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."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 goes | nsubj |
| 3 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 made | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 made | punct |
| 6 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 9 made | mark |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 made | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 made | aux:pass |
| 9 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 goes | advcl |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 Mexico | case |
| 11 | Mexico | Mexico | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 made | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 company | punct |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 company | nsubj |
| 14 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 company | cop |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 company | det |
| 16 | Mexican | Mexican | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 company | amod |
| 17 | company | company | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 made | obl:agent |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 innit | punct |
| 19 | innit | innit | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 17 company | parataxis |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 goes | punct |
| 21 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 goes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | Your mate | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | make a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present · passive | a Mexican company | mate | Mexico | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset subject=Product | |||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | mate | a Mexican company | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | innit in a quote | infinitive | 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: What is the mistake?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 mistake | det |
| 4 | mistake | mistake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the mistake | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Mexico owns LEGO
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mexico | Mexico | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 owns | nsubj |
| 2 | owns | own | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | LEGO | LEGO | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 owns | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | own | present | Mexico | LEGO | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot lego=Theme |
Option 2
Companies are never allowed to use factories in other countries
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Companies | company | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 allowed | aux:pass |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 allowed | advmod |
| 4 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 use | mark |
| 6 | use | use | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 allowed | xcomp |
| 7 | factories | factory | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 use | obj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 countries | case |
| 9 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 countries | amod |
| 10 | countries | country | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 use | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not allow | present · passive | Companies | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | use not said to happen | to-infinitive | Companies not said here | factories | other countries | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent factory=Patient |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Firms use factories in many countries
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Firms | firm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 use | nsubj |
| 2 | use | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | factories | factory | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 use | obj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 countries | case |
| 5 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 countries | amod |
| 6 | countries | country | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 use | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | present | Firms | factories | many countries | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent factory=Patient |
Option 4
He is right, the factory always shows where the company is from
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 shows | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 factory | det |
| 6 | factory | factory | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 shows | nsubj |
| 7 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 8 shows | advmod |
| 8 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | conj |
| 9 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 8 shows | ccomp |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 company | det |
| 11 | company | company | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 where | nsubj |
| 12 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 where | cop |
| 13 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 where | case |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | show | present | the factory | always property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | is | present | the company | where property | tree rules |
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