Test 7 · A day at a grown-up's job
Mum is in her slippers at the laptop and you want to show her a drawing. What is best?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mum, you · What happens: be, want, show · To what, where: slippers, drawing, her
This is test 7 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 is in her slippers at the laptop and you want to show her a drawing.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 slippers | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 slippers | cop |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 slippers | case |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 slippers | nmod:poss |
| 5 | slippers | slipper | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 laptop | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 laptop | det |
| 8 | laptop | laptop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 slippers | nmod |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 want | cc |
| 10 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 11 want | nsubj |
| 11 | want | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 slippers | conj |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 show | mark |
| 13 | show | show | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 want | xcomp |
| 14 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 show | iobj |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 drawing | det |
| 16 | drawing | drawing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 show | obj |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 slippers | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Mum | her slippers | at the laptop | tree rules | |||
| 2 | want | present | you | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | show not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | a drawing | her = she | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient drawing=Topic |
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 best?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 best | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 best | cop |
| 3 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 best | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | good property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Shout from the stairs until she comes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shout | shout | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | from | from | ADP | _ | 4 stairs | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 stairs | det |
| 4 | stairs | stair | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Shout | obl |
| 5 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 7 comes | mark |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 comes | nsubj |
| 7 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Shout | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | imperative | you not said here | the stairs | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | come | present | she | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Knock, then wait for her break
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Knock | knock | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 wait | punct |
| 3 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 wait | advmod |
| 4 | wait | wait | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Knock | conj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 break | case |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 break | nmod:poss |
| 7 | break | break | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wait | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | knock | imperative | you not said here | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 2 | wait | infinitive | you not said here | then | for her break | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 3 | break | her = she | nom break «event transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
Leave it on the keyboard while she types
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Leave | obj |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 keyboard | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 keyboard | det |
| 5 | keyboard | keyboard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Leave | obl |
| 6 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 8 types | mark |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 types | nsubj |
| 8 | types | type | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Leave | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | imperative | you not said here | it | the keyboard | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme on keyboard=Location | |||
| 2 | type | present | she | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Climb on her lap during her call
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Climb | climb | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 lap | case |
| 3 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 lap | nmod:poss |
| 4 | lap | lap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Climb | nmod |
| 5 | during | during | ADP | _ | 7 call | case |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 call | nmod:poss |
| 7 | call | call | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Climb | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | her = she | nom call «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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