Test 8 · When things break: boilers, plumbers and paint Mum painted the bedroom yesterday and it looks stripy. Your brother says "she did it wrong, ha". Put him right.
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mum, bedroom, brother, you · What happens: paint, look, say, do, put · To what, where: bedroom, brother · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 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: Mum painted the bedroom yesterday and it looks stripy.
nsubj det obj obl:unmarked cc nsubj conj xcomp punct root Mum NOUN painted VERB the DET bedroom NOUN yesterday NOUN and CCONJ it PRON looks VERB stripy ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 2 painted nsubj 2 painted paint VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 bedroom det 4 bedroom bedroom NOUN Number=Sing 2 painted obj 5 yesterday yesterday NOUN Number=Sing 2 painted obl:unmarked 6 and and CCONJ _ 8 looks cc 7 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 looks nsubj 8 looks look VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 painted conj 9 stripy stripy ADJ Degree=Pos 8 looks xcomp 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 painted punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 paint past Mum the bedroom yesterday vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent bedroom=Destination 2 look present bedroom stripy property vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
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: Your brother says "she did it wrong, ha".
nmod:poss nsubj punct nsubj ccomp obj xcomp punct discourse punct punct root Your PRON brother NOUN says VERB " PUNCT she PRON did VERB it PRON wrong ADJ , PUNCT ha INTJ " PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 brother nmod:poss 2 brother brother NOUN Number=Sing 3 says nsubj 3 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 " " PUNCT _ 6 did punct 5 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 did nsubj 6 did do VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 says ccomp 7 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 did obj 8 wrong wrong ADJ Degree=Pos 6 did xcomp 9 , , PUNCT _ 10 ha punct 10 ha ha INTJ _ 6 did discourse 11 " " PUNCT _ 6 did punct 12 . . PUNCT _ 3 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Your brother vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 do in a quote past Mum bedroom wrong property vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
Sentence 3: Put him right.
obj advmod punct root Put VERB him PRON right ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Put put VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Put obj 3 right right ADV _ 1 Put advmod 4 . . PUNCT _ 1 Put punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 put imperative you not said here brother right property vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal
The options Option 1 Stripy paint means the wall is damp
amod nsubj det nsubj cop ccomp root Stripy ADJ paint NOUN means VERB the DET wall NOUN is AUX damp ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Stripy stripy ADJ Degree=Pos 2 paint amod 2 paint paint NOUN Number=Sing 3 means nsubj 3 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 wall det 5 wall wall NOUN Number=Sing 7 damp nsubj 6 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 damp cop 7 damp damp ADJ Degree=Pos 3 means ccomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Stripy paint vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent 2 is present the wall damp property tree rules
Option 2 She used the wrong kind of brush on purpose to make a pattern of stripes
The tree, 15 words nsubj det amod obj case nmod case obl mark advcl det obj case nmod root She PRON used VERB the DET wrong ADJ kind NOUN of ADP brush NOUN on ADP purpose NOUN to PART make VERB a DET pattern NOUN of ADP stripes NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 used nsubj 2 used use VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 kind det 4 wrong wrong ADJ Degree=Pos 5 kind amod 5 kind kind NOUN Number=Sing 2 used obj 6 of of ADP _ 7 brush case 7 brush brush NOUN Number=Sing 5 kind nmod 8 on on ADP _ 9 purpose case 9 purpose purpose NOUN Number=Sing 2 used obl 10 to to PART _ 11 make mark 11 make make VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 used advcl 12 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 13 pattern det 13 pattern pattern NOUN Number=Sing 11 make obj 14 of of ADP _ 15 stripes case 15 stripes stripe NOUN Number=Plur 13 pattern nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 use past She the wrong kind of brush purpose vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kind=Patient 2 make to-infinitive She not said here a pattern of stripes vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset pattern=Product 3 pattern stripes nom pattern «cognition intransitive»: of=agent
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer One coat often looks patchy, it needs a second coat when dry
nummod nsubj advmod xcomp punct nsubj conj det amod obj mark advcl root One NUM coat NOUN often ADV looks VERB patchy ADJ , PUNCT it PRON needs VERB a DET second ADJ coat NOUN when SCONJ dry ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 One one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 2 coat nummod 2 coat coat NOUN Number=Sing 4 looks nsubj 3 often often ADV _ 4 looks advmod 4 looks look VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 patchy patchy ADJ Degree=Pos 4 looks xcomp 6 , , PUNCT _ 8 needs punct 7 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 needs nsubj 8 needs need VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 looks conj 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 coat det 10 second second ADJ Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord 11 coat amod 11 coat coat NOUN Number=Sing 8 needs obj 12 when when SCONJ _ 13 dry mark 13 dry dry ADJ Degree=Pos 8 needs advcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 look present One coat often, patchy property vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus 2 need present coat a second coat vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot coat=Theme
Option 4 It will stay stripy forever now
nsubj aux xcomp advmod advmod root It PRON will AUX stay VERB stripy ADJ forever ADV now ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 stay nsubj 2 will will AUX VerbForm=Fin 3 stay aux 3 stay stay VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 4 stripy stripy ADJ Degree=Pos 3 stay xcomp 5 forever forever ADV _ 3 stay advmod 6 now now ADV PronType=Dem 3 stay advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 stay future It now forever, stripy property vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
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