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Test 8 · Our street: who parked where and who won what

Dad, cross: «The Fosters had a party till three!» Mum: «Was it three? I heard it stop at half twelve.» What happened to the story?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Fosters, party, I · What happens: have, be, hear, stop, happen · To what, where: party, three, twelve

This is test 8 of lesson 41 «Our street: who parked where and who won what» 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: Dad, cross: «The Fosters had a party till three!»

nsubjpunctpunctpunctdetnsubjconjdetobjcaseoblpunctpunctrootDadNOUN,PUNCTcrossNOUN:PUNCT«PUNCTTheDETFostersPROPNhadVERBaDETpartyNOUNtillADPthreeNUM!PUNCT»PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1DaddadNOUNNumber=Sing3 crossnsubj
2,,PUNCT_3 crosspunct
3crosscrossNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
4::PUNCT_8 hadpunct
5««PUNCT_8 hadpunct
6ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 Fostersdet
7FostersFosterPROPNNumber=Plur8 hadnsubj
8hadhaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 crossconj
9aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art10 partydet
10partypartyNOUNNumber=Sing8 hadobj
11tilltillADP_12 threecase
12threethreeNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card8 hadobl
13!!PUNCT_3 crosspunct
14»»PUNCT_3 crosspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1have in a quotepastthe Fostersa partytill threevn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent party=Patient

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: Mum: «Was it three?

punctpunctcopnsubjappospunctrootMumNOUN:PUNCT«PUNCTWasAUXitPRONthreeNUM?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1MummumNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
2::PUNCT_6 threepunct
3««PUNCT_6 threepunct
4WasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 threecop
5ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 threensubj
6threethreeNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card1 Mumappos
7??PUNCT_1 Mumpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is a in a quotepastpartythreetree rules

Sentence 3: I heard it stop at half twelve.»

nsubjobjxcompcasedet:predetoblpunctpunctrootIPRONheardVERBitPRONstopVERBatADPhalfDETtwelveNUM.PUNCT»PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs2 heardnsubj
2heardhearVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 heardobj
4stopstopVERBVerbForm=Inf2 heardxcomp
5atatADP_7 twelvecase
6halfhalfDETNumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind7 twelvedet:predet
7twelvetwelveNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card4 stopobl
8..PUNCT_2 heardpunct
9»»PUNCT_2 heardpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1hearpastIpartytree rules
2stopinfinitiveparty not said herehalf twelvevn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at twelve=Location

Sentence 4: What happened to the story?

nsubjcasedetoblpunctrootWhatPRONhappenedVERBtoADPtheDETstoryNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int2 happenednsubj
2happenedhappenVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3totoADP_5 storycase
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 storydet
5storystoryNOUNNumber=Sing2 happenedobl
6??PUNCT_2 happenedpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1happenpastto the storyvn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1

Both of them are wrong, it was midnight

nsubjcasenmodcoppunctnsubjcopconjrootBothDETofADPthemPRONareAUXwrongADJ,PUNCTitPRONwasAUXmidnightNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1BothbothDETPronType=Tot5 wrongnsubj
2ofofADP_3 themcase
3themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs1 Bothnmod
4arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 wrongcop
5wrongwrongADJDegree=Posrootroot
6,,PUNCT_9 midnightpunct
7ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs9 midnightnsubj
8wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin9 midnightcop
9midnightmidnightNOUNNumber=Sing5 wrongconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentBothwrong propertytree rules
2is apastitmidnighttree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The time grew in Dad's telling

detnsubjcasenmod:posscaseoblrootTheDETtimeNOUNgrewVERBinADPDadPROPN'sPARTtellingNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 timedet
2timetimeNOUNNumber=Sing3 grewnsubj
3grewgrowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4ininADP_7 tellingcase
5DadDadPROPNNumber=Sing7 tellingnmod:poss
6's'sPART_5 Dadcase
7tellingtellingNOUNNumber=Sing3 grewobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1growpastthe timeDad's tellingvn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in telling=Location
2tellDadnom telling «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

The party really went on till six

detnsubjadvmodcasecaseoblrootTheDETpartyNOUNreallyADVwentVERBonADPtillADPsixNUM
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 partydet
2partypartyNOUNNumber=Sing4 wentnsubj
3reallyreallyADV_4 wentadvmod
4wentgoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
5ononADP_7 sixcase
6tilltillADP_7 sixcase
7sixsixNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card4 wentobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1gopastthe partysixvn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on six=Location

Option 4

Mum is lying to protect the Fosters

nsubjauxmarkadvcldetobjrootMumNOUNisAUXlyingVERBtoPARTprotectVERBtheDETFostersPROPN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1MummumNOUNNumber=Sing3 lyingnsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 lyingaux
3lyinglieVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
4totoPART_5 protectmark
5protectprotectVERBVerbForm=Inf3 lyingadvcl
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 Fostersdet
7FostersFosterPROPNNumber=Plur5 protectobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1liepresent · progressiveMumvn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2protectto-infinitiveMum not said herethe Fostersvn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foster=Beneficiary

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