Test 5 · Lego builds: instructions vs your own ideas
Ishaan says his set is "waste only" now ("waste only" means totally useless in Indian English). What is true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ishaan, set, waste · What happens: say, be, mean · To what, where: waste, useless · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 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: Ishaan says his set is "waste only" now ("waste only" means totally useless in Indian English).
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ishaan | Ishaan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 set | nmod:poss |
| 4 | set | set | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 waste | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 waste | cop |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 waste | punct |
| 7 | waste | waste | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 says | ccomp |
| 8 | only | only | ADV | _ | 13 waste | advmod |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 waste | punct |
| 10 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 13 waste | advmod |
| 11 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 13 waste | punct |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 waste | punct |
| 13 | waste | waste | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 means | nsubj |
| 14 | only | only | ADV | _ | 16 means | advmod |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 only | punct |
| 16 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 waste | parataxis |
| 17 | totally | totally | ADV | _ | 18 useless | advmod |
| 18 | useless | useless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 means | obj |
| 19 | in | in | ADP | _ | 21 English | case |
| 20 | Indian | Indian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 English | amod |
| 21 | English | English | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 useless | obl |
| 22 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 16 means | punct |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Ishaan | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | Ishaan's set | waste | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | mean | present | waste | useless | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent useless=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 is true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A missing part rarely ruins a model
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 part | det |
| 2 | missing | missing | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 part | amod |
| 3 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ruins | nsubj |
| 4 | rarely | rarely | ADV | _ | 5 ruins | advmod |
| 5 | ruins | ruin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 model | det |
| 7 | model | model | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ruins | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ruin | present | a missing part | a model | rarely property | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent model=Patient |
Option 2
Lego does not sell single pieces
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lego | Lego | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 sell | nsubj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 sell | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 sell | advmod |
| 4 | sell | sell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 pieces | amod |
| 6 | pieces | piece | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 sell | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not sell | present · do-support | Lego | single pieces | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Theme |
Option 3
Sets cannot be fixed at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sets | set | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 fixed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 fixed | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 fixed | advmod |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 fixed | aux:pass |
| 5 | fixed | fix | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 all | case |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 fixed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not fix | can · passive | Sets | all | vn price-54.4 «NP V NP PP.value»: subject=Theme at all=Value |
Option 4
One missing piece wrecks every build
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 piece | nummod |
| 2 | missing | missing | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 piece | amod |
| 3 | piece | piece | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wrecks | nsubj |
| 4 | wrecks | wreck | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 build | det |
| 6 | build | build | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wrecks | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wreck | present | One missing piece | every build | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent build=Patient |
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