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Test 6 · ★ · Landing on an 18 film by accident: how it happens and how…

Grandad, finding the DVD in the player: "Blimey, that's been in the box since the nineties." Why was it in Grandma's house?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Grandad, that, DVD · What happens: find, be · To what, where: DVD, player, box, house · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★ 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: Grandad, finding the DVD in the player: "Blimey, that's been in the box since the nineties."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 finding	punct
3	finding	find	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Grandad	acl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 DVD	det
5	DVD	DVD	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 finding	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 player	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 player	det
8	player	player	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 finding	obl
9	:	:	PUNCT	_	11 Blimey	punct
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 Blimey	punct
11	Blimey	blimey	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 player	appos
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 box	punct
13	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	18 box	nsubj
14	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 box	cop
15	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	18 box	cop
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 box	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 box	det
18	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 Blimey	conj
19	since	since	ADP	_	21 nineties	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 nineties	det
21	nineties	ninety	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 box	nmod
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 Blimey	punct
23	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 Blimey	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	gerund	Grandad not said here	the DVD		the player			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dvd=Topic
2	is in a quote	present	that			the box	since the nineties		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: Why was it in Grandma's house?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Rel	root	root
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Why	cop
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Why	nsubj
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 house	case
5	Grandma	Grandma	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 house	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Grandma	case
7	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Why	obl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Why	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	DVD			Grandma's house		why property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It was bought for Harry as a birthday present

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 bought	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 bought	aux:pass
3	bought	buy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 Harry	case
5	Harry	Harry	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 bought	obl
6	as	as	ADP	_	9 present	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 present	det
8	birthday	birthday	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 present	compound
9	present	present	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bought	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buy	past · passive		It				for Harry; as a birthday present	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Theme for harry=Beneficiary

Option 2

Old DVDs turn into 18s with age

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 DVDs	amod
2	DVDs	dvd	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 turn	nsubj
3	turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	5 18s	case
5	18s	18	NOUN	Number=Ptan NumForm=Combi NumType=Card	3 turn	obl
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 age	case
7	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 turn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	present	Old DVDs			18s	with age		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into 18=Trajectory

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Grown-ups once bought it for themselves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 ups	amod
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	1 Grown	punct
3	ups	up	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 bought	nsubj
4	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	5 bought	advmod
5	bought	buy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 bought	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 themselves	case
8	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	5 bought	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	participle							vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	buy	past	Grown ups	it				for ups = up; once property	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent it=Theme for themselves=Beneficiary

Option 4

It came free with a box of cereal

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	2 came	nsubj
2	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 came	xcomp
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 box	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 box	det
6	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 came	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 cereal	case
8	cereal	cereal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 box	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	It					with a box of cereal; free property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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