Test 9 · ★ · Landing on an 18 film by accident: how it happens and how…
Big sister: "If it came on the TV, it's your fault for having the TV on." Put her right.
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: it, Big sister, fault, you · What happens: come, be, have on, put · To what, where: TV, fault, her
This is test 9 · ★ 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: Big sister: "If it came on the TV, it's your fault for having the TV on."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 sister | amod |
| 2 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 fault | nsubj |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 came | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 came | punct |
| 5 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 came | mark |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 came | nsubj |
| 7 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 sister | parataxis |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 TV | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 TV | det |
| 10 | TV | TV | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 came | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 sister | punct |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 fault | nsubj |
| 13 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 fault | cop |
| 14 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 fault | nmod:poss |
| 15 | fault | fault | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 16 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 17 having | mark |
| 17 | having | have | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 15 fault | acl |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 TV | det |
| 19 | TV | TV | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 having | obj |
| 20 | on | on | ADP | _ | 17 having | compound:prt |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 fault | punct |
| 22 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 fault | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | past | it | the TV | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on tv=Location | ||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | Big sister | your fault | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | have on in a quote | gerund | your fault not said here | the TV | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tv=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: 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 | her = she | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent she=Goal |
The options
Option 1
She's right, TV is always risky
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 | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 risky | punct |
| 5 | TV | TV | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 risky | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 risky | cop |
| 7 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 8 risky | advmod |
| 8 | risky | risky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 right | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | She | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | TV | always, risky property | tree rules |
Option 2
It's Mum's fault for buying a TV
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 | 5 fault | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 fault | cop |
| 3 | Mum | Mum | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 fault | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 Mum | case |
| 5 | fault | fault | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 7 buying | mark |
| 7 | buying | buy | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 fault | acl |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 TV | det |
| 9 | TV | TV | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 buying | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | Mum's fault | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | buy | gerund | Mum's fault not said here | a TV | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tv=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
It's the fault of whoever made the TV
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 fault | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 fault | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 fault | det |
| 4 | fault | fault | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 7 made | mark |
| 6 | whoever | whoever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 made | nsubj |
| 7 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 fault | advcl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 TV | det |
| 9 | TV | TV | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 made | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | the fault | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | make | past | whoever | the TV | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset tv=Product |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
It's an accident, not his fault
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 accident | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 accident | cop |
| 3 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 accident | det |
| 4 | accident | accident | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 fault | punct |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 fault | advmod |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 fault | nmod:poss |
| 8 | fault | fault | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 accident | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a accident and his fault | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | fault | his = he | nom fault «act transitive»: poss=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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