux |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 fit | nsubj |
| 3 | fit | fit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 fit | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 fit | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fit | present · do-support | half | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent |
Sentence 4: A bag of flour weighs 2 kg and half a bag.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 bag | det |
| 2 | bag | bag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 weighs | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 flour | case |
| 4 | flour | flour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 bag | nmod |
| 5 | weighs | weigh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 kg | nummod |
| 7 | kg | kg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 weighs | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 bag | cc |
| 9 | half | half | DET | NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind | 11 bag | det:predet |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 bag | det |
| 11 | bag | bag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 kg | conj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 weighs | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | weigh | present | a bag of flour | 2 kg and half bag | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme kg=Value |
Sentence 5: How much does the whole bag weigh?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 2 much | advmod |
| 2 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 does | nsubj |
| 3 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 weigh | det |
| 5 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 weigh | amod |
| 6 | bag | bag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 weigh | compound |
| 7 | weigh | weigh | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 does | obj |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 does | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | much | the whole bag weigh | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent weigh=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
2 kg
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 kg | nummod |
| 2 | kg | kg | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
2 kg and a bit
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 kg | nummod |
| 2 | kg | kg | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 bit | cc |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 bit | det |
| 5 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 kg | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
3 kg
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 kg | nummod |
| 2 | kg | kg | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
4 kg altogether
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 4 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 kg | nummod |
| 2 | kg | kg | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | altogether | altogether | ADV | _ | 2 kg | advmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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