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Test 8 · ★ · What people leave behind

Josh grabs Mum's old ring off the shelf to try on. Mum: "Put that down NOW." Why is she so sharp?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Josh, Mum · What happens: grab, try on, put down, be · To what, where: old ring, shelf, that

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 26 «What people leave behind» 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: Josh grabs Mum's old ring off the shelf to try on.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Josh	Josh	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 grabs	nsubj
2	grabs	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Mum	Mum	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 ring	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Mum	case
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 ring	amod
6	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grabs	obj
7	off	off	ADP	_	9 shelf	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 shelf	det
9	shelf	shelf	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grabs	obl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 try	mark
11	try	try	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 grabs	advcl
12	on	on	ADP	_	11 try	compound:prt
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 grabs	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grab	present	Josh	Mum's old ring		the shelf			vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent ring=Theme off shelf=Source
2	try on	to-infinitive	Josh not said here						vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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: Mum: "Put that down NOW."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 Put	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 Put	punct
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 Put	punct
4	Put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 Put	obj
6	down	down	ADV	_	4 Put	advmod
7	NOW	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 Put	advmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 Put	punct
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 Put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put down in a quote	infinitive	Mum	that			now	down property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent that=Goal

Sentence 3: Why is she so sharp?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 sharp	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 sharp	cop
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sharp	nsubj
4	so	so	ADV	_	5 sharp	advmod
5	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 sharp	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Mum					sharp property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It belonged to someone who died and is precious to her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 belonged	nsubj
2	belonged	belong	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 someone	case
4	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 belonged	obl
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 died	nsubj
6	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 someone	acl:relcl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 precious	cc
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 precious	cop
9	precious	precious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 belonged	conj
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 her	case
11	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 precious	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	belong	past	It					to someone	vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme
2	die	past							vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
3	is	present			her = she			precious property	tree rules

Option 2

She was going to sell it tomorrow

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	3 going	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 going	aux
3	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 sell	mark
5	sell	sell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 going	xcomp
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sell	obj
7	tomorrow	tomorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sell	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past · progressive	She						vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	sell	to-infinitive	She not said here	it			tomorrow		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3

The ring is made of special glass and might break if it is dropped

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ring	det
2	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 made	aux:pass
4	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 glass	case
6	special	special	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 glass	amod
7	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 break	cc
9	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 break	aux
10	break	break	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 made	conj
11	if	if	SCONJ	_	14 dropped	mark
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 dropped	nsubj:pass
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 dropped	aux:pass
14	dropped	drop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 break	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · passive		the ring				of special glass	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
2	break	might							vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	drop a condition, not said to happen	present · passive		ring					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

Rings are against the rules for children

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rings	ring	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 rules	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 rules	cop
3	against	against	ADP	_	5 rules	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 rules	det
5	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 children	case
7	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 rules	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Rings					against the rules; for children	tree rules

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