Test 5 · ★ · Bad news, protests and helping others
Mum after the news: «Those poor families, I've sent twenty quid to the Red Cross.» Why did she do it?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mum · What happens: send, do · To what, where: Mum, quid
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 32 «Bad news, protests and helping others» 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 after the news: «Those poor families, I've sent twenty quid to the Red Cross.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 sent | nsubj |
| 2 | after | after | ADP | _ | 4 news | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 news | det |
| 4 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Mum | nmod |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 13 sent | punct |
| 6 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 13 sent | punct |
| 7 | Those | that | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 9 families | det |
| 8 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 families | amod |
| 9 | families | family | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 sent | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 families | punct |
| 11 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 13 sent | nsubj |
| 12 | 've | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 sent | aux |
| 13 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 14 | twenty | twenty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 15 quid | nummod |
| 15 | quid | quid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 sent | obj |
| 16 | to | to | ADP | _ | 19 Cross | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 Cross | det |
| 18 | Red | Red | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 Cross | flat |
| 19 | Cross | Cross | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 sent | obl |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 sent | punct |
| 21 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 13 sent | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send in a quote | present · perfect · passive | Mum after the news | to the Red Cross | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination quid=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: Why did she do it?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 do | advmod |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 do | obj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past · do-support | Mum | quid | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
To help bring food and medicine to people in a war
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 help | mark |
| 2 | help | help | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 help | xcomp |
| 4 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 bring | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 medicine | cc |
| 6 | medicine | medicine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 food | conj |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 people | case |
| 8 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 bring | obl |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 war | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 war | det |
| 11 | war | war | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 bring | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | to-infinitive | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | bring | infinitive | food and medicine | people | a war | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent food=Theme to people=Destination |
Option 2
To pay a fine she had forgotten
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 pay | mark |
| 2 | pay | pay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 fine | det |
| 4 | fine | fine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 pay | obj |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 forgotten | nsubj |
| 6 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 forgotten | aux |
| 7 | forgotten | forget | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 fine | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay | to-infinitive | a fine | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fine=Asset | |||||
| 2 | forget | past · perfect | she | a fine not said here | tree rules |
Option 3
To buy a raffle ticket for herself to win the big hamper
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 buy | mark |
| 2 | buy | buy | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 ticket | det |
| 4 | raffle | raffle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ticket | compound |
| 5 | ticket | ticket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 buy | obj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 herself | case |
| 7 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 5 ticket | nmod |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 win | mark |
| 9 | win | win | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 buy | advcl |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 hamper | det |
| 11 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 hamper | amod |
| 12 | hamper | hamper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 win | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | buy | to-infinitive | a raffle ticket | for herself = she | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent ticket=Theme for herself=Beneficiary | ||||
| 2 | win | to-infinitive | the big hamper | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hamper=Eventuality |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
To pay for her own train ticket home
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 pay | mark |
| 2 | pay | pay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 ticket | case |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 ticket | nmod:poss |
| 5 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 ticket | amod |
| 6 | train | train | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 ticket | compound |
| 7 | ticket | ticket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 pay | obl |
| 8 | home | home | ADV | _ | 2 pay | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay | to-infinitive | for her own train ticket; home property | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for ticket=Theme | |||||
| 2 | ticket | her = she | nom ticket «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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