Test 12 · The human life cycle and growing up

Leo says everyone starts puberty at exactly the same age. true?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Leo, everyone · What happens: say, start · To what, where: puberty, same age · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 12 of lesson 92 «The human life cycle and growing up» 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	Leo	Leo	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	4 starts	nsubj
4	starts	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 says	ccomp
5	puberty	puberty	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 starts	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	10 age	case
7	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	10 age	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 age	det
9	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 age	amod
10	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 starts	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 true	punct
12	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 says	parataxis
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Leo						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	start	present	everyone	puberty			at the same age		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent puberty=Eventuality

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

No, some people never go through it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 go	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	4 people	det
4	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 go	nsubj
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 go	advmod
6	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	through	through	ADP	_	8 it	case
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not go	present	some people			it			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme through it=Initial_Location

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, it starts at different ages, often earlier in girls

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 starts	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 starts	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 starts	nsubj
4	starts	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 ages	case
6	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 ages	amod
7	ages	age	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 starts	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 earlier	punct
9	often	often	ADV	_	10 earlier	advmod
10	earlier	early	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 starts	advmod
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 girls	case
12	girls	girl	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 earlier	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	start	present	it				at different ages	early property	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 3

Yes, but boys always start first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 start	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 start	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 start	cc
4	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 start	nsubj
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 start	advmod
6	start	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 start	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	start	present	boys					always, first property	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 4

Yes, everyone starts on their 13th birthday, no matter what

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 starts	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	4 starts	nsubj
4	starts	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	8 birthday	case
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 birthday	nmod:poss
7	13th	13th	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Combi NumType=Ord	8 birthday	amod
8	birthday	birthday	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 starts	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 matter	punct
10	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	11 matter	det
11	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 birthday	conj
12	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 starts	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	start	present	everyone			their 13th birthday and no matter			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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