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."
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 | _ | 6 do | punct |
| 4 | Ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 do | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 do | advmod |
| 6 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Overheard | parataxis |
| 7 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 party | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 Sam | case |
| 9 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 Sat | nmod:desc |
| 10 | Sat | Saturday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 do | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 lates | punct |
| 12 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 15 lates | nsubj |
| 13 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 lates | cop |
| 14 | on | on | ADP | _ | 15 lates | case |
| 15 | lates | late | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 Sat | conj |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 do | punct |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | overhear | participle | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | not do in a quote | can | saturday | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | I | lates | 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: Why can't she go?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 go | advmod |
| 2 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 go | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 go | advmod |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 go | nsubj |
| 5 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 go | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not go | can | Sam | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
She doesn't like Sam
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 | 4 like | nsubj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 like | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 like | advmod |
| 4 | like | like | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 like | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not like | present · do-support | She | Sam | vn 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
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 | 4 late | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 late | cop |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 4 late | advmod |
| 4 | late | late | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 parties | case |
| 6 | parties | party | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 late | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 like | cc |
| 8 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 like | aux |
| 9 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 like | advmod |
| 10 | like | like | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 late | conj |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 like | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | She | for parties; always, late property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not like | present · do-support | She not said here | it | vn 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 rota | nmod:poss |
| 2 | rota | rota | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 has | nsubj |
| 3 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 working | nsubj |
| 5 | working | work | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 has | xcomp |
| 6 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 7 evening | det |
| 7 | evening | evening | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 working | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | Her rota | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | work | gerund | rota | evening | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
She has to sleep all day Saturday
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 has | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 sleep | mark |
| 4 | sleep | sleep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 has | xcomp |
| 5 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 day | det |
| 6 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sleep | obl:unmarked |
| 7 | Saturday | Saturday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 sleep | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | She | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | sleep | to-infinitive | She not said here | day; saturday | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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