Test 12 · ★★ · Building strong things: bridges, towers and shapes

Ava says a flat sheet of paper is just as stiff as a rolled one. true?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ava, flat sheet · What happens: say, be, roll · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 12 · ★★ of lesson 86 «Building strong things: bridges, towers and shapes» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ava	Ava	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 sheet	det
4	flat	flat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sheet	amod
5	sheet	sheet	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 stiff	nsubj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 paper	case
7	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sheet	nmod
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 stiff	cop
9	just	just	ADV	_	11 stiff	advmod
10	as	as	ADV	_	11 stiff	advmod
11	stiff	stiff	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 says	ccomp
12	as	as	ADP	_	15 one	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 one	det
14	rolled	roll	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 one	amod
15	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 stiff	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct
17	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 says	parataxis
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Ava		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	a flat sheet of paper	as a rolled one; stiff property	tree rules
3	roll	participle			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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.

The options

Option 1

Yes, paper is just as stiff however you shape or fold it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 stiff	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stiff	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 stiff	cop
5	just	just	ADV	_	7 stiff	advmod
6	as	as	ADP	_	7 stiff	case
7	stiff	stiff	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	however	however	ADV	PronType=Int	10 shape	advmod
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 shape	nsubj
10	shape	shape	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 stiff	advcl
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 fold	cc
12	fold	fold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 shape	conj
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 fold	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	paper		stiff property	tree rules
2	shape	present	you		however property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	fold	present	you not said here	paper		vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 2

No, a flat sheet is stiffer than a rolled one

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 stiffer	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 sheet	det
4	flat	flat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sheet	amod
5	sheet	sheet	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stiffer	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 stiffer	cop
7	stiffer	stiff	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
8	than	than	ADP	_	11 one	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 one	det
10	rolled	roll	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 one	amod
11	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stiffer	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a flat sheet					than a rolled one; stiff property	tree rules
2	roll	participle							vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Yes, but only thick paper

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 thick	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	5 thick	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 thick	advmod
5	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 paper	amod
6	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, rolling or folding paper makes it much stiffer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 makes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 rolling	punct
3	rolling	roll	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 makes	csubj
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 folding	cc
5	folding	fold	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 rolling	conj
6	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 folding	obj
7	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 makes	obj
9	much	much	ADV	_	10 stiffer	advmod
10	stiffer	stiff	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 makes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	roll	gerund				vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	fold	gerund		paper		vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent paper=Patient
3	make	present	rolling	paper	stiff property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product

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