Test 7 · ★ · Neighbours, the council, rules and fairness
Mum, reading the bin calendar: «Glass is Tuesdays now, they've changed it again, for crying out loud.» What does she have to do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Glass Tuesdays, she · What happens: read, be, change, cry out, have, do · To what, where: bin calendar, Glass Tuesdays, calendar · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★ 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: Mum, reading the bin calendar: «Glass is Tuesdays now, they've changed it again, for crying out loud.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 reading | compound |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Mum | punct |
| 3 | reading | read | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 calendar | det |
| 5 | bin | bin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 calendar | compound |
| 6 | calendar | calendar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 reading | obj |
| 7 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 16 changed | punct |
| 8 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 11 Tuesdays | punct |
| 9 | Glass | glass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 Tuesdays | compound |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 Tuesdays | cop |
| 11 | Tuesdays | Tuesday | PROPN | Number=Plur | 16 changed | nsubj |
| 12 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 16 changed | advmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 changed | punct |
| 14 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 changed | nsubj |
| 15 | 've | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 changed | aux |
| 16 | changed | change | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 reading | parataxis |
| 17 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 changed | obj |
| 18 | again | again | ADV | _ | 16 changed | advmod |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 crying | punct |
| 20 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 21 crying | mark |
| 21 | crying | cry | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 16 changed | advcl |
| 22 | out | out | ADP | _ | 21 crying | compound:prt |
| 23 | loud | loud | ADV | _ | 21 crying | advmod |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 changed | punct |
| 25 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 16 changed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | read | gerund | the bin calendar | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | Glass Tuesdays | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | change in a quote | present · perfect | Glass Tuesdays | calendar | now; again | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | |||
| 4 | cry out speech: express in a quote | gerund | Glass Tuesdays not said here | loud property | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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 does she have to do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 have | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 have | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 have | nsubj |
| 4 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 do | mark |
| 6 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 have | xcomp |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 have | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present · do-support | she | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | do | to-infinitive | she not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Follow the council's new recycling day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Follow | follow | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 council | det |
| 3 | council | council | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 day | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 council | case |
| 5 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 day | amod |
| 6 | recycling | recycling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 day | compound |
| 7 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Follow | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | imperative | you not said here | day | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Keep the glass until it changes back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 glass | det |
| 3 | glass | glass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Keep | obj |
| 4 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 6 changes | mark |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 changes | nsubj |
| 6 | changes | change | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Keep | advcl |
| 7 | back | back | ADV | _ | 6 changes | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | imperative | you not said here | the glass | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent glass=Theme | ||||
| 2 | change back | present | glass | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Ring the PM to complain about glass
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ring | ring | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 PM | det |
| 3 | PM | p.m. | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ring | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 complain | mark |
| 5 | complain | complain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Ring | advcl |
| 6 | about | about | ADP | _ | 7 glass | case |
| 7 | glass | glass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 complain | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ring | imperative | you not said here | the PM | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location p.m.=Theme | ||||
| 2 | complain speech: other | to-infinitive | you not said here | about glass | vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about glass=Topic |
Option 4
Throw the glass in the river instead
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Throw | throw | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 glass | det |
| 3 | glass | glass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Throw | obj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 river | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 river | det |
| 6 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Throw | obl |
| 7 | instead | instead | ADV | _ | 1 Throw | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | throw | imperative | you not said here | the glass | the river | instead property | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent glass=Theme in river=Destination |
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