Test 7 · ★ · Police, courts and prison
Dad, fuming: "Sixty quid and three points, for doing 36 in a bloody 30!" What did he do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Dad · What happens: fume, do · To what, where: Sixty quid, 36, bloody 30
This is test 7 · ★ 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: Dad, fuming: "Sixty quid and three points, for doing 36 in a bloody 30!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fuming | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 fuming | punct |
| 3 | fuming | fume | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 quid | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 quid | punct |
| 6 | Sixty | sixty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 quid | nummod |
| 7 | quid | quid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fuming | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 points | cc |
| 9 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 points | nummod |
| 10 | points | point | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 quid | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 doing | punct |
| 12 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 13 doing | mark |
| 13 | doing | do | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 fuming | conj |
| 14 | 36 | 36 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 13 doing | obj |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 30 | case |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 30 | det |
| 17 | bloody | bloody | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 30 | amod |
| 18 | 30 | 30 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 13 doing | obl |
| 19 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 3 fuming | punct |
| 20 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 fuming | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fume | gerund | Dad | Sixty quid and three points | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | do in a quote | gerund | Dad not said here | 36 | a bloody 30 | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 36=Eventuality |
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 did he do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past · do-support | Dad | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
He drove faster than the speed limit
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 | 2 drove | nsubj |
| 2 | drove | drive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | faster | fast | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 2 drove | advmod |
| 4 | than | than | ADP | _ | 7 limit | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 limit | det |
| 6 | speed | speed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 limit | compound |
| 7 | limit | limit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 faster | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drive | past | He | fast property | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
He parked on the double yellow lines
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 | 2 parked | nsubj |
| 2 | parked | park | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 lines | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 lines | det |
| 5 | double | double | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 lines | amod |
| 6 | yellow | yellow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 lines | amod |
| 7 | lines | line | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 parked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | park | past | He | the double yellow lines | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on line=Destination |
Option 3
He drove through a red light
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 | 2 drove | nsubj |
| 2 | drove | drive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | through | through | ADP | _ | 6 light | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 light | det |
| 5 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 light | amod |
| 6 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 drove | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drive | past | He | a red light | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent through light=Trajectory |
Option 4
He forgot to pay for petrol
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 | 2 forgot | nsubj |
| 2 | forgot | forget | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 pay | mark |
| 4 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 forgot | xcomp |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 petrol | case |
| 6 | petrol | petrol | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 pay | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forget | past | He | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | not pay | to-infinitive | He not said here | for petrol | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for petrol=Theme |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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