Test 1 · ★ · Paying for a home and the bills
You overhear Mum on the phone: "Third time I've rung, the heating's still broken and it's freezing." Who is she probably ringing?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: You, I, heating · What happens: overhear, ring, break, freeze · To what, where: Mum, phone, heating
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 6 «Paying for a home and the bills» 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: You overhear Mum on the phone: "Third time I've rung, the heating's still broken and it's freezing."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 overhear | nsubj |
| 2 | overhear | overhear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 overhear | obj |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 phone | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 phone | det |
| 6 | phone | phone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 overhear | obl |
| 7 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 13 rung | punct |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 rung | punct |
| 9 | Third | third | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 10 time | amod |
| 10 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 rung | obl:unmarked |
| 11 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 13 rung | nsubj |
| 12 | 've | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 rung | aux |
| 13 | rung | ring | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 2 overhear | conj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 broken | punct |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 heating | det |
| 16 | heating | heating | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 broken | nsubj:pass |
| 17 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 16 heating | case |
| 18 | still | still | ADV | _ | 19 broken | advmod |
| 19 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 rung | parataxis |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 freezing | cc |
| 21 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 freezing | nsubj |
| 22 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 23 freezing | aux |
| 23 | freezing | freeze | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 19 broken | conj |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 overhear | punct |
| 25 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 overhear | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | overhear | present | You | Mum | the phone | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mum=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | ring in a quote | present · perfect | I | time | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | ||||
| 3 | break in a quote | participle · passive | the heating | still | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 4 | freeze in a quote | present · progressive | heating | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=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: Who is she probably ringing?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 ringing | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 ringing | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 ringing | nsubj |
| 4 | probably | probably | ADV | _ | 5 ringing | advmod |
| 5 | ringing | ring | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 ringing | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ring | present · progressive | probably property | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location |
The options
Option 1
The council, who own every boiler in every house
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 council | det |
| 2 | council | council | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 own | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 own | punct |
| 4 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 own | nsubj |
| 5 | own | own | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 boiler | det |
| 7 | boiler | boiler | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 own | obj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 house | case |
| 9 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 house | det |
| 10 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 own | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | own | present | the council | every boiler | every house | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot boiler=Theme |
Option 2
The bank, who pay for repairs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 bank | det |
| 2 | bank | bank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 pay | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 pay | punct |
| 4 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 pay | nsubj |
| 5 | pay | pay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 repairs | case |
| 7 | repairs | repair | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 pay | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay | present | the bank | for repairs | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for repair=Theme |
Option 3
The school, who send an engineer
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 school | det |
| 2 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 send | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 send | punct |
| 4 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 send | nsubj |
| 5 | send | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 engineer | det |
| 7 | engineer | engineer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 send | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | present | the school | a engineer | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent engineer=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The landlord, who must fix the heating
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 landlord | det |
| 2 | landlord | landlord | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 fix | punct |
| 4 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 fix | nsubj |
| 5 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 fix | aux |
| 6 | fix | fix | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 landlord | acl:relcl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 heating | det |
| 8 | heating | heating | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 fix | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fix | must | the landlord | the heating | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent heating=Patient |
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