Test 12 · ★ · Transport: from horses to planes

Ava says the Wright brothers first flew in 1950. true?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ava, Wright brothers · What happens: say, fly · To what, where: 1950 · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 99 «Transport: from horses to planes» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 brothers	det
4	Wright	Wright	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 brothers	compound
5	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 flew	nsubj
6	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 flew	advmod
7	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 says	ccomp
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 1950	case
9	1950	1950	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 flew	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 true	punct
11	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 flew	conj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Ava						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	fly	past	the Wright brothers			1950		first property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent in 1950=Location

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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, it was on 17 December 1903

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 17	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 17	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 17	cop
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 17	case
6	17	17	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	root	root
7	December	December	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 17	nmod:unmarked
8	1903	1903	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 17	flat

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	it			17	december		tree rules

Option 2

Yes, but only with a jet engine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 engine	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 engine	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	8 engine	advmod
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 engine	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 engine	det
7	jet	jet	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 engine	compound
8	engine	engine	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

Option 3

No, they flew in 1825

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 flew	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 flew	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 flew	nsubj
4	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 1825	case
6	1825	1825	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 flew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	past	they			1825			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in 1825=Location

Option 4

Yes, planes were invented after the war

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 invented	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	planes	plane	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 invented	nsubj:pass
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 invented	aux:pass
5	invented	invent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	after	after	ADP	_	8 war	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 war	det
8	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 invented	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	invent	past · passive		planes			after the war		vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result

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