Test 3 · When things break: boilers, plumbers and paint
dad's up the ladder with a drill going "how hard can it be" and mum's like "oh god here we go". why's mum worried
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad, mum, we · What happens: be, go, worry · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 of lesson 11 «When things break: boilers, plumbers and paint» 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ladder | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 ladder | cop |
| 3 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 ladder | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 ladder | det |
| 5 | ladder | ladder | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 drill | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 drill | det |
| 8 | drill | drill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 be | obl |
| 9 | going | go | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 15 be | csubj |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 hard | punct |
| 11 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 12 hard | advmod |
| 12 | hard | hard | ADV | Degree=Pos | 9 going | advmod |
| 13 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 15 be | aux |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 be | nsubj |
| 15 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 ladder | acl |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 be | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 god | cc |
| 18 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 god | nsubj |
| 19 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 23 god | cop |
| 20 | like | like | ADP | _ | 23 god | case |
| 21 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 23 god | punct |
| 22 | oh | oh | INTJ | _ | 23 god | discourse |
| 23 | god | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 ladder | parataxis |
| 24 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 26 go | advmod |
| 25 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 26 go | nsubj |
| 26 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 23 god | parataxis |
| 27 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 26 go | punct |
| 28 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 ladder | punct |
| 29 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 ladder | acl:relcl |
| 30 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 29 why | case |
| 31 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 worried | nsubj |
| 32 | worried | worry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 why | advcl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | dad | up the ladder | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | go | gerund | hard property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | mum | like god | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | go in a quote | present | we | here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | worry | past | mum | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
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
Mum wants to do the DIY herself first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wants | nsubj |
| 2 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 do | mark |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wants | xcomp |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 DIY | det |
| 6 | DIY | DIY | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 do | obj |
| 7 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 4 do | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 4 do | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | Mum | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | do not said to happen | to-infinitive | Mum not said here | the DIY | Mum obl:unmarked; first property | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent diy=Eventuality |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
DIY can go wrong and end up costing more
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DIY | diy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 go | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 go | aux |
| 3 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 go | xcomp |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 end | cc |
| 6 | end | end | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 go | conj |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 6 end | compound:prt |
| 8 | costing | cost | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 end | xcomp |
| 9 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 8 costing | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | can | DIY | wrong property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | end up | present | DIY not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | cost | gerund | DIY not said here | more | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme more=Value |
Option 3
Ladders are against the law in houses
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ladders | ladder | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 law | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 law | cop |
| 3 | against | against | ADP | _ | 5 law | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 law | det |
| 5 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 houses | case |
| 7 | houses | house | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 law | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Ladders | houses | against the law | tree rules |
Option 4
Drills only work for proper electricians
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Drills | drill | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 work | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 work | advmod |
| 3 | work | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 electricians | case |
| 5 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 electricians | amod |
| 6 | electricians | electrician | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 work | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | present | Drills | for proper electricians | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for electrician=Beneficiary |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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