Test 7 · ★ · One counterexample is enough Oscar's friend: "Weird or not, it's a dog and it's up a tree. Your rule fell out of the tree." What did Oscar do wrong?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Weird, rule, Your, Oscar · What happens: be, fall, rule, do · To what, where: dog, tree
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 187 «One counterexample is enough» 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: Oscar's friend: "Weird or not, it's a dog and it's up a tree.
nmod:poss case punct punct conj cc conj punct nsubj cop det conj cc nsubj cop case det conj punct root Oscar PROPN 's PART friend NOUN : PUNCT " PUNCT Weird NOUN or CCONJ not PART , PUNCT it PRON 's AUX a DET dog NOUN and CCONJ it PRON 's AUX up ADP a DET tree NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Oscar Oscar PROPN Number=Sing 3 friend nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Oscar case 3 friend friend NOUN Number=Sing root root 4 : : PUNCT _ 6 Weird punct 5 " " PUNCT _ 6 Weird punct 6 Weird weird NOUN Number=Sing 3 friend conj 7 or or CCONJ _ 8 not cc 8 not not PART Polarity=Neg 6 Weird conj 9 , , PUNCT _ 13 dog punct 10 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 13 dog nsubj 11 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 13 dog cop 12 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 13 dog det 13 dog dog NOUN Number=Sing 3 friend conj 14 and and CCONJ _ 19 tree cc 15 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 19 tree nsubj 16 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 19 tree cop 17 up up ADP _ 19 tree case 18 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 19 tree det 19 tree tree NOUN Number=Sing 3 friend conj 20 . . PUNCT _ 3 friend punct
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1 is a in a quote present Weird a dog tree rules 2 is in a quote present Weird up a tree 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: Your rule fell out of the tree."
nmod:poss nsubj case case det obl punct punct root Your PRON rule NOUN fell VERB out ADP of ADP the DET tree NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 rule nmod:poss 2 rule rule NOUN Number=Sing 3 fell nsubj 3 fell fall VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 out out ADP _ 7 tree case 5 of of ADP _ 7 tree case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 tree det 7 tree tree NOUN Number=Sing 3 fell obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 fell punct 9 " " PUNCT _ 3 fell punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 fall past Your rule the tree vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme out tree=Location 2 rule Your nom rule «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent
Sentence 3: What did Oscar do wrong?
obj aux nsubj advmod punct root What PRON did AUX Oscar PROPN do VERB wrong ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 do obj 2 did do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 do aux 3 Oscar Oscar PROPN Number=Sing 4 do nsubj 4 do do VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 wrong wrong ADJ Degree=Pos 4 do advmod 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 do punct
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1 do past · do-support Oscar vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
The options Option 1 · ✓ the right answer He brushed off the counterexample as "weird"
nsubj case det obl mark punct advcl punct root He PRON brushed VERB off ADP the DET counterexample NOUN as SCONJ " PUNCT weird ADJ " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 brushed nsubj 2 brushed brush VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 off off ADP _ 5 counterexample case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 counterexample det 5 counterexample counterexample NOUN Number=Sing 2 brushed obl 6 as as SCONJ _ 8 weird mark 7 " " PUNCT _ 8 weird punct 8 weird weird ADJ Degree=Pos 2 brushed advcl 9 " " PUNCT _ 2 brushed punct
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1 brush off past He the counterexample vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent counterexample=Theme
Option 2 He refused to watch the video
nsubj mark xcomp det obj root He PRON refused VERB to PART watch VERB the DET video NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 refused nsubj 2 refused refuse VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 to to PART _ 4 watch mark 4 watch watch VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 refused xcomp 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 video det 6 video video NOUN Number=Sing 4 watch obj
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1 refuse past He vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme 2 not watch to-infinitive He not said here the video vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent video=Theme
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice He said most dogs can't climb
nsubj amod nsubj aux advmod ccomp root He PRON said VERB most ADJ dogs NOUN ca AUX n't PART climb VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 said nsubj 2 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 most most ADJ Degree=Sup 4 dogs amod 4 dogs dog NOUN Number=Plur 7 climb nsubj 5 ca can AUX VerbForm=Fin 7 climb aux 6 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 7 climb advmod 7 climb climb VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 said ccomp
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1 say speech: assert past He vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 not climb can most dogs vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 4 He counted the dog's legs wrongly in the video
nsubj det nmod:poss case obj advmod case det obl root He PRON counted VERB the DET dog NOUN 's PART legs NOUN wrongly ADV in ADP the DET video NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 counted nsubj 2 counted count VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 dog det 4 dog dog NOUN Number=Sing 6 legs nmod:poss 5 's 's PART _ 4 dog case 6 legs leg NOUN Number=Plur 2 counted obj 7 wrongly wrongly ADV _ 2 counted advmod 8 in in ADP _ 10 video case 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 video det 10 video video NOUN Number=Sing 2 counted obl
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1 count past He the dog's legs the video wrongly property vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Theme
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