Test 2 · ★ · Neighbours, the council, rules and fairness
Overheard over the fence: «Your music, 2am, again. I'm calling the council.» What is this?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, this · What happens: overhear, call, be · To what, where: fence, council · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 33 «Neighbours, the council, rules and fairness» 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: Overheard over the fence: «Your music, 2am, again.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Overheard | overhear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 2 | over | over | ADP | _ | 4 fence | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 fence | det |
| 4 | fence | fence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Overheard | obl |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 music | punct |
| 6 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 music | punct |
| 7 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 music | nmod:poss |
| 8 | music | music | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fence | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 2 | punct |
| 10 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 8 music | appos |
| 11 | am | a.m. | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 2 | nmod:unmarked |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 again | punct |
| 13 | again | again | ADV | _ | 1 Overheard | advmod |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Overheard | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | overhear | participle | the fence Your music | again | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer |
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: I'm calling the council.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 calling | nsubj |
| 2 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 calling | aux |
| 3 | calling | call | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 council | det |
| 5 | council | council | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 calling | obj |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 calling | punct |
| 7 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 calling | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | present · progressive | I | the council | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent council=Recipient |
Sentence 3: What is this?
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 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 1 What | nsubj |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | this | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
A plan to start a band together
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 plan | det |
| 2 | plan | plan | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 start | mark |
| 4 | start | start | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 plan | acl |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 band | det |
| 6 | band | band | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 start | obj |
| 7 | together | together | ADV | _ | 4 start | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start | to-infinitive | a band | together property | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent band=Eventuality |
Option 2
A thank-you for the lovely music
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 thank | det |
| 2 | thank | thank | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 you | punct |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 thank | flat |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 music | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 music | det |
| 7 | lovely | lovely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 music | amod |
| 8 | music | music | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 thank | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
A neighbour dispute about noise
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 dispute | det |
| 2 | neighbour | neighbour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 dispute | compound |
| 3 | dispute | dispute | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | about | about | ADP | _ | 5 noise | case |
| 5 | noise | noise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 dispute | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
A party invitation for next week
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 invitation | det |
| 2 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 invitation | compound |
| 3 | invitation | invitation | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 week | case |
| 5 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 week | amod |
| 6 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 invitation | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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