Test 5 · Dates, engagements and weddings
overheard on the phone: "Did you see the rock on her finger?? Finally! When's the big day?" What is the gossip about?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, gossip · What happens: overhear, see, be · To what, where: phone, rock, finger, big day
This is test 5 of lesson 13 «Dates, engagements and weddings» 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: overheard on the phone: "Did you see the rock on her finger??
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | overheard | overhear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 2 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 phone | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 phone | det |
| 4 | phone | phone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 overheard | obl |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 see | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 see | punct |
| 7 | Did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 see | aux |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 see | nsubj |
| 9 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 overheard | conj |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 rock | det |
| 11 | rock | rock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 see | obj |
| 12 | on | on | ADP | _ | 14 finger | case |
| 13 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 finger | nmod:poss |
| 14 | finger | finger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 see | obl |
| 15 | ?? | ?? | PUNCT | _ | 1 overheard | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | overhear | participle | the phone | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | see in a quote | past · do-support | you | the rock | her finger | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rock=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: Finally!
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finally | finally | ADV | _ | root | root |
| 2 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 1 Finally | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: When's the big day?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 day | advmod |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 day | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 day | det |
| 4 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 day | amod |
| 5 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 day | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 day | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the big day | tree rules |
Sentence 4: What is the gossip about?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 gossip | det |
| 4 | gossip | gossip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | about | about | ADP | _ | 4 gossip | nmod |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the gossip | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Someone has found a big stone in the garden
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 3 found | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 found | aux |
| 3 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 stone | det |
| 5 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 stone | amod |
| 6 | stone | stone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 found | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 garden | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 garden | det |
| 9 | garden | garden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 found | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | present · perfect | Someone | a big stone | the garden | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=Topic |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Someone has got engaged with a ring
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 4 engaged | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 engaged | aux |
| 3 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 engaged | aux:pass |
| 4 | engaged | engage | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 ring | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 ring | det |
| 7 | ring | ring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 engaged | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | engage | present · perfect · passive | Someone | with a ring | tree rules |
Option 3
Someone has hurt her finger
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 3 hurt | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 hurt | aux |
| 3 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 finger | nmod:poss |
| 5 | finger | finger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hurt | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hurt | present · perfect · passive | Someone | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer finger=Result |
Option 4
Someone is going rock climbing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 3 going | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 going | aux |
| 3 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | rock | rock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 climbing | compound |
| 5 | climbing | climbing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 going | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present · progressive | Someone | rock climbing | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location climbing=Theme |
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