Test 3 · A day at a grown-up's job
Dad, eating: "bloody inbox, 40 emails since six, sorry kids." Why might the family make a rule about it?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: family · What happens: eat, make · To what, where: rule
This is test 3 of lesson 1 «A day at a grown-up's job» of the adult life 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: Dad, eating: "bloody inbox, 40 emails since six, sorry kids."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 eating | punct |
| 3 | eating | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 Dad | appos |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 inbox | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 inbox | punct |
| 6 | bloody | bloody | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 inbox | amod |
| 7 | inbox | inbox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Dad | appos |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 emails | punct |
| 9 | 40 | 40 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 10 emails | nummod |
| 10 | emails | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 inbox | conj | |
| 11 | since | since | ADP | _ | 12 six | case |
| 12 | six | six | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 emails | nmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 kids | punct |
| 14 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 kids | amod |
| 15 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 inbox | conj |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 inbox | punct |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 inbox | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | gerund | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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: Why might the family make a rule about it?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 make | advmod |
| 2 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 make | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 family | det |
| 4 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 make | nsubj |
| 5 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 rule | det |
| 7 | rule | rule | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 make | obj |
| 8 | about | about | ADP | _ | 9 it | case |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 rule | nmod |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 make | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | might | the family | a rule | about rule | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset rule=Product |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
So the kids can read all of Dad's work emails too
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | So | so | ADV | _ | 5 read | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 kids | det |
| 3 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 read | nsubj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 read | aux |
| 5 | read | read | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 emails | nsubj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 work | case |
| 8 | Dad | Dad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 work | nmod:poss |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 Dad | case |
| 10 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 all | nmod |
| 11 | emails | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 read | ccomp | |
| 12 | too | too | ADV | _ | 11 emails | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | read | can | the kids | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | present | all | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | work | Dad | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2
So the emails can be answered much faster
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | So | so | ADV | _ | 6 answered | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 emails | det |
| 3 | emails | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 answered | nsubj:pass | |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 answered | aux |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 answered | aux:pass |
| 6 | answered | answer | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | much | much | ADV | _ | 8 faster | advmod |
| 8 | faster | fast | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 6 answered | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | answer speech: assert | can · passive | the emails | fast property | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Eventuality |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
So phones and work stay away from meals
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | So | so | ADV | _ | 5 stay | advmod |
| 2 | phones | phone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 stay | nsubj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 work | cc |
| 4 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 phones | conj |
| 5 | stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | away | away | ADV | _ | 5 stay | advmod |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 meals | case |
| 8 | meals | meal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 stay | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay away | present | phones and work | meals | away property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
So Dad has to close down his inbox for good
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | So | so | ADV | _ | 3 has | advmod |
| 2 | Dad | Dad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 has | nsubj |
| 3 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 close | mark |
| 5 | close | close | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 has | xcomp |
| 6 | down | down | ADP | _ | 5 close | compound:prt |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 inbox | nmod:poss |
| 8 | inbox | inbox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 close | obj |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 good | case |
| 10 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 close | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | Dad | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | close down | to-infinitive | Dad not said here | Dad's inbox | for good | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent inbox=Patient |
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