Test 1 · ★ · Police, courts and prison
Your brother: "Mum got pulled over, so she's a criminal now!" Put him right.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: she, you · What happens: pull over, be, put · To what, where: brother
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 30 «Police, courts and prison» 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 brother: "Mum got pulled over, so she's a criminal now!"
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 brother | nmod:poss |
| 2 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 pulled | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 pulled | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 pulled | punct |
| 5 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 pulled | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 pulled | aux:pass |
| 7 | pulled | pull | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | over | over | ADV | _ | 7 pulled | advmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 criminal | punct |
| 10 | so | so | ADV | _ | 14 criminal | advmod |
| 11 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 criminal | nsubj |
| 12 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 criminal | cop |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 criminal | det |
| 14 | criminal | criminal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 pulled | conj |
| 15 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 14 criminal | advmod |
| 16 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 7 pulled | punct |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 pulled | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pull over in a quote | past · passive | Your brother | over property | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: subject=Result | ||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | she | now | criminal 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: Put him 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 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc 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 | brother | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, she will go to court tomorrow
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 go | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 go | nsubj |
| 4 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 go | aux |
| 5 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 court | case |
| 7 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 go | obl |
| 8 | tomorrow | tomorrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 go | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | future | she | court | tomorrow | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to court=Initial_Location |
Option 2
Yes, anyone stopped by police is a criminal
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 9 criminal | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 9 criminal | nsubj |
| 4 | stopped | stop | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 anyone | acl |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 police | case |
| 6 | police | police | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 stopped | obl:agent |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 criminal | cop |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 criminal | det |
| 9 | criminal | criminal | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | participle | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ||||||
| 2 | is a | present | anyone | a criminal | tree rules |
Option 3
No, because mums cannot be stopped
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 8 stopped | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 stopped | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 8 stopped | mark |
| 4 | mums | mum | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 stopped | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 stopped | aux |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 stopped | advmod |
| 7 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 stopped | aux:pass |
| 8 | stopped | stop | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not stop | can · passive | mums | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
No, being stopped is a check, not an arrest
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 stopped | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 stopped | aux:pass |
| 4 | stopped | stop | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 check | amod |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 check | cop |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 check | det |
| 7 | check | check | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 arrest | punct |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 arrest | advmod |
| 10 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 arrest | det |
| 11 | arrest | arrest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 check | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | gerund · passive | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V» | ||||||
| 2 | is a | present | a stopped check and a arrest | tree rules |
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