Test 2 · ★★ · The parents walk in: how good parents react
Theo's parents agree a family rule: "If anything odd comes on, switch off and tell." Why is a rule like that useful?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: parents, anything, rule · What happens: agree, come on, switch off, tell, be · To what, where: family rule · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 59 «The parents walk in: how good parents react» 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: Theo's parents agree a family rule: "If anything odd comes on, switch off and tell."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Theo | Theo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 parents | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Theo | case |
| 3 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 agree | nsubj |
| 4 | agree | agree | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 rule | det |
| 6 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 rule | compound |
| 7 | rule | rule | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 agree | obj |
| 8 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 13 comes | punct |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 comes | punct |
| 10 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 13 comes | mark |
| 11 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 13 comes | nsubj |
| 12 | odd | odd | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 anything | amod |
| 13 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 agree | parataxis |
| 14 | on | on | ADV | _ | 13 comes | advmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 switch | punct |
| 16 | switch | switch | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 13 comes | parataxis |
| 17 | off | off | ADP | _ | 16 switch | compound:prt |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 tell | cc |
| 19 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 16 switch | conj |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 agree | punct |
| 21 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 agree | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | agree speech: agree | present | Theo's parents | a family rule | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent that S»: agent=Agent rule=Co-Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | come on a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | anything | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | switch off in a quote | infinitive | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 4 | tell speech: assert in a quote | infinitive | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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 is a rule like that useful?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 useful | advmod |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 useful | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 rule | det |
| 4 | rule | rule | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 useful | nsubj |
| 5 | like | like | ADP | _ | 6 that | case |
| 6 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 rule | nmod |
| 7 | useful | useful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 useful | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | a rule like that | useful property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
It means the TV is switched off for good
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 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 TV | det |
| 4 | TV | TV | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 switched | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 switched | aux:pass |
| 6 | switched | switch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 means | ccomp |
| 7 | off | off | ADP | _ | 6 switched | compound:prt |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 good | case |
| 9 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 switched | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | It | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | switch off | present · passive | the TV | for good | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Everyone knows exactly what to do next time
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 2 knows | nsubj |
| 2 | knows | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 4 what | advmod |
| 4 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 do | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 do | mark |
| 6 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 knows | ccomp |
| 7 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 time | amod |
| 8 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 do | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | present | Everyone | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | do | to-infinitive | time | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
It lets the parents shout without feeling bad
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 lets | nsubj |
| 2 | lets | let | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 parents | det |
| 4 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 shout | nsubj |
| 5 | shout | shout | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 lets | xcomp |
| 6 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 7 feeling | mark |
| 7 | feeling | feel | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 shout | advcl |
| 8 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 feeling | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | present | It | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | shout speech: express | present | the parents | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | feel | gerund | the parents not said here | bad property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 4
It makes sure nothing odd ever comes on 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 | 2 makes | nsubj |
| 2 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | sure | sure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 nothing | amod |
| 4 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 2 makes | obj |
| 5 | odd | odd | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 makes | xcomp |
| 6 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 7 comes | advmod |
| 7 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 makes | advcl |
| 8 | on | on | ADV | _ | 7 comes | advmod |
| 9 | again | again | ADV | _ | 7 comes | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | It | nothing | odd property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material nothing=Product | |||
| 2 | come on | present | ever; again | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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