Test 8 · ★★★ · Olympiad: logic traps and if-then ★★★
Lily: "Five heads in a row! Tails is SO due now, it's basically guaranteed." What is true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Tails · What happens: be, guarantee · To what, where: row
This is test 8 · ★★★ of lesson 193 «Olympiad: logic traps and if-then ★★★» 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: Lily: "Five heads in a row!
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lily | Lily | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 heads | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 heads | punct |
| 4 | Five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 heads | nummod |
| 5 | heads | head | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Lily | appos |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 row | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 row | det |
| 8 | row | row | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 heads | nmod |
| 9 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 1 Lily | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: Tails is SO due now, it's basically guaranteed."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tails | tail | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 due | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 due | cop |
| 3 | SO | so | ADV | _ | 4 due | advmod |
| 4 | due | due | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 due | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 guaranteed | punct |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 guaranteed | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 guaranteed | aux |
| 9 | basically | basically | ADV | _ | 10 guaranteed | advmod |
| 10 | guaranteed | guarantee | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 due | conj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 due | punct |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 due | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Tails | now | due property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | guarantee | present · passive | row | basically property | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Sentence 3: What is true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Each throw is still a half chance of heads
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 throw | det |
| 2 | throw | throw | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 chance | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 chance | cop |
| 4 | still | still | ADV | _ | 7 chance | advmod |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 chance | det |
| 6 | half | half | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 7 chance | amod |
| 7 | chance | chance | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 heads | case |
| 9 | heads | head | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 chance | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | each throw | a half chance | still | of heads | tree rules |
Option 2
Tails is now certain
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tails | tail | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 certain | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 certain | cop |
| 3 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 certain | advmod |
| 4 | certain | certain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Tails | now | certain property | tree rules |
Option 3
Heads is more likely now, as the coin is on a roll
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heads | head | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 likely | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 likely | cop |
| 3 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 4 likely | advmod |
| 4 | likely | likely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 likely | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 likely | punct |
| 7 | as | as | ADP | _ | 13 roll | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 coin | det |
| 9 | coin | coin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 roll | nsubj |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 roll | cop |
| 11 | on | on | ADP | _ | 13 roll | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 roll | det |
| 13 | roll | roll | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 likely | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Heads | now | likely property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | is | present | the coin | as a roll | tree rules |
Option 4
Heads is less likely, since it's had its turn
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heads | head | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 likely | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 likely | cop |
| 3 | less | less | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 4 likely | advmod |
| 4 | likely | likely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 had | punct |
| 6 | since | since | SCONJ | _ | 9 had | mark |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 had | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 had | aux |
| 9 | had | have | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 likely | parataxis |
| 10 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 turn | nmod:poss |
| 11 | turn | turn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 had | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Heads | less, likely property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | have | present · passive | it | its turn | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent turn=Patient |
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