Test 11 · ★ · A new baby in the house
Gran: "Sunday, church at eleven, he's having water poured on his head, so behave." What is happening?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Gran · What happens: have, pour, behave, happen · To what, where: water, head
This is test 11 · ★ 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: Gran: "Sunday, church at eleven, he's having water poured on his head, so behave."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gran | gran | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 behave | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 Sunday | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 Sunday | punct |
| 4 | Sunday | Sunday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Gran | appos |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 church | punct |
| 6 | church | church | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 Sunday | appos |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 eleven | case |
| 8 | eleven | eleven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 church | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 having | punct |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 having | nsubj |
| 11 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 having | aux |
| 12 | having | have | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Gran | conj |
| 13 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 having | obj |
| 14 | poured | pour | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 water | acl |
| 15 | on | on | ADP | _ | 17 head | case |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 head | nmod:poss |
| 17 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 poured | obl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 behave | punct |
| 19 | so | so | ADV | _ | 20 behave | advmod |
| 20 | behave | behave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 20 behave | punct |
| 22 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 20 behave | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have in a quote | present · progressive | Gran | water | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient | ||||
| 2 | pour in a quote | participle | water not said here | Gran's head | vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source | ||||
| 3 | behave in a quote | infinitive | Gran | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent |
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 is happening?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 happening | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 happening | aux |
| 3 | happening | happen | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 happening | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | present · progressive | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The baby's first swimming lesson
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 baby | det |
| 2 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lesson | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 baby | case |
| 4 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 6 lesson | amod |
| 5 | swimming | swimming | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lesson | compound |
| 6 | lesson | lesson | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
A wedding in the family
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 wedding | det |
| 2 | wedding | wedding | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 family | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 family | det |
| 5 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wedding | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
The baby's christening
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 baby | det |
| 2 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 christening | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 baby | case |
| 4 | christening | christening | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | christen | the baby | nom christening «act transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
The baby's first birthday party
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 baby | det |
| 2 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 party | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 baby | case |
| 4 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 6 party | amod |
| 5 | birthday | birthday | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 party | compound |
| 6 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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