Test 2 · ★ · Shifts, nights and other ways of working
Your cousin says: "My mum sleeps all day, she's just lazy." Put him right.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cousin, mum, you · What happens: say, sleep, be, put · To what, where: cousin · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★ 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: Your cousin says: "My mum sleeps all day, she's just lazy."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 2 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 sleeps | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 sleeps | punct |
| 6 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 mum | nmod:poss |
| 7 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 sleeps | nsubj |
| 8 | sleeps | sleep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | conj |
| 9 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 day | det |
| 10 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 sleeps | obl:unmarked |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 lazy | punct |
| 12 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 lazy | nsubj |
| 13 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 lazy | cop |
| 14 | just | just | ADV | _ | 15 lazy | advmod |
| 15 | lazy | lazy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 sleeps | ccomp |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 lazy | punct |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 lazy | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Your cousin | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | sleep in a quote | present | My mum | day | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | mum | lazy property | 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: Put him right.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Put | obj |
| 3 | right | right | ADV | _ | 1 Put | advmod |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | imperative | you not said here | cousin | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
She works night shifts and must sleep in the day
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 works | nsubj |
| 2 | works | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shifts | compound |
| 4 | shifts | shift | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 works | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 sleep | cc |
| 6 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 sleep | aux |
| 7 | sleep | sleep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 works | conj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 day | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 day | det |
| 10 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sleep | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | present | She | night shifts | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent shift=Material | ||||
| 2 | sleep | must | She not said here | day | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
She sleeps because she has no job
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 sleeps | nsubj |
| 2 | sleeps | sleep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 5 has | mark |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 has | nsubj |
| 5 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 sleeps | ccomp |
| 6 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 7 job | det |
| 7 | job | job | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 has | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sleep | present | She | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | have | present | she | no job | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Patient |
Option 3
She must be ill and should see a doctor
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 ill | nsubj |
| 2 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 ill | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 ill | cop |
| 4 | ill | ill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 see | cc |
| 6 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 see | aux |
| 7 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 ill | conj |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 doctor | det |
| 9 | doctor | doctor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 see | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | must | She | ill property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | see | should | She not said here | a doctor | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer doctor=Stimulus |
Option 4
He is right, sleeping in the day is lazy and always will be
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 sleeping | punct |
| 5 | sleeping | sleep | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 lazy | csubj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 day | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 day | det |
| 8 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sleeping | obl |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 lazy | cop |
| 10 | lazy | lazy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 right | parataxis |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 be | cc |
| 12 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 14 be | advmod |
| 13 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 be | aux |
| 14 | be | be | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 right | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | sleep | gerund | day | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is | present | sleeping | lazy property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | be | future | He not said here | always property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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