Test 9 · ★★ · The royal family in the news: a queen's death, a coronatio…
Auntie Bev: «Harry flew back the same day after the coronation, says it all!» What does a flight actually tell you?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Harry, Auntie, flight · What happens: fly back, say, tell · To what, where: coronation, you · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 45 «The royal family in the news: a queen's death, a coronation, titles lost and illnesses announced» 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: Auntie Bev: «Harry flew back the same day after the coronation, says it all!»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Auntie | auntie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 says | nsubj |
| 2 | Bev | Bev | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Auntie | appos |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 flew | punct |
| 4 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 flew | punct |
| 5 | Harry | Harry | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 flew | nsubj |
| 6 | flew | fly | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Auntie | conj |
| 7 | back | back | ADV | _ | 6 flew | advmod |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 day | det |
| 9 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 day | amod |
| 10 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 flew | obl:unmarked |
| 11 | after | after | ADP | _ | 13 coronation | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 coronation | det |
| 13 | coronation | coronation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 day | nmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Auntie | punct |
| 15 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 says | obj |
| 17 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 16 it | det |
| 18 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 15 says | punct |
| 19 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 15 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fly back in a quote | past | Harry | day | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert in a quote | present | Auntie | coronation | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
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 does a flight actually tell you?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 tell | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 tell | aux |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 flight | det |
| 4 | flight | flight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 tell | nsubj |
| 5 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 6 tell | advmod |
| 6 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 tell | iobj |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 tell | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | present · do-support | a flight | you | actually property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Where he went, not what he felt
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 3 went | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 went | nsubj |
| 3 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 felt | advcl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 what | punct |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 what | advmod |
| 6 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 went | obl |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 felt | nsubj |
| 8 | felt | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | he | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | feel | past | he | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 2
That he was thrown out of the party
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 thrown | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 thrown | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 thrown | aux:pass |
| 4 | thrown | throw | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 8 party | case |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 party | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 party | det |
| 8 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 thrown | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | throw | past · passive | That | the party | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme out party=Destination |
Option 3
That Meghan told him to come home
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 Meghan | det |
| 2 | Meghan | Meghan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 told | nsubj |
| 3 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 told | iobj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 come | mark |
| 6 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 told | xcomp |
| 7 | home | home | ADV | _ | 6 come | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | past | that Meghan | him = he | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | come not said to happen | to-infinitive | that Meghan not said here | home property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
That he hates his whole family
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 hates | nsubj |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 hates | nsubj |
| 3 | hates | hate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 family | nmod:poss |
| 5 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 family | amod |
| 6 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hates | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hate | present | That | his whole family | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer family=Stimulus |
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