Test 1 · Screens, diets, sofas and late nights

Your sister says "Grandad wasn't asleep, he said he was only resting his eyes!" Put her right.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: sister, Grandad, you · What happens: say, not be, rest, put · To what, where: eyes, sister · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 of lesson 29 «Screens, diets, sofas and late nights» 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 sister says "Grandad wasn't asleep, he said he was only resting his eyes!"

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 sister	nmod:poss
2	sister	sister	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 asleep	punct
5	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 asleep	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 asleep	cop
7	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 asleep	advmod
8	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 says	ccomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 said	punct
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 said	nsubj
11	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 asleep	conj
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 resting	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 resting	aux
14	only	only	ADV	_	15 resting	advmod
15	resting	rest	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 said	ccomp
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 eyes	nmod:poss
17	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 resting	obj
18	!	!	PUNCT	_	8 asleep	punct
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 asleep	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: express	present	Your sister			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	not is in a quote	past	Grandad		asleep property	tree rules
3	say speech: assert in a quote	past	Grandad			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	rest in a quote	past · progressive	Grandad	Grandad's eyes		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location eye=Theme

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 her 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	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem 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		sister			right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent she=Goal

The options

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

He was napping; "resting my eyes" is a joke for falling asleep

The tree, 12 words

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 napping	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 napping	aux
3	napping	nap	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 joke	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 resting	punct
6	resting	rest	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 joke	csubj
7	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 eyes	nmod:poss
8	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 resting	obj
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 resting	punct
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 joke	cop
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 joke	det
12	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 napping	conj
13	for	for	SCONJ	_	14 falling	mark
14	falling	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 joke	acl
15	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 falling	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	nap	past · progressive	He			vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	rest in a quote	gerund		my eyes		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location eye=Theme
3	be speech: other	present	resting	a joke		tree rules
4	fall	gerund	a joke not said here		asleep property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

He really was just closing his eyes for a second and heard every word

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	5 closing	nsubj
2	really	really	ADV	_	5 closing	advmod
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 closing	aux
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 closing	advmod
5	closing	close	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 eyes	nmod:poss
7	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 closing	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 second	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 second	det
10	second	second	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 closing	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 heard	cc
12	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 closing	conj
13	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	14 word	det
14	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 heard	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	close	past · progressive	He	his eyes			second		vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient
2	hear	past	He not said here	every word					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus

Option 3

He was doing an eye exercise

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 doing	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 doing	aux
3	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 exercise	det
5	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 exercise	compound
6	exercise	exercise	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 doing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past · progressive	He	a eye exercise					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent exercise=Eventuality

Option 4

He was listening to the radio

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 listening	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 listening	aux
3	listening	listen	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 radio	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 radio	det
6	radio	radio	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 listening	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	listen	past · progressive	He					to the radio	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to radio=Theme

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