Test 4 · Some, all, none and "not all"
Ellie: "Mr Brown gave me a look that could boil water." Her friend thought "not all teachers are strict" meant none are. Can Mr Brown be strict?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ellie, look, friend, teachers, strict, Mr · What happens: give, boil, think, not be, mean, be · To what, where: look, me, water, none · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 of lesson 185 «Some, all, none and "not all"» 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: Ellie: "Mr Brown gave me a look that could boil water."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ellie | Ellie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 gave | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 gave | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 gave | punct |
| 4 | Mr | Mr | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 gave | nsubj |
| 5 | Brown | Brown | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Mr | flat |
| 6 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 gave | iobj |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 look | det |
| 9 | look | look | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 gave | obj |
| 10 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 boil | nsubj |
| 11 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 boil | aux |
| 12 | boil | boil | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 look | acl:relcl |
| 13 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 boil | obj |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 gave | punct |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 gave | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give in a quote | past | Ellie | a look | me | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient look=Theme | |||
| 2 | boil in a quote | could | a look | water | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent water=Patient |
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: Her friend thought "not all teachers are strict" meant none are.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 friend | nmod:poss |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 thought | nsubj |
| 3 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 strict | punct |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 strict | advmod |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 teachers | det |
| 7 | teachers | teacher | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 strict | nsubj |
| 8 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 strict | cop |
| 9 | strict | strict | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 meant | nsubj |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 strict | punct |
| 11 | meant | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 thought | ccomp |
| 12 | none | none | PRON | PronType=Neg | 11 meant | obj |
| 13 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 none | cop |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 thought | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | past | Ellie's friend | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | not is in a quote | present | all teachers | strict property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | mean | past | strict | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | is a | present | none | tree rules |
Sentence 3: Can Mr Brown be strict?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 strict | aux |
| 2 | Mr | Mr | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 strict | nsubj |
| 3 | Brown | Brown | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Mr | flat |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 strict | cop |
| 5 | strict | strict | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 strict | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | can | Mr | strict property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Only if every teacher is strict
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 6 strict | advmod |
| 2 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 strict | mark |
| 3 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 teacher | det |
| 4 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 strict | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 strict | cop |
| 6 | strict | strict | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | every teacher | strict property | tree rules |
Option 2
No; "not all" means none are strict
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 means | discourse |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 7 means | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 all | punct |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 all | advmod |
| 5 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 means | nsubj |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 all | punct |
| 7 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | none | none | PRON | PronType=Neg | 10 strict | nsubj |
| 9 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 strict | cop |
| 10 | strict | strict | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 means | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | all | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | none | strict property | tree rules |
Option 3
No teacher can ever be strict
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 2 teacher | det |
| 2 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 strict | nsubj |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 strict | aux |
| 4 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 6 strict | advmod |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 strict | cop |
| 6 | strict | strict | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | can | no teacher | ever | strict property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Yes; "not all" leaves room for some strict ones
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 8 room | discourse |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 room | punct |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 room | advmod |
| 5 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 room | nsubj |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 room | punct |
| 7 | leaves | leaf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 room | compound |
| 8 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 ones | case |
| 10 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 12 ones | det |
| 11 | strict | strict | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 ones | amod |
| 12 | ones | one | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 room | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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