Test 3 · ★ · The royal family in the news: a wedding, a move to America…
Your cousin texts: «my mum says the Queen sat alone cos nobody liked her lol». Put her right.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cousin, mum, Queen, nobody, you · What happens: text, say, sit, like, put · To what, where: Queen · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★ 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: Your cousin texts: «my mum says the Queen sat alone cos nobody liked her lol».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 2 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 texts | nsubj |
| 3 | texts | text | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 3 texts | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 says | punct |
| 6 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 mum | nmod:poss |
| 7 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 says | nsubj |
| 8 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 texts | conj |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Queen | det |
| 10 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 sat | nsubj |
| 11 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 says | ccomp |
| 12 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 11 sat | advmod |
| 13 | cos | cos | SCONJ | _ | 15 liked | mark |
| 14 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 15 liked | nsubj |
| 15 | liked | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 sat | conj |
| 16 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 liked | obj |
| 17 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 15 liked | discourse |
| 18 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 11 sat | punct |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 texts | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | text | present | Your cousin | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert in a quote | present | my mum | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | sit in a quote | past | the Queen | alone property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | like in a quote | past | nobody | Queen | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot she=Theme |
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: Put her right.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Put | obj |
| 3 | right | right | ADV | _ | 1 Put | advmod |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | imperative | you not said here | Queen | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent she=Goal |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It was Covid distancing rules at the time
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 | 3 Covid | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 Covid | cop |
| 3 | Covid | Covid | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | distancing | distance | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 Covid | acl |
| 5 | rules | rule | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 distancing | obj |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 time | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 time | det |
| 8 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 distancing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | It | Covid | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | distance | gerund | Covid not said here | rules | time | tree rules |
Option 2
Yes, the family had fallen out with her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 fallen | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 family | det |
| 4 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 fallen | nsubj |
| 5 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 fallen | aux |
| 6 | fallen | fall | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | out | out | ADP | _ | 6 fallen | compound:prt |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 her | case |
| 9 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 fallen | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall out | past · perfect | the family | with her = she | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
She wanted to sit alone to look sad
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 wanted | nsubj |
| 2 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 sit | mark |
| 4 | sit | sit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wanted | xcomp |
| 5 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 4 sit | advmod |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 look | mark |
| 7 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 sit | advcl |
| 8 | sad | sad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 look | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | She | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | sit not said to happen | to-infinitive | She not said here | alone property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | look | to-infinitive | She not said here | sad property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 4
Prince Philip asked for her to sit alone at his funeral
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Philip | compound |
| 2 | Philip | Philip | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 asked | nsubj |
| 3 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 her | case |
| 5 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 asked | obl |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 sit | mark |
| 7 | sit | sit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 asked | xcomp |
| 8 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 7 sit | advmod |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 funeral | case |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 funeral | nmod:poss |
| 11 | funeral | funeral | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sit | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | past | Prince Philip | for her = she | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | sit not said to happen | to-infinitive | Prince Philip not said here | Philip's funeral | alone property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at funeral=Location |
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