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Test 1 · Lego builds: instructions vs your own ideas

Your mate goes, "If it's made in Mexico, it's a Mexican company, innit." What is the mistake?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, Mexican company, mistake · What happens: go, make, be, innit · To what, where: mate, Mexico, Mexican company

This is test 1 of lesson 32 «Lego builds: instructions vs your own ideas» 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: Your mate goes, "If it's made in Mexico, it's a Mexican company, innit."

nmod:possnsubjpunctpunctmarknsubj:passaux:passadvclcaseoblpunctnsubjcopdetamodobl:agentpunctparataxispunctpunctrootYourPRONmateNOUNgoesVERB,PUNCT"PUNCTIfSCONJitPRON'sAUXmadeVERBinADPMexicoPROPN,PUNCTitPRON'sAUXaDETMexicanADJcompanyNOUN,PUNCTinnitVERB.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YouryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 matenmod:poss
2matemateNOUNNumber=Sing3 goesnsubj
3goesgoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4,,PUNCT_9 madepunct
5""PUNCT_9 madepunct
6IfifSCONJ_9 mademark
7ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs9 madensubj:pass
8'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin9 madeaux:pass
9mademakeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass3 goesadvcl
10ininADP_11 Mexicocase
11MexicoMexicoPROPNNumber=Sing9 madeobl
12,,PUNCT_17 companypunct
13ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs17 companynsubj
14'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin17 companycop
15aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art17 companydet
16MexicanMexicanADJDegree=Pos17 companyamod
17companycompanyNOUNNumber=Sing9 madeobl:agent
18,,PUNCT_19 innitpunct
19innitinnitVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin17 companyparataxis
20..PUNCT_3 goespunct
21""PUNCT_3 goespunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1gopresentYour matevn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2make a condition, not said to happen, in a quotepresent · passivea Mexican companymateMexicovn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset subject=Product
3is a in a quotepresentmatea Mexican companytree rules
4innit in a quoteinfinitivetree 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: What is the mistake?

copdetnsubjpunctrootWhatPRONisAUXtheDETmistakeNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Introotroot
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Whatcop
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 mistakedet
4mistakemistakeNOUNNumber=Sing1 Whatnsubj
5??PUNCT_1 Whatpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentthe mistaketree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Mexico owns LEGO

nsubjobjrootMexicoPROPNownsVERBLEGOPROPN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1MexicoMexicoPROPNNumber=Sing2 ownsnsubj
2ownsownVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3LEGOLEGOPROPNNumber=Sing2 ownsobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ownpresentMexicoLEGOvn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot lego=Theme

Option 2

Companies are never allowed to use factories in other countries

nsubj:passaux:passadvmodmarkxcompobjcaseamodoblrootCompaniesNOUNareAUXneverADVallowedVERBtoPARTuseVERBfactoriesNOUNinADPotherADJcountriesNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1CompaniescompanyNOUNNumber=Plur4 allowednsubj:pass
2arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 allowedaux:pass
3neverneverADVPronType=Neg4 allowedadvmod
4allowedallowVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
5totoPART_6 usemark
6useuseVERBVerbForm=Inf4 allowedxcomp
7factoriesfactoryNOUNNumber=Plur6 useobj
8ininADP_10 countriescase
9otherotherADJDegree=Pos10 countriesamod
10countriescountryNOUNNumber=Plur6 useobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not allowpresent · passiveCompaniesvn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
2use not said to happento-infinitiveCompanies not said herefactoriesother countriesvn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent factory=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Firms use factories in many countries

nsubjobjcaseamodoblrootFirmsNOUNuseVERBfactoriesNOUNinADPmanyADJcountriesNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1FirmsfirmNOUNNumber=Plur2 usensubj
2useuseVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3factoriesfactoryNOUNNumber=Plur2 useobj
4ininADP_6 countriescase
5manymanyADJDegree=Pos6 countriesamod
6countriescountryNOUNNumber=Plur2 useobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1usepresentFirmsfactoriesmany countriesvn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent factory=Patient

Option 4

He is right, the factory always shows where the company is from

nsubjcoppunctdetnsubjadvmodconjccompdetnsubjcopcaserootHePRONisAUXrightADJ,PUNCTtheDETfactoryNOUNalwaysADVshowsVERBwhereADVtheDETcompanyNOUNisAUXfromADP
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 rightnsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 rightcop
3rightrightADJDegree=Posrootroot
4,,PUNCT_8 showspunct
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 factorydet
6factoryfactoryNOUNNumber=Sing8 showsnsubj
7alwaysalwaysADVPronType=Tot8 showsadvmod
8showsshowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 rightconj
9wherewhereADVPronType=Rel8 showsccomp
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 companydet
11companycompanyNOUNNumber=Sing9 wherensubj
12isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin9 wherecop
13fromfromADP_9 wherecase
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentHeright propertytree rules
2showpresentthe factoryalways propertyvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3ispresentthe companywhere propertytree rules

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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