Test 9 · ★★ · Next time: switch off, tell a grown-up, and parental contr…
Gran: "In my day we didn't have all these PINs and profiles." Why do families use them now?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: we, families · What happens: not have, use · To what, where: PINs
This is test 9 · ★★ 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: Gran: "In my day we didn't have all these PINs and profiles."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gran | gran | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 have | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 have | punct |
| 4 | In | in | ADP | _ | 6 day | case |
| 5 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 day | nmod:poss |
| 6 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 have | obl |
| 7 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 have | nsubj |
| 8 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 have | aux |
| 9 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 have | advmod |
| 10 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Gran | appos |
| 11 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 13 PINs | det:predet |
| 12 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 13 PINs | det |
| 13 | PINs | pin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 have | obj |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 profiles | cc |
| 15 | profiles | profile | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 PINs | conj |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 have | punct |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 have | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not have in a quote | past · do-support | we | all PINs and profiles | day | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pin=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: Why do families use them now?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 use | advmod |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 use | aux |
| 3 | families | family | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 use | nsubj |
| 4 | use | use | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 use | obj |
| 6 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 use | advmod |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 use | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | present · do-support | families | PINs = pin | now | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Profiles help families pay less for their films
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Profiles | profile | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 help | nsubj |
| 2 | help | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | families | family | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 help | obj |
| 4 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 help | xcomp |
| 5 | less | less | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 pay | obj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 films | case |
| 7 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 films | nmod:poss |
| 8 | films | film | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 pay | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | present | Profiles | families | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent family=Beneficiary clause=Theme | ||||
| 2 | pay | infinitive | families not said here | less | for Profiles's films | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent less=Asset for film=Theme | |||
| 3 | film | Profiles = profile | nom film «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2
The law now forbids any TV without a PIN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 law | det |
| 2 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 forbids | nsubj |
| 3 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 forbids | advmod |
| 4 | forbids | forbid | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 6 TV | det |
| 6 | TV | TV | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 forbids | obj |
| 7 | without | without | ADP | _ | 9 PIN | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 PIN | det |
| 9 | PIN | pin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 forbids | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forbid | present | the law | any TV | now | without a PIN | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer tv=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Screens can reach many more films, so they help filter
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Screens | screen | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 reach | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 reach | aux |
| 3 | reach | reach | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 films | amod |
| 5 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 films | amod |
| 6 | films | film | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 reach | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 help | punct |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 help | advmod |
| 9 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 help | nsubj |
| 10 | help | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 reach | conj |
| 11 | filter | filter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 help | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reach | can | Screens | many more films | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent film=Theme | ||||
| 2 | help | present | Screens = screen | filter | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent filter=Beneficiary |
Option 4
PINs make films look better and brighter on new televisions
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PINs | pin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 make | nsubj |
| 2 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | films | film | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 make | obj |
| 4 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 make | xcomp |
| 5 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 look | xcomp |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 brighter | cc |
| 7 | brighter | bright | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 better | conj |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 televisions | case |
| 9 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 televisions | amod |
| 10 | televisions | television | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 better | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | PINs | films | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | look | infinitive | films not said here | good property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
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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