Test 5 · Screens, diets, sofas and late nights
Mum yawning at breakfast: "Shouldn't have watched three episodes." What is the link?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mum, link · What happens: yawn, not watch, be · To what, where: breakfast, three episodes
This is test 5 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: Mum yawning at breakfast: "Shouldn't have watched three episodes."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 yawning | nsubj |
| 2 | yawning | yawn | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 4 breakfast | case |
| 4 | breakfast | breakfast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 yawning | obl |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 watched | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 watched | punct |
| 7 | Should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 watched | aux |
| 8 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 watched | advmod |
| 9 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 10 watched | aux |
| 10 | watched | watch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 2 yawning | advcl |
| 11 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 12 episodes | nummod |
| 12 | episodes | episode | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 watched | obj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 watched | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 watched | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yawn | gerund | Mum | breakfast | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | not watch in a quote | should · perfect | Mum not said here | three episodes | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent episode=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: What is the link?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 link | det |
| 4 | link | link | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the link | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Watching TV always makes adults hungry in the morning
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Watching | watch | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 makes | csubj |
| 2 | TV | TV | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Watching | obj |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 4 makes | advmod |
| 4 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | adults | adult | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 makes | obj |
| 6 | hungry | hungry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 makes | xcomp |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 morning | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 morning | det |
| 9 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 makes | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | watch | gerund | TV | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tv=Theme | |||||
| 2 | make | present | Watching | adults | morning | always, hungry property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset adult=Product |
Option 2
The programme was about yawning
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 programme | det |
| 2 | programme | programme | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 yawning | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 yawning | aux |
| 4 | about | about | ADV | _ | 5 yawning | advmod |
| 5 | yawning | yawn | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yawn | past · progressive | the programme | about property | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
She did not watch anything last night
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 | 4 watch | nsubj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 watch | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 watch | advmod |
| 4 | watch | watch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 4 watch | obj |
| 6 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 night | amod |
| 7 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 watch | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not watch | past · do-support | She | anything | night | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Staying up late watching TV made her tired
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Staying | stay | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 made | csubj |
| 2 | up | up | ADP | _ | 1 Staying | compound:prt |
| 3 | late | late | ADV | Degree=Pos | 1 Staying | advmod |
| 4 | watching | watch | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Staying | advcl |
| 5 | TV | TV | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 watching | obj |
| 6 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 made | obj |
| 8 | tired | tired | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 made | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay up | gerund | late property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | watch | gerund | TV | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tv=Theme | |||||
| 3 | make | past | Staying | her = she | tired property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset she=Product |
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