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Test 1 · ★ · A new baby in the house

Overheard: "He was up at one, three, half four and six. I'm a zombie." Who is "he" most likely?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: He, I · What happens: overhear, be · To what, where: zombie · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 19 «A new baby in the house» 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: "He was up at one, three, half four and six.

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	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Overheard	punct
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 one	punct
4	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 one	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 one	cop
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 was	compound:prt
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 one	case
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	1 Overheard	parataxis
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 three	punct
10	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 one	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 four	punct
12	half	half	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	13 four	advmod
13	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 one	conj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 six	cc
15	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 four	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Overheard	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	overhear	participle							tree rules
2	is in a quote	past	He					at one	tree rules

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: I'm a zombie."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 zombie	nsubj
2	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 zombie	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 zombie	det
4	zombie	zombie	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 zombie	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 zombie	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	I	a zombie					tree rules

Sentence 3: Who is "he" most likely?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 likely	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 likely	cop
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 he	punct
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 likely	nsubj
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 he	punct
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 likely	advmod
7	likely	likely	ADV	_	root	root
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 likely	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						likely property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

A burglar trying to get in through the back door

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 burglar	det
2	burglar	burglar	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	trying	try	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 burglar	acl
4	to	to	PART	_	5 get	mark
5	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 trying	xcomp
6	in	in	ADV	_	5 get	advmod
7	through	through	ADP	_	10 door	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 door	det
9	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 door	compound
10	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 get	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	gerund	a burglar not said here						vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	get in not said to happen	to-infinitive	a burglar not said here			the back door			vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme through door=Destination

Option 2

A teenager playing video games

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 teenager	det
2	teenager	teenager	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	playing	play	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 teenager	acl
4	video	video	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 games	compound
5	games	game	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 playing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	gerund	a teenager not said here	video games					vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme

Option 3

A dog barking at the postman

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 dog	det
2	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	barking	bark	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 dog	acl
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 postman	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 postman	det
6	postman	postman	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 barking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bark	gerund	a dog not said here					at the postman	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at postman=Stimulus

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A newborn baby waking to feed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 baby	det
2	newborn	newborn	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 baby	amod
3	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	waking	wake	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 baby	acl
5	to	to	PART	_	6 feed	mark
6	feed	feed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 waking	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wake	gerund	a newborn baby not said here						tree rules
2	feed	to-infinitive	a newborn baby not said here						vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent

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