Test 8 · ★ · Hospitals, operations and serious illness
Mum hisses at Dad, "Not in front of the kids, I don't get the results till Thursday." What is she waiting for?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mum, I · What happens: hiss, not get, wait · To what, where: front, results
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 21 «Hospitals, operations and serious illness» 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 hisses at Dad, "Not in front of the kids, I don't get the results till Thursday."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 hisses | nsubj |
| 2 | hisses | hiss | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 4 Dad | case |
| 4 | Dad | Dad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 hisses | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 front | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 front | punct |
| 7 | Not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 front | advmod |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 front | case |
| 9 | front | front | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 hisses | obl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 kids | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 kids | det |
| 12 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 front | nmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 get | punct |
| 14 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 17 get | nsubj |
| 15 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 get | aux |
| 16 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 17 get | advmod |
| 17 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 hisses | conj |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 results | det |
| 19 | results | result | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 get | obj |
| 20 | till | till | ADP | _ | 21 Thursday | case |
| 21 | Thursday | Thursday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 get | obl |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 hisses | punct |
| 23 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 hisses | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hiss | present | Mum | front of the kids | at Dad | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at dad=Location | |||
| 2 | not get in a quote | present · do-support | I | the results | thursday | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer result=Stimulus |
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 she waiting for?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 waiting | obj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 waiting | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 waiting | nsubj |
| 4 | waiting | wait | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 waiting | obl |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 waiting | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | present · progressive | Mum | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
The answers from her tests, which take time to come back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 answers | det |
| 2 | answers | answer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 take | nsubj |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 tests | case |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 tests | nmod:poss |
| 5 | tests | test | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 answers | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 take | punct |
| 7 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 take | nsubj |
| 8 | take | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 take | obj |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 come | mark |
| 11 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 time | acl |
| 12 | back | back | ADV | _ | 11 come | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | present | the answers from her tests | time | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | come back | to-infinitive | the answers from her tests not said here | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | test | her = she | nom test «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
The lottery numbers drawn on Thursday night
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 numbers | det |
| 2 | lottery | lottery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 numbers | compound |
| 3 | numbers | number | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | drawn | draw | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 numbers | acl |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 night | case |
| 6 | Thursday | Thursday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 night | compound |
| 7 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 drawn | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | draw | participle | the lottery numbers not said here | night | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Marks from a school exam she took last week at evening classes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marks | mark | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 took | nsubj |
| 2 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 exam | case |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 exam | det |
| 4 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 exam | compound |
| 5 | exam | exam | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 took | obl |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 took | nsubj |
| 7 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 week | amod |
| 9 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 took | obj |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 classes | case |
| 11 | evening | evening | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 classes | compound |
| 12 | classes | class | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 took | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past | Marks | a school exam | week | at evening classes | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent from exam=Source at class=Asset |
Option 4
A parcel that the hospital is posting to her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 parcel | det |
| 2 | parcel | parcel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 posting | nsubj |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 5 hospital | mark |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 hospital | det |
| 5 | hospital | hospital | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 parcel | acl |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 posting | aux |
| 7 | posting | post | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 her | case |
| 9 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 posting | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | post | present · progressive | a parcel | her = she | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to she=Destination |
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