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Test 1 · ★ · Shifts, nights and other ways of working

Overheard: "Can't do Sam's party Sat, I'm on lates." Why can't she go?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, Sam · What happens: overhear, not do, be, not go · To what, where: lates · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 2 «Shifts, nights and other ways of working» 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: "Can't do Sam's party Sat, I'm on lates."

punctpunctauxadvmodparataxisnmod:posscasenmod:descobjpunctnsubjcopcaseconjpunctpunctrootOverheardVERB:PUNCT"PUNCTCaAUXn'tPARTdoVERBSamPROPN'sPARTpartyNOUNSatPROPN,PUNCTIPRON'mAUXonADPlatesNOUN.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1OverheardoverhearVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
2::PUNCT_1 Overheardpunct
3""PUNCT_6 dopunct
4CacanAUXVerbForm=Fin6 doaux
5n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg6 doadvmod
6dodoVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin1 Overheardparataxis
7SamSamPROPNNumber=Sing9 partynmod:poss
8's'sPART_7 Samcase
9partypartyNOUNNumber=Sing10 Satnmod:desc
10SatSaturdayPROPNNumber=Sing6 doobj
11,,PUNCT_15 latespunct
12IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs15 latesnsubj
13'mbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin15 latescop
14ononADP_15 latescase
15lateslateNOUNNumber=Plur10 Satconj
16..PUNCT_6 dopunct
17""PUNCT_6 dopunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1overhearparticipletree rules
2not do in a quotecansaturdayvn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3is in a quotepresentIlatestree 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: Why can't she go?

advmodauxadvmodnsubjpunctrootWhyADVcaAUXn'tPARTshePRONgoVERB?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhywhyADVPronType=Int5 goadvmod
2cacanAUXVerbForm=Fin5 goaux
3n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg5 goadvmod
4sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 gonsubj
5gogoVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
6??PUNCT_5 gopunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not gocanSamvn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

She doesn't like Sam

nsubjauxadvmodobjrootShePRONdoesAUXn'tPARTlikeVERBSamPROPN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 likensubj
2doesdoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 likeaux
3n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg4 likeadvmod
4likelikeVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5SamSamPROPNNumber=Sing4 likeobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not likepresent · do-supportSheSamvn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot sam=Theme

Option 2

She is always late for parties and doesn't like it

nsubjcopadvmodcaseoblccauxadvmodconjobjrootShePRONisAUXalwaysADVlateADJforADPpartiesNOUNandCCONJdoesAUXn'tPARTlikeVERBitPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 latensubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 latecop
3alwaysalwaysADVPronType=Tot4 lateadvmod
4latelateADJDegree=Posrootroot
5forforADP_6 partiescase
6partiespartyNOUNNumber=Plur4 lateobl
7andandCCONJ_10 likecc
8doesdoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin10 likeaux
9n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg10 likeadvmod
10likelikeVERBVerbForm=Inf4 lateconj
11ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs10 likeobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentShefor parties; always, late propertytree rules
2not likepresent · do-supportShe not said hereitvn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Her rota has her working that evening

nmod:possnsubjnsubjxcompdetobjrootHerPRONrotaNOUNhasVERBherPRONworkingVERBthatDETeveningNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HerherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 rotanmod:poss
2rotarotaNOUNNumber=Sing3 hasnsubj
3hashaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 workingnsubj
5workingworkVERBVerbForm=Ger3 hasxcomp
6thatthatDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem7 eveningdet
7eveningeveningNOUNNumber=Sing5 workingobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1havepresentHer rotatree rules
2workgerundrotaeveningvn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

She has to sleep all day Saturday

nsubjmarkxcompdetobl:unmarkedobl:unmarkedrootShePRONhasVERBtoPARTsleepVERBallDETdayNOUNSaturdayPROPN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 hasnsubj
2hashaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3totoPART_4 sleepmark
4sleepsleepVERBVerbForm=Inf2 hasxcomp
5allallDETPronType=Tot6 daydet
6daydayNOUNNumber=Sing4 sleepobl:unmarked
7SaturdaySaturdayPROPNNumber=Sing4 sleepobl:unmarked
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1havepresentShetree rules
2sleepto-infinitiveShe not said hereday; saturdayvn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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