Test 11 · ★ · Funerals and remembering
A man shoos you off a bench: "That's someone's memorial, show some respect!" Is he right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: man, That · What happens: shoo off, be, show · To what, where: you, memorial, respect · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 25 «Funerals and remembering» 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: A man shoos you off a bench: "That's someone's memorial, show some respect!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 man | det |
| 2 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shoos | nsubj |
| 3 | shoos | shoo | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 shoos | obj |
| 5 | off | off | ADP | _ | 3 shoos | compound:prt |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 bench | det |
| 7 | bench | bench | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shoos | obj |
| 8 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 14 memorial | punct |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 memorial | punct |
| 10 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 14 memorial | nsubj |
| 11 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 memorial | cop |
| 12 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 14 memorial | nmod:poss |
| 13 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 12 someone | case |
| 14 | memorial | memorial | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shoos | parataxis |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 show | punct |
| 16 | show | show | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 shoos | parataxis |
| 17 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 18 respect | det |
| 18 | respect | respect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 show | obj |
| 19 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 16 show | punct |
| 20 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 show | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shoo off | present | a man | you | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | That | someone's memorial | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | show in a quote | infinitive | some respect | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent respect=Recipient |
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: Is he right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | man | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, only the family may ever sit there
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 8 sit | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 family | advmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 family | det |
| 5 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 sit | nsubj |
| 6 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 sit | aux |
| 7 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 8 sit | advmod |
| 8 | sit | sit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 9 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 8 sit | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sit | may | the family | there | ever | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
No, memorial benches are meant to be sat on
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 meant | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | memorial | memorial | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 benches | amod |
| 4 | benches | bench | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 meant | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 meant | aux:pass |
| 6 | meant | mean | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 sat | mark |
| 8 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 sat | aux:pass |
| 9 | sat | sit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 meant | xcomp |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 sat | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present · passive | memorial benches | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | sit on not said to happen | to-infinitive · passive | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V» |
Option 3
Yes, memorial benches are only for looking at
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 8 looking | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | memorial | memorial | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 benches | amod |
| 4 | benches | bench | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 looking | nsubj |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 looking | aux |
| 6 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 looking | advmod |
| 7 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 8 looking | mark |
| 8 | looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 looking | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | present · progressive | memorial benches | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 4
No, because the bench belongs to the council
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 belongs | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 belongs | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 6 belongs | mark |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 bench | det |
| 5 | bench | bench | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 belongs | nsubj |
| 6 | belongs | belong | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 council | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 council | det |
| 9 | council | council | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 belongs | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | belong | present | the bench | to the council | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |
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