Test 7 · Lego builds: instructions vs your own ideas

A London kid says "bare pieces in the box, why you crying" ("bare" means lots of). What is he missing?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: London kid, bare pieces, bare · What happens: say, cry, mean, be · To what, where: lots · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 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: A London kid says "bare pieces in the box, why you crying" ("bare" means lots of).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 kid	det
2	London	London	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 kid	compound
3	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 pieces	punct
6	bare	bare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 pieces	amod
7	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 crying	nsubj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 box	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 box	det
10	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pieces	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 crying	punct
12	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	14 crying	advmod
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	14 crying	nsubj
14	crying	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 says	ccomp
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 crying	punct
16	(	(	PUNCT	_	18 bare	punct
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 bare	punct
18	bare	bare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 means	nsubj
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 bare	punct
20	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	parataxis
21	lots	lot	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 means	obj
22	of	of	ADP	_	21 lots	nmod
23	)	)	PUNCT	_	20 means	punct
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a London kid		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	cry speech: express in a quote	gerund	bare pieces in the box		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	mean	present	bare	lots	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=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 he missing?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 missing	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 missing	cop
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 missing	nsubj
4	missing	missing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 missing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						missing property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Shared bricks always belong to whoever is the oldest in the family

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shared	share	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 bricks	amod
2	bricks	brick	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 belong	nsubj
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 belong	advmod
4	belong	belong	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	9 oldest	case
6	whoever	whoever	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 oldest	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 oldest	cop
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 oldest	det
9	oldest	old	ADJ	Degree=Sup	4 belong	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 family	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 family	det
12	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 oldest	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	share	participle				tree rules
2	belong	present	Shared bricks		always property	vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme
3	is	present	whoever	the family	old property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The plane is her work

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 plane	det
2	plane	plane	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 work	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 work	cop
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 work	nmod:poss
5	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the plane	her work					tree rules

Option 3

Planes do not really need wings, so she should not be upset

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Planes	plane	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 need	nsubj
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 need	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 need	advmod
4	really	really	ADV	_	5 need	advmod
5	need	need	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 need	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 upset	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	13 upset	advmod
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 upset	nsubj
10	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 upset	aux
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 upset	advmod
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 upset	cop
13	upset	upset	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 need	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not need	present · do-support	Planes	wings					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot wing=Theme
2	not is	should	she					upset property	tree rules

Option 4

Crying is not allowed in the house over toys or games

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Crying	cry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 allowed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 allowed	aux:pass
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 allowed	advmod
4	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 house	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 house	det
7	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 allowed	obl
8	over	over	ADP	_	9 toys	case
9	toys	toy	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 allowed	obl
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 games	cc
11	games	game	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 toys	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	gerund							vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not allow	present · passive				the house		over toys or games	vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary

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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