Test 3 · ★ · Landing on an 18 film by accident: how it happens and how…

Mum on the phone: "Apparently the older girl just stuck it on, the little ones didn't have a clue what it was." What happened at the sleepover?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: older girl, Mum · What happens: stick on, not have, happen · To what, where: phone, clue, sleepover

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 58 «Landing on an 18 film by accident: how it happens and how it feels» 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: Mum on the phone: "Apparently the older girl just stuck it on, the little ones didn't have a clue what it was."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 have	nsubj
2	on	on	ADP	_	4 phone	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 phone	det
4	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Mum	nmod
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	12 stuck	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 stuck	punct
7	Apparently	apparently	ADV	_	12 stuck	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 girl	det
9	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 girl	amod
10	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 stuck	nsubj
11	just	just	ADV	_	12 stuck	advmod
12	stuck	stick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Mum	conj
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 stuck	obj
14	on	on	ADP	_	12 stuck	compound:prt
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 have	punct
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 ones	det
17	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 ones	amod
18	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 have	nsubj
19	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 have	aux
20	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	21 have	advmod
21	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 clue	det
23	clue	clue	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 have	obj
24	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	23 clue	nmod
25	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 was	nsubj
26	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 what	acl:relcl
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	21 have	punct
28	"	"	PUNCT	_	21 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stick on in a quote	past	the older girl	phone				apparently property	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	not have in a quote	past · do-support	Mum on the phone	a clue					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clue=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: What happened at the sleepover?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 happened	nsubj
2	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 sleepover	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sleepover	det
5	sleepover	sleepover	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 happened	obl
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 happened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	past				the sleepover			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at sleepover=Location

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

An older child put on a film the younger ones didn't choose

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 child	det
2	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 child	amod
3	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 choose	nsubj
4	put	put	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 child	acl
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 film	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 film	det
7	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 put	obl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 ones	det
9	younger	young	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 ones	amod
10	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 put	obl:unmarked
11	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 choose	aux
12	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 choose	advmod
13	choose	choose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	participle	a older child not said here	the younger ones		a film			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on film=Destination
2	not choose	past · do-support	a older child						vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

The older girl stuck a poster on the wall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 girl	det
2	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 girl	amod
3	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stuck	nsubj
4	stuck	stick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 poster	det
6	poster	poster	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stuck	obj
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 wall	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 wall	det
9	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stuck	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stick	past	the older girl	a poster		the wall			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent poster=Theme on wall=Destination

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

The little ones picked an 18 film themselves and hid the box from her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 ones	det
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 ones	amod
3	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	picked	pick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 ones	acl
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 film	det
6	18	18	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 film	nummod
7	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 picked	obj
8	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	10 hid	nsubj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 hid	cc
10	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 film	acl:relcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 box	det
12	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hid	obj
13	from	from	ADP	_	14 her	case
14	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 hid	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pick	participle	the little ones not said here	a 18 film					vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent film=Patient
2	hide	past	themselves = they	the box					tree rules

Option 4

Nobody watched anything at the sleepover

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	2 watched	nsubj
2	watched	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 watched	obj
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 sleepover	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sleepover	det
6	sleepover	sleepover	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 watched	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	watch	past	Nobody	anything		the sleepover			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Theme

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