Test 1 · ★ · Scary news: wars, disasters and how to talk about them
Little brother, eyes wide: "they showed the bomb thing AGAIN, that's like the fourth one today." Put him right.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Little brother, that, you · What happens: show, be, put · To what, where: bomb thing, him
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 51 «Scary news: wars, disasters and how to talk about them» 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: Little brother, eyes wide: "they showed the bomb thing AGAIN, that's like the fourth one today."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 brother | amod |
| 2 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 showed | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 eyes | punct |
| 4 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 brother | conj |
| 5 | wide | wide | ADV | _ | 4 eyes | advmod |
| 6 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 showed | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 showed | punct |
| 8 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 showed | nsubj |
| 9 | showed | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 thing | det |
| 11 | bomb | bomb | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 thing | compound |
| 12 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 showed | obj |
| 13 | AGAIN | again | ADV | _ | 9 showed | advmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 one | punct |
| 15 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 20 one | nsubj |
| 16 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 one | cop |
| 17 | like | like | ADP | _ | 20 one | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 one | det |
| 19 | fourth | fourth | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 20 one | amod |
| 20 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 showed | parataxis |
| 21 | today | today | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 one | obl:unmarked |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 20 one | punct |
| 23 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 20 one | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show in a quote | past | Little brother and eyes | the bomb thing | again | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent thing=Recipient | |||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | that | today | like the fourth one | tree rules |
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 him 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 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc 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 | him = he | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
A new one happens every time it's shown
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 one | det |
| 2 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 one | amod |
| 3 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 happens | nsubj |
| 4 | happens | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 time | det |
| 6 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 happens | obl:unmarked |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 shown | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 shown | aux:pass |
| 9 | shown | show | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 time | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | present | a new one | time | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | show | present · passive | every time not said here | it | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
Option 2
The bombs are getting closer each time
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 bombs | det |
| 2 | bombs | bomb | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 getting | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 getting | aux |
| 4 | getting | get | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | closer | close | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 getting | xcomp |
| 6 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 time | det |
| 7 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 getting | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present · progressive | the bombs | time | close property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3
Four separate bombs have gone off today
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 bombs | nummod |
| 2 | separate | separate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 bombs | amod |
| 3 | bombs | bomb | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 gone | nsubj |
| 4 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 gone | aux |
| 5 | gone | go | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | off | off | ADP | _ | 5 gone | compound:prt |
| 7 | today | today | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 gone | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go off | present · perfect | Four separate bombs | today | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
It's one event, shown again and again
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 | 4 event | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 event | cop |
| 3 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 event | nummod |
| 4 | event | event | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 shown | punct |
| 6 | shown | show | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 event | acl |
| 7 | again | again | ADV | _ | 6 shown | advmod |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 again | cc |
| 9 | again | again | ADV | _ | 7 again | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | one event | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | show | participle | one event not said here | again | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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