Test 3 · ★ · Police, courts and prison
Neighbour, shaking: "It's not the telly I care about, it's knowing someone was in our bedroom." Why is she upset?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Neighbour, someone, she · What happens: shake, not be, care, know, be · To what, where: telly, bedroom · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★ 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: Neighbour, shaking: "It's not the telly I care about, it's knowing someone was in our bedroom."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neighbour | neighbour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 care | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 shaking | punct |
| 3 | shaking | shake | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Neighbour | conj |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 telly | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 telly | punct |
| 6 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 telly | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 telly | cop |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 telly | advmod |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 telly | det |
| 10 | telly | telly | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 care | obl |
| 11 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 care | nsubj |
| 12 | care | care | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | about | about | ADV | _ | 12 care | advmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 knowing | punct |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 knowing | nsubj |
| 16 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 knowing | aux |
| 17 | knowing | know | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 care | advcl |
| 18 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 22 bedroom | nsubj |
| 19 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 bedroom | cop |
| 20 | in | in | ADP | _ | 22 bedroom | case |
| 21 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 bedroom | nmod:poss |
| 22 | bedroom | bedroom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 knowing | ccomp |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 care | punct |
| 24 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 care | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shake | gerund | Neighbour not said here | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 2 | not is a in a quote | present | Neighbour | the telly | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | care in a quote | present | Neighbour | about property | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 4 | know in a quote | present · progressive | Neighbour | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 5 | is in a quote | past | someone | our bedroom | 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: Why is she upset?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 upset | advmod |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 upset | cop |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 upset | nsubj |
| 4 | upset | upset | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 upset | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | she | upset property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
She did not like the telly much anyway
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 like | nsubj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 like | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 like | advmod |
| 4 | like | like | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 telly | det |
| 6 | telly | telly | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 like | obj |
| 7 | much | much | ADV | _ | 4 like | advmod |
| 8 | anyway | anyway | ADV | _ | 4 like | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not like | past · do-support | She | the telly | anyway property | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot telly=Theme |
Option 2
She is cross the burglar was untidy
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 cross | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 cross | cop |
| 3 | cross | cross | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 burglar | det |
| 5 | burglar | burglar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 untidy | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 untidy | cop |
| 7 | untidy | untidy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 cross | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | She | cross property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | past | the burglar | untidy property | tree rules |
Option 3
She wants a new bedroom
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 | 2 wants | nsubj |
| 2 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 bedroom | det |
| 4 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 bedroom | amod |
| 5 | bedroom | bedroom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wants | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | She | a new bedroom | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot bedroom=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Burglary makes people feel unsafe at home
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burglary | burglary | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 makes | nsubj |
| 2 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 makes | obj |
| 4 | feel | feel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 makes | xcomp |
| 5 | unsafe | unsafe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 feel | xcomp |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 home | case |
| 7 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 unsafe | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | Burglary | people | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | feel | infinitive | people not said here | unsafe property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
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