Test 1 · ★ · Sore backs, glasses and feeling low
Dad on the phone: "Can't come to five-a-side, mate, back's gone again." What happened?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Dad · What happens: not come, be, happen · To what, where: five side
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 22 «Sore backs, glasses and feeling low» 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: Dad on the phone: "Can't come to five-a-side, mate, back's gone again."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 gone | nsubj |
| 2 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 phone | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 phone | det |
| 4 | phone | phone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Dad | nmod |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 come | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 come | punct |
| 7 | Ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 come | aux |
| 8 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 come | advmod |
| 9 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 gone | nsubj |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 side | case |
| 11 | five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 15 side | nummod |
| 12 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 15 side | punct |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 side | det |
| 14 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 13 a | punct |
| 15 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 come | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 mate | punct |
| 17 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 side | vocative |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 gone | punct |
| 19 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 gone | nsubj |
| 20 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 gone | cop |
| 21 | gone | gone | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 22 | again | again | ADV | _ | 21 gone | advmod |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 21 gone | punct |
| 24 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 21 gone | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not come in a quote | can | a five side | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to side=Initial_Location | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | Dad on the phone | again | gone 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: What happened?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 happened | nsubj |
| 2 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 happened | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | past | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
His back is hurting again, so he cannot play
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 back | nmod:poss |
| 2 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hurting | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 hurting | aux |
| 4 | hurting | hurt | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | again | again | ADV | _ | 4 hurting | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 play | punct |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 play | advmod |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 play | nsubj |
| 9 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 play | aux |
| 10 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 play | advmod |
| 11 | play | play | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 hurting | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hurt | present · progressive | His back | again | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | not play | can | back | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
His friend's back has gone into hospital
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 friend | nmod:poss |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 back | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 friend | case |
| 4 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 gone | nsubj |
| 5 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 gone | aux |
| 6 | gone | go | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | into | into | ADP | _ | 8 hospital | case |
| 8 | hospital | hospital | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 gone | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present · perfect | His friend's back | hospital | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into hospital=Initial_Location |
Option 3
His team has gone away to the match without him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 team | nmod:poss |
| 2 | team | team | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gone | nsubj |
| 3 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 gone | aux |
| 4 | gone | go | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | away | away | ADV | _ | 4 gone | advmod |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 match | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 match | det |
| 8 | match | match | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gone | obl |
| 9 | without | without | ADP | _ | 10 him | case |
| 10 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 match | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go away | present · perfect | His team | the match without him | away property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to match=Initial_Location |
Option 4
He has gone back home to fetch his boots
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 gone | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 gone | aux |
| 3 | gone | go | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | back | back | ADV | _ | 5 home | advmod |
| 5 | home | home | ADV | _ | 3 gone | advmod |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 fetch | mark |
| 7 | fetch | fetch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 gone | advcl |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 boots | nmod:poss |
| 9 | boots | boot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 fetch | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go back | present · perfect | He | home property | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 2 | fetch | to-infinitive | He not said here | his boots | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boot=Theme |
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