Test 11 · ★★★ · Olympiad: time and calendar puzzles ★★★ Mia: "I'm 9 and my brother's 3, so I'm 3 times his age. In 3 years I'll still be 3 times as old, obvs." Is she right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, she · What happens: be · To what, where: 9, 3
This is test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 192 «Olympiad: time and calendar puzzles ★★★» 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: Mia: "I'm 9 and my brother's 3, so I'm 3 times his age.
punct punct nsubj cop appos cc nmod:poss conj case appos punct advmod nsubj cop nummod obl:unmarked nmod:poss nmod:unmarked punct root Mia PROPN : PUNCT " PUNCT I PRON 'm AUX 9 NUM and CCONJ my PRON brother NOUN 's PART 3 NUM , PUNCT so ADV I PRON 'm AUX 3 NUM times NOUN his PRON age NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mia Mia PROPN Number=Sing root root 2 : : PUNCT _ 6 9 punct 3 " " PUNCT _ 6 9 punct 4 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 6 9 nsubj 5 'm be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 9 cop 6 9 9 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 1 Mia appos 7 and and CCONJ _ 9 brother cc 8 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 9 brother nmod:poss 9 brother brother NOUN Number=Sing 6 9 conj 10 's 's PART _ 9 brother case 11 3 3 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 9 brother appos 12 , , PUNCT _ 17 times punct 13 so so ADV _ 16 3 advmod 14 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 16 3 nsubj 15 'm be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 16 3 cop 16 3 3 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 17 times nummod 17 times time NOUN Number=Plur 1 Mia obl:unmarked 18 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 19 age nmod:poss 19 age age NOUN Number=Sing 17 times nmod:unmarked 20 . . PUNCT _ 1 Mia punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a in a quote present I 9 and my brother tree rules 2 is a in a quote present I 3 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: In 3 years I'll still be 3 times as old, obvs."
case nummod obl nsubj aux advmod cop nummod case nmod punct conj punct punct root In ADP 3 NUM years NOUN I PRON 'll AUX still ADV be AUX 3 NUM times NOUN as ADP old ADJ , PUNCT obvs NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 3 years case 2 3 3 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 3 years nummod 3 years year NOUN Number=Plur 9 times obl 4 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 9 times nsubj 5 'll will AUX VerbForm=Fin 9 times aux 6 still still ADV _ 8 3 advmod 7 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 8 3 cop 8 3 3 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 9 times nummod 9 times time NOUN Number=Plur root root 10 as as ADP _ 11 old case 11 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 9 times nmod 12 , , PUNCT _ 13 obvs punct 13 obvs obv NOUN Number=Plur 9 times conj 14 . . PUNCT _ 9 times punct 15 " " PUNCT _ 9 times punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a infinitive 3 still tree rules
Sentence 3: Is she right?
cop nsubj punct root Is AUX she PRON right ADV ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 right cop 2 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 right nsubj 3 right right ADV _ root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 right punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present she right property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Yes; 3 times as old stays the same for life
discourse punct nummod obl mark nsubj det xcomp case obl root Yes INTJ ; PUNCT 3 NUM times NOUN as SCONJ old ADJ stays VERB the DET same ADJ for ADP life NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 4 times discourse 2 ; ; PUNCT _ 1 Yes punct 3 3 3 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 4 times nummod 4 times time NOUN Number=Plur 7 stays obl 5 as as SCONJ _ 7 stays mark 6 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 7 stays nsubj 7 stays stay VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 same det 9 same same ADJ Degree=Pos 7 stays xcomp 10 for for ADP _ 11 life case 11 life life NOUN Number=Sing 7 stays obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 stay present old time for life; same property vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer No; she'll be 12 and he'll be 6, only twice as old
The tree, 14 words discourse punct nsubj aux cop cc nsubj aux cop conj punct advmod advmod advmod obl root No INTJ ; PUNCT she PRON 'll AUX be AUX 12 NUM and CCONJ he PRON 'll AUX be AUX 6 NUM , PUNCT only ADV twice ADV as ADV old ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no INTJ Polarity=Neg 6 12 discourse 2 ; ; PUNCT _ 1 No punct 3 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 12 nsubj 4 'll will AUX VerbForm=Fin 6 12 aux 5 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 6 12 cop 6 12 12 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card root root 7 and and CCONJ _ 11 6 cc 8 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 6 nsubj 9 'll will AUX VerbForm=Fin 11 6 aux 10 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 11 6 cop 11 6 6 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 6 12 conj 12 , , PUNCT _ 14 twice punct 13 only only ADV _ 14 twice advmod 14 twice twice ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Mult 11 6 advmod 15 as as ADV _ 16 old advmod 16 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 14 twice obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a future she 12 tree rules 2 is a future he 6 twice property tree rules
Option 3 Yes; she'll be 18 and he'll be 6
discourse punct nsubj aux cop cc nsubj aux cop conj root Yes INTJ ; PUNCT she PRON 'll AUX be AUX 18 NUM and CCONJ he PRON 'll AUX be AUX 6 NUM The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 6 18 discourse 2 ; ; PUNCT _ 1 Yes punct 3 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 18 nsubj 4 'll will AUX VerbForm=Fin 6 18 aux 5 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 6 18 cop 6 18 18 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card root root 7 and and CCONJ _ 11 6 cc 8 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 6 nsubj 9 'll will AUX VerbForm=Fin 11 6 aux 10 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 11 6 cop 11 6 6 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 6 18 conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a future she 18 tree rules 2 is a future he 6 tree rules
Option 4 No; they will be the same age
discourse punct nsubj aux cop det amod root No INTJ ; PUNCT they PRON will AUX be AUX the DET same ADJ age NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no INTJ Polarity=Neg 8 age discourse 2 ; ; PUNCT _ 1 No punct 3 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 age nsubj 4 will will AUX VerbForm=Fin 8 age aux 5 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 8 age cop 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 age det 7 same same ADJ Degree=Pos 8 age amod 8 age age NOUN Number=Sing root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a future they the same age tree rules
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