Test 8 · ★ · Neighbours, the council, rules and fairness
Gossip: «They put in for an extension and half the street objected.» What did the neighbours do?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: They, street, neighbours · What happens: put in, object, do · To what, where: Gossip
This is test 8 · ★ 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: Gossip: «They put in for an extension and half the street objected.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gossip | gossip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 put | obl:unmarked |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Gossip | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 put | punct |
| 4 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 put | nsubj |
| 5 | put | put | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 put | compound:prt |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 extension | case |
| 8 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 extension | det |
| 9 | extension | extension | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 put | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 objected | cc |
| 11 | half | half | DET | NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind | 13 street | det:predet |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 street | det |
| 13 | street | street | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 objected | nsubj |
| 14 | objected | object | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 put | conj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 put | punct |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put in in a quote | past | They | Gossip | for a extension | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | |||
| 2 | object speech: other in a quote | past | half street | vn complain-37.8 «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 did the neighbours do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 did | nsubj |
| 2 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 neighbours | det |
| 4 | neighbours | neighbour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 do | nsubj |
| 5 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 did | ccomp |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | do | present | the neighbours | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1
Moved away from the street at once
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moved | move | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 2 | away | away | ADV | _ | 1 Moved | advmod |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 street | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 street | det |
| 5 | street | street | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Moved | obl |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 once | case |
| 7 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 1 Moved | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move away | participle | the street | away property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme from street=Source at once=Trajectory |
Option 2
Painted the house to stop it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Painted | paint | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 house | det |
| 3 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Painted | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 stop | mark |
| 5 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Painted | advcl |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 stop | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | paint | past | the house | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent house=Destination | |||||
| 2 | stop | to-infinitive | house | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality it=Eventuality |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Told the council they disagreed with the plan
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 council | det |
| 3 | council | council | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Told | iobj |
| 4 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 disagreed | nsubj |
| 5 | disagreed | disagree | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Told | ccomp |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 plan | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 plan | det |
| 8 | plan | plan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 disagreed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | past | the council | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent council=Recipient clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | disagree | past | they | with the plan | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme whether S»: agent=Agent with plan=Co-Agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Helped to build the neighbour's extension for free
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Helped | help | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | PART | _ | 3 build | mark |
| 3 | build | build | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Helped | xcomp |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 neighbour | det |
| 5 | neighbour | neighbour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 extension | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 neighbour | case |
| 7 | extension | extension | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 build | obj |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 free | case |
| 9 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 build | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | participle | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | build | to-infinitive | the neighbour's extension | for free | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent extension=Product for free=Asset |
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