Test 6 · When things break: boilers, plumbers and paint
On the news: "Thousands of tenants say their landlords ignore mould." What does the news story mean?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Thousands, landlords, news story · What happens: say, ignore, mean · To what, where: news, mould · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 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
Sentence 1: On the news: "Thousands of tenants say their landlords ignore mould."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | On | on | ADP | _ | 3 news | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 news | det |
| 3 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 say | obl |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 3 news | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 Thousands | punct |
| 6 | Thousands | thousand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 say | nsubj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 tenants | case |
| 8 | tenants | tenant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 Thousands | nmod |
| 9 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 landlords | nmod:poss |
| 11 | landlords | landlord | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 ignore | nsubj |
| 12 | ignore | ignore | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 say | ccomp |
| 13 | mould | mould | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 ignore | obj |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 say | punct |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert in a quote | present | Thousands of tenants | the news | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | ignore in a quote | present | Thousands's landlords | mould | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mould=Theme |
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 does the news story mean?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 mean | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 mean | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 story | det |
| 4 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 story | compound |
| 5 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 mean | nsubj |
| 6 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 mean | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present · do-support | the news story | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1
Landlords are complaining about their tenants' cooking making the walls wet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Landlords | landlord | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 complaining | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 complaining | aux |
| 3 | complaining | complain | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | about | about | ADP | _ | 8 cooking | case |
| 5 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 tenants | nmod:poss |
| 6 | tenants | tenant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 cooking | nmod:poss |
| 7 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 6 tenants | case |
| 8 | cooking | cooking | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 complaining | obl |
| 9 | making | make | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 12 wet | csubj |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 walls | det |
| 11 | walls | wall | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 making | obj |
| 12 | wet | wet | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 complaining | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | complain speech: other | present · progressive | Landlords | about Landlords's tenants's cooking | vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about cooking=Topic | ||||
| 2 | make | gerund | the walls | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset wall=Product | |||||
| 3 | wet | present | making | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 4 | cook | Landlords's tenants | nom cooking «act intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2
Mould has been found in supermarket food
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mould | mould | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 found | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 found | aux |
| 3 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 found | aux:pass |
| 4 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 food | case |
| 6 | supermarket | supermarket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 food | compound |
| 7 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 found | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | present · perfect · passive | Mould | supermarket food | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
Option 3
Tenants are growing mould on purpose
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tenants | tenant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 growing | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 growing | aux |
| 3 | growing | grow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | mould | mould | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 growing | obj |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 purpose | case |
| 6 | purpose | purpose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 growing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | present · progressive | Tenants | mould | purpose | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location mould=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
People renting homes say their landlords are not fixing damp
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | People | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 fixing | nsubj |
| 2 | renting | rent | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 People | acl |
| 3 | homes | home | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 say | nsubj |
| 4 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 renting | ccomp |
| 5 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 landlords | nmod:poss |
| 6 | landlords | landlord | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 say | obj |
| 7 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 fixing | aux |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 fixing | advmod |
| 9 | fixing | fix | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 10 | damp | damp | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 fixing | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rent | gerund | People not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | homes | homes's landlords | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent landlord=Topic | ||||
| 3 | not fix | present · progressive | People | damp property | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent |
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