Test 2 · ★ · Museums and galleries: how to visit and what is there
Arthur's guard sighs, "Lad, I said no flash." What does "lad" tell you?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: guard, I, lad · What happens: sigh, say, tell · To what, where: flash, you · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 17 «Museums and galleries: how to visit and what is there» of the arts 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: Arthur's guard sighs, "Lad, I said no flash."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arthur | Arthur | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 guard | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Arthur | case |
| 3 | guard | guard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sighs | nsubj |
| 4 | sighs | sigh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 Lad | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 Lad | punct |
| 7 | Lad | lad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sighs | vocative |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 said | punct |
| 9 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 said | nsubj |
| 10 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 sighs | parataxis |
| 11 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 12 flash | det |
| 12 | flash | flash | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 said | obj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 sighs | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 sighs | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sigh | present | Arthur's guard | Lad vocative | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert in a quote | past | I | no flash | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent flash=Topic |
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: What does "lad" tell you?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 tell | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 tell | aux |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 lad | punct |
| 4 | lad | lad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 tell | nsubj |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 lad | punct |
| 6 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 tell | iobj |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 tell | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | present · do-support | lad | you | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient what=Topic |
The options
Option 1
It's the guard's own name
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 | 7 name | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 name | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 guard | det |
| 4 | guard | guard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 name | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 guard | case |
| 6 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 name | amod |
| 7 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | the guard's own name | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It's a friendly way to address a boy
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 way | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 way | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 way | det |
| 4 | friendly | friendly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 way | amod |
| 5 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 address | mark |
| 7 | address | address | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 way | acl |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 boy | det |
| 9 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 address | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a friendly way | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | address | to-infinitive | a boy | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Destination |
Option 3
It means "you're arrested now"
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 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 arrested | punct |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 arrested | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 arrested | aux:pass |
| 6 | arrested | arrest | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 means | ccomp |
| 7 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 arrested | advmod |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 arrested | punct |
| # | 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 | arrest in a quote | present · passive | you | now | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 4
The guard is angry and rude to him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 guard | det |
| 2 | guard | guard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 angry | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 angry | cop |
| 4 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 rude | cc |
| 6 | rude | rude | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 angry | conj |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 him | case |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 angry | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the guard | him = he | angry property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | be | the guard not said here | tree rules |
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