Test 6 · ★★ · When work goes wrong
Uncle at the barbecue: "Bloody rail strike, I'll be stuck at home Monday." Why is the strike annoying for him?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: strike · What happens: stick, be · To what, where: I, home
This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 4 «When work goes wrong» 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: Uncle at the barbecue: "Bloody rail strike, I'll be stuck at home Monday."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uncle | uncle | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 4 barbecue | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 barbecue | det |
| 4 | barbecue | barbecue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Uncle | nmod |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 strike | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 strike | punct |
| 7 | Bloody | bloody | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 strike | amod |
| 8 | rail | rail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 strike | compound |
| 9 | strike | strike | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Uncle | appos |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 stuck | punct |
| 11 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 14 stuck | nsubj |
| 12 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 stuck | aux |
| 13 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 14 stuck | aux:pass |
| 14 | stuck | stick | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 strike | parataxis |
| 15 | at | at | ADP | _ | 16 home | case |
| 16 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 stuck | obl |
| 17 | Monday | Monday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 home | appos |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 strike | punct |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 strike | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stick in a quote | future · passive | I | home | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination-Conative»: subject=Theme at home=Destination |
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 is the strike annoying for him?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 annoying | advmod |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 annoying | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 strike | det |
| 4 | strike | strike | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 annoying | nsubj |
| 5 | annoying | annoying | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 him | case |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 annoying | obl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 annoying | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the strike | for him = he; annoying property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The disruption is deliberate so people notice
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 disruption | det |
| 2 | disruption | disruption | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 deliberate | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 deliberate | cop |
| 4 | deliberate | deliberate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 7 notice | mark |
| 6 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 notice | nsubj |
| 7 | notice | notice | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 deliberate | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the disruption | deliberate property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | notice | present | people | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2
Strikes make the trains free
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Strikes | strike | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 make | nsubj |
| 2 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 trains | det |
| 4 | trains | train | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 make | obj |
| 5 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 make | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | Strikes | the trains | free property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset train=Product |
Option 3
He will have to drive the trains himself
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 | 3 have | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 have | aux |
| 3 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 drive | mark |
| 5 | drive | drive | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 have | xcomp |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 trains | det |
| 7 | trains | train | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 drive | obj |
| 8 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 5 drive | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | future | He | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | drive | to-infinitive | He not said here | the trains | himself = he obl:unmarked | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme train=Trajectory |
Option 4
The strike was organised against him personally by his neighbours
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 strike | det |
| 2 | strike | strike | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 organised | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 organised | cop |
| 4 | organised | organised | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | against | against | ADP | _ | 6 him | case |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 organised | obl |
| 7 | personally | personally | ADV | _ | 4 organised | advmod |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 10 neighbours | case |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 neighbours | nmod:poss |
| 10 | neighbours | neighbour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 organised | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the strike | against him = he; by his neighbours; organised, personally property | tree rules |
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