Test 1 · ★ · The royal family in the news: a wedding, a move to America…
Nan: «The coronation! Harry came, Meghan stayed home. A SNUB!» What reason did their side give?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Harry, Meghan, reason · What happens: come, stay, do, give · To what, where: side
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 44 «The royal family in the news: a wedding, a move to America, an interview and a book» 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: Nan: «The coronation!
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nan | nan | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 coronation | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 coronation | punct |
| 4 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 coronation | det |
| 5 | coronation | coronation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Nan | conj |
| 6 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nan | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: Harry came, Meghan stayed home.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harry | Harry | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 came | nsubj |
| 2 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 stayed | punct |
| 4 | Meghan | Meghan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 stayed | nsubj |
| 5 | stayed | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 came | conj |
| 6 | home | home | ADV | _ | 5 stayed | advmod |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 came | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | Harry | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | stay | past | Meghan | home property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Sentence 3: A SNUB!»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 SNUB | det |
| 2 | SNUB | snub | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 2 SNUB | punct |
| 4 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 SNUB | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 4: What reason did their side give?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 did | obj |
| 2 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | nsubj |
| 3 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 side | nmod:poss |
| 5 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | obj |
| 6 | give | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 did | xcomp |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | reason | Nan's side | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | give | participle | reason not said here | vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
The options
Option 1
Meghan wanted to watch it on the telly with her friends at home
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meghan | Meghan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 wanted | nsubj |
| 2 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 watch | mark |
| 4 | watch | watch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wanted | xcomp |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 watch | obj |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 telly | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 telly | det |
| 8 | telly | telly | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 watch | obl |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 friends | case |
| 10 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 friends | nmod:poss |
| 11 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 telly | nmod |
| 12 | at | at | ADP | _ | 13 home | case |
| 13 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 friends | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | Meghan | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | watch not said to happen | to-infinitive | Meghan not said here | it | the telly with Meghan's friends at home | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 2
Meghan was ill and couldn't travel
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meghan | Meghan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 ill | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 ill | cop |
| 3 | ill | ill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 travel | cc |
| 5 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 travel | aux |
| 6 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 travel | advmod |
| 7 | travel | travel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 ill | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Meghan | ill property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not travel | could | Meghan not said here | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It was Archie's birthday, so she stayed with the children
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 birthday | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 birthday | cop |
| 3 | Archie | Archie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 birthday | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 Archie | case |
| 5 | birthday | birthday | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 stayed | punct |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 stayed | advmod |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 stayed | nsubj |
| 9 | stayed | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 birthday | acl:relcl |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 children | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 children | det |
| 12 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 stayed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | It | Archie's birthday | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | stay | past | Archie | Archie's birthday not said here | with the children | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme birthday=Location |
Option 4
Meghan was not invited to the Abbey at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meghan | Meghan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 invited | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 invited | aux:pass |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 invited | advmod |
| 4 | invited | invite | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 Abbey | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Abbey | det |
| 7 | Abbey | Abbey | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 invited | obl |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 all | case |
| 9 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 invited | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not invite | past · passive | Meghan | all | to the Abbey | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient |
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