Test 8 · ★★★ · Olympiad: everyday reasoning ★★★
Grace: "My mate says she's got 3 brothers and every brother has a sister, so they're 7 kids." How many really?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Grace, mate, brother, brothers · What happens: say, get, have, be · To what, where: 3 brothers, sister, 7 · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★★★ of lesson 194 «Olympiad: everyday reasoning ★★★» 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: Grace: "My mate says she's got 3 brothers and every brother has a sister, so they're 7 kids."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grace | Grace | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 says | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 says | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 says | punct |
| 4 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 mate | nmod:poss |
| 5 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 says | nsubj |
| 6 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 got | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 got | aux |
| 9 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 6 says | ccomp |
| 10 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 11 brothers | nummod |
| 11 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 got | obj |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 has | cc |
| 13 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 14 brother | det |
| 14 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 has | nsubj |
| 15 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 got | conj |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 sister | det |
| 17 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 has | obj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 kids | punct |
| 19 | so | so | ADV | _ | 22 7 | advmod |
| 20 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 7 | nsubj |
| 21 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 22 7 | cop |
| 22 | 7 | 7 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 23 kids | nummod |
| 23 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 says | parataxis |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 23 kids | punct |
| 25 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 23 kids | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert in a quote | present | Grace | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | get in a quote | present · passive | mate | 3 brothers | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer brother=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | have in a quote | present | every brother | a sister | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sister=Patient | ||||
| 4 | is a in a quote | present | brothers = brother | 7 | 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: How many really?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 2 many | advmod |
| 2 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 3 | really | really | ADV | _ | 2 many | advmod |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 many | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
4; every brother has the same sister, her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 4 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 5 has | punct |
| 3 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 brother | det |
| 4 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 has | nsubj |
| 5 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 4 | parataxis |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 sister | det |
| 7 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 sister | amod |
| 8 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 has | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 has | punct |
| 10 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 4 | iobj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | every brother | the same sister | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sister=Patient |
Option 2
7, as Grace worked out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | 7 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 worked | obl |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 worked | punct |
| 3 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 5 worked | mark |
| 4 | Grace | Grace | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 worked | nsubj |
| 5 | worked | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | out | out | ADP | _ | 5 worked | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work out | past | Grace | 7 | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
6, three brothers and three sisters
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 6 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 brothers | nummod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 brothers | punct |
| 3 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 brothers | nummod |
| 4 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 sisters | cc |
| 6 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 sisters | nummod |
| 7 | sisters | sister | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 brothers | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
5, because her mum counts as one
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 5 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 counts | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 6 counts | mark |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 mum | nmod:poss |
| 5 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 counts | nsubj |
| 6 | counts | count | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 5 | parataxis |
| 7 | as | as | ADP | _ | 8 one | case |
| 8 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 counts | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | count | present | her mum | as one | vn masquerade-29.6 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as one=Attribute |
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