Test 9 · ★ · One counterexample is enough
Finn's mum, 52, skates past: "Over 50, can't skate, he said. Bye, Finn!" Finn: "OK, that's a vibe, Mum." What changed his mind?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mum, Finn, that · What happens: skate, not skate, say, be, change, mind · To what, where: vibe, mind · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★ 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: Finn's mum, 52, skates past: "Over 50, can't skate, he said.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finn | Finn | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 mum | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Finn | case |
| 3 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 skates | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 52 | punct |
| 5 | 52 | 52 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 mum | appos |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 mum | punct |
| 7 | skates | skate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | past | past | ADP | _ | 12 50 | case |
| 9 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 12 50 | punct |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 50 | punct |
| 11 | Over | over | ADV | _ | 12 50 | advmod |
| 12 | 50 | 50 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 skates | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 skate | punct |
| 14 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 16 skate | aux |
| 15 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 16 skate | advmod |
| 16 | skate | skate | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 7 skates | parataxis |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 said | punct |
| 18 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 said | nsubj |
| 19 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 skate | acl |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 skates | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | skate | present | Finn's mum | past 50 | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not skate in a quote | can | vn vehicle-51.4.1-1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | say speech: assert in a quote | past | Finn | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
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: Bye, Finn!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bye | bye | INTJ | _ | 3 Finn | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 Finn | punct |
| 3 | Finn | Finn | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 3 Finn | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 Finn | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: Finn: "OK, that's a vibe, Mum."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finn | Finn | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 vibe | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 vibe | punct |
| 4 | OK | ok | INTJ | _ | 9 vibe | discourse |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 vibe | punct |
| 6 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 9 vibe | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 vibe | cop |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 vibe | det |
| 9 | vibe | vibe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Finn | appos |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 Mum | punct |
| 11 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 vibe | nmod |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 Mum | punct |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 Mum | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | that | a vibe | Mum nmod | tree rules |
Sentence 4: What changed his mind?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 changed | nsubj |
| 2 | changed | change | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 mind | nmod:poss |
| 4 | mind | mind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 changed | obj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 changed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | change | past | Finn's mind | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Patient | |||||
| 2 | mind | Finn | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
One clear counterexample
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 counterexample | nummod |
| 2 | clear | clear | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 counterexample | amod |
| 3 | counterexample | counterexample | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
A long argument
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 argument | det |
| 2 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 argument | amod |
| 3 | argument | argument | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Nothing; he's still sure
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | root | root |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 sure | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 sure | cop |
| 5 | still | still | ADV | _ | 6 sure | advmod |
| 6 | sure | sure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Nothing | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | he | still | sure property | tree rules |
Option 4
A list of rules
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 list | det |
| 2 | list | list | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 rules | case |
| 4 | rules | rule | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 list | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | list | rules | nom list «communication transitive»: of=patient |
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