Test 1 · ★★ · Next time: switch off, tell a grown-up, and parental contr…
Isla's mum is at work. Something not for kids comes on at Nan's. Who can Isla tell?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mum, Something · What happens: be, come on, tell · To what, where: work, Nan · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 60 «Next time: switch off, tell a grown-up, and parental controls» 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: Isla's mum is at work.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Isla | Isla | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 mum | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Isla | case |
| 3 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 work | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 work | cop |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 work | case |
| 6 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 work | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Isla's mum | work | 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: Something not for kids comes on at Nan's.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 5 comes | nsubj |
| 2 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 kids | advmod |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 kids | case |
| 4 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Something | nmod |
| 5 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 comes | compound:prt |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 Nan | case |
| 8 | Nan | Nan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 comes | obl |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 Nan | case |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 comes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come on | present | Something | Nan | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at nan=Location |
Sentence 3: Who can Isla tell?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 tell | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 tell | aux |
| 3 | Isla | Isla | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 tell | nsubj |
| 4 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 tell | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | can | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1
Nobody at all until Mum gets home
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 6 gets | nsubj |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 3 all | case |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 1 Nobody | nmod |
| 4 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 6 gets | mark |
| 5 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 gets | nsubj |
| 6 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | home | home | ADV | _ | 6 gets | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | Nobody | home property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2
Only a teacher at school
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 3 teacher | advmod |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 teacher | det |
| 3 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 school | case |
| 5 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 teacher | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Only her best friend
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 4 friend | advmod |
| 2 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 friend | nmod:poss |
| 3 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 4 friend | amod |
| 4 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Nan, or any trusted grown-up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nan | Nan | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 up | punct |
| 3 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 8 up | cc |
| 4 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 6 grown | det |
| 5 | trusted | trust | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 grown | amod |
| 6 | grown | grown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 up | amod |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 up | punct |
| 8 | up | up | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Nan | appos |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | trust | participle | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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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