Test 4 · A day at a grown-up's job
Mum, grumpy: "Course Tom got the credit, he's mates with the director." What is she grumbling about?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Course, Mum · What happens: get, be, grumble · To what, where: credit, mates
This is test 4 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: Mum, grumpy: "Course Tom got the credit, he's mates with the director."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 grumpy | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 grumpy | punct |
| 3 | grumpy | grumpy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 got | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 got | punct |
| 6 | Course | Course | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 got | nsubj |
| 7 | Tom | Tom | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Course | flat |
| 8 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 grumpy | parataxis |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 credit | det |
| 10 | credit | credit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 got | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 mates | punct |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 mates | nsubj |
| 13 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 mates | cop |
| 14 | mates | mate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 got | obl |
| 15 | with | with | ADP | _ | 17 director | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 director | det |
| 17 | director | director | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 mates | nmod |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 grumpy | punct |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 grumpy | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get in a quote | past | Course | the credit | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer credit=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | Course | mates | with the director | 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: What is she grumbling about?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 grumbling | obj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 grumbling | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 grumbling | nsubj |
| 4 | grumbling | grumble | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | about | about | ADV | _ | 4 grumbling | advmod |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 grumbling | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grumble speech: other | present · progressive | Mum | about property | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Office politics, where being liked can count as much as the work
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Office | office | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 politics | compound |
| 2 | politics | politics | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 8 count | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 liked | punct |
| 4 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 6 liked | advmod |
| 5 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 liked | aux:pass |
| 6 | liked | like | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 politics | acl:relcl |
| 7 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 count | aux |
| 8 | count | count | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 9 | as | as | ADV | _ | 10 much | advmod |
| 10 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 count | obj |
| 11 | as | as | ADP | _ | 13 work | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 work | det |
| 13 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 much | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | like | gerund · passive | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF» | ||||||
| 2 | count | can | Office politics | much | as the work | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent much=Theme as work=Attribute |
Option 2
Tom won a prize in a raffle at work
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom | Tom | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 won | nsubj |
| 2 | won | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 prize | det |
| 4 | prize | prize | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 won | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 raffle | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 raffle | det |
| 7 | raffle | raffle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 won | obl |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 work | case |
| 9 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 won | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | win | past | Tom | a prize | a raffle | at work | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent prize=Theme at work=Asset |
Option 3
Tom stole money and the director let him off
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom | Tom | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 stole | nsubj |
| 2 | stole | steal | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 stole | obj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 let | cc |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 director | det |
| 6 | director | director | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 let | nsubj |
| 7 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 stole | conj |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 let | obj |
| 9 | off | off | ADP | _ | 7 let | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | steal | past | Tom | money | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location money=Theme | ||||
| 2 | let off | infinitive | the director | Tom | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
Option 4
The director made a mistake in a sum
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 director | det |
| 2 | director | director | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 made | nsubj |
| 3 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 mistake | det |
| 5 | mistake | mistake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 made | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 sum | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 sum | det |
| 8 | sum | sum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 made | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | the director | a mistake | a sum | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset mistake=Product |
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