Test 8 · Some, all, none and "not all"
The shopkeeper: "Nice try, love. A puppy's a dog. Small, cute, very much a dog." What trick did Amy try?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: puppy, trick · What happens: be, try · To what, where: dog
This is test 8 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: The shopkeeper: "Nice try, love.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 shopkeeper | det |
| 2 | shopkeeper | shopkeeper | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 try | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 try | punct |
| 5 | Nice | nice | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 try | amod |
| 6 | try | try | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 shopkeeper | conj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 love | punct |
| 8 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 try | vocative |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 shopkeeper | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: A puppy's a dog.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 puppy | det |
| 2 | puppy | puppy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 dog | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 dog | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 dog | det |
| 5 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 dog | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a puppy | a dog | tree rules |
Sentence 3: Small, cute, very much a dog."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 cute | amod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cute | punct |
| 3 | cute | cute | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 dog | punct |
| 5 | very | very | ADV | _ | 6 much | advmod |
| 6 | much | much | ADV | _ | 8 dog | advmod |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 dog | det |
| 8 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 cute | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 cute | punct |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 cute | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 4: What trick did Amy try?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | DET | PronType=Int | 2 trick | det |
| 2 | trick | trick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 try | nsubj |
| 3 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 try | aux |
| 4 | Amy | Amy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 try | nsubj |
| 5 | try | try | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 try | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | try | past · do-support | what trick | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Changing a word's meaning to dodge a rule
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Changing | change | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 word | det |
| 3 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 meaning | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 word | case |
| 5 | meaning | meaning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Changing | obj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 dodge | mark |
| 7 | dodge | dodge | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Changing | advcl |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 rule | det |
| 9 | rule | rule | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 dodge | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | change | gerund | a word's meaning | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meaning=Patient | |||||
| 2 | dodge | to-infinitive | a rule | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent rule=Location | |||||
| 3 | mean | a word | nom meaning «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2
Running an "if" backwards
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Running | run | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 if | det |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 if | punct |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 1 Running | mark |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 if | punct |
| 6 | backwards | backwards | ADV | _ | 1 Running | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | gerund | backwards property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Hearing "some" as "all" in the shop's sign
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hearing | hearing | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 some | punct |
| 3 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 1 Hearing | nmod |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 some | punct |
| 5 | as | as | ADP | _ | 7 all | case |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 all | punct |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 some | conj |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 all | punct |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 sign | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 shop | det |
| 11 | shop | shop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 sign | nmod:poss |
| 12 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 11 shop | case |
| 13 | sign | sign | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 all | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sign | the shop | nom sign «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
Attacking the shopkeeper
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Attacking | attack | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 shopkeeper | det |
| 3 | shopkeeper | shopkeeper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Attacking | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | attack | gerund | the shopkeeper | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shopkeeper=Patient |
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