Test 10 · ★ · Shifts, nights and other ways of working
Mum: "Booked my two weeks for August, before Karen grabs them!" Why the hurry?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mum, Karen · What happens: book, grab · To what, where: them
This is test 10 · ★ 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: Mum: "Booked my two weeks for August, before Karen grabs them!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 Booked | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 Booked | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 Booked | punct |
| 4 | Booked | book | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 weeks | nmod:poss |
| 6 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 weeks | nummod |
| 7 | weeks | week | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 Booked | obj |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 August | case |
| 9 | August | August | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Booked | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 grabs | punct |
| 11 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 13 grabs | mark |
| 12 | Karen | Karen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 grabs | nsubj |
| 13 | grabs | grab | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 Booked | parataxis |
| 14 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 grabs | obj |
| 15 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 13 grabs | punct |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 grabs | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | book in a quote | participle | Mum | august; week | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | grab in a quote | present | Karen | them = they | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
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 the hurry?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Rel | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 hurry | det |
| 3 | hurry | hurry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Why | nsubj |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Not everyone can be off at the same time
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 2 everyone | advmod |
| 2 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 9 time | nsubj |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 time | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 time | cop |
| 5 | off | off | ADP | _ | 4 be | compound:prt |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 time | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 time | det |
| 8 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 time | amod |
| 9 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | can | everyone | at the same time | tree rules |
Option 2
August leave is unpaid
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | August | August | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 leave | compound |
| 2 | leave | leave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 unpaid | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 unpaid | cop |
| 4 | unpaid | unpaid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | August leave | unpaid property | tree rules |
Option 3
Karen will be her boss in August
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karen | Karen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 boss | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 boss | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 boss | cop |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 boss | nmod:poss |
| 5 | boss | boss | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 August | case |
| 7 | August | August | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 boss | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | future | Karen | Karen's boss | august | tree rules |
Option 4
Holiday disappears if you don't book it by Monday morning
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Holiday | holiday | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 disappears | nsubj |
| 2 | disappears | disappear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 book | mark |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 book | nsubj |
| 5 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 book | aux |
| 6 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 book | advmod |
| 7 | book | book | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 disappears | ccomp |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 book | obj |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 morning | case |
| 10 | Monday | Monday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 morning | compound |
| 11 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 book | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | disappear | present | Holiday | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | not book a condition, not said to happen | present · do-support | you | Holiday | morning | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
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