Test 10 · Show day: the exhibition, the concert and the big arts quiz
Jack says his cracked owl is "stuffed" ("stuffed" means broken) and wants to hide it. What could he learn from kintsugi?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Jack · What happens: say, crack, stuff, mean, break, want · To what, where: cracked owl, owl, kintsugi · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 of lesson 40 «Show day: the exhibition, the concert and the big arts quiz» 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: Jack says his cracked owl is "stuffed" ("stuffed" means broken) and wants to hide it.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack | Jack | 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 | 5 owl | nmod:poss |
| 4 | cracked | crack | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 owl | amod |
| 5 | owl | owl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 stuffed | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 stuffed | aux:pass |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 stuffed | punct |
| 8 | stuffed | stuff | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 says | ccomp |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 stuffed | punct |
| 10 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 14 means | punct |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 stuffed | punct |
| 12 | stuffed | stuff | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 means | nsubj |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 stuffed | punct |
| 14 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 says | parataxis |
| 15 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 means | xcomp |
| 16 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 14 means | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 wants | cc |
| 18 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 means | conj |
| 19 | to | to | PART | _ | 20 hide | mark |
| 20 | hide | hide | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 wants | xcomp |
| 21 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 hide | obj |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Jack | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | crack | participle | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | stuff in a quote | present · passive | Jack's cracked owl | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 4 | stuff in a quote | participle | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 5 | mean | present | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 6 | break not said to happen | participle | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 7 | want | present | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | ||||||
| 8 | hide not said to happen | to-infinitive | owl | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
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 could he learn from kintsugi?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 learn | obj |
| 2 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 learn | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 learn | nsubj |
| 4 | learn | learn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 kintsugi | case |
| 6 | kintsugi | kintsugi | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 learn | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 learn | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | learn | could | Jack | kintsugi | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent what=Topic from kintsugi=Source |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Cracks can be part of a piece's story and beauty
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cracks | crack | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 part | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 part | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 part | cop |
| 4 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 story | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 piece | det |
| 7 | piece | piece | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 story | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 piece | case |
| 9 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 part | nmod |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 beauty | cc |
| 11 | beauty | beauty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 part | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | can | Cracks | part and beauty | of a piece's story | tree rules |
Option 2
Gold makes any pot more expensive than art
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 makes | nsubj |
| 2 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 4 pot | det |
| 4 | pot | pot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 makes | obj |
| 5 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 6 expensive | advmod |
| 6 | expensive | expensive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 makes | xcomp |
| 7 | than | than | ADP | _ | 8 art | case |
| 8 | art | art | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 expensive | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | Gold | any pot | expensive property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material pot=Product |
Option 3
Cracked pots must always be thrown away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cracked | crack | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 pots | amod |
| 2 | pots | pot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 thrown | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 thrown | aux |
| 4 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 6 thrown | advmod |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 thrown | aux:pass |
| 6 | thrown | throw | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | away | away | ADV | _ | 6 thrown | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | crack | participle | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | throw away | must · passive | Cracked pots | always, away property | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 4
Only perfect work is allowed in exhibitions
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 3 work | advmod |
| 2 | perfect | perfect | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 work | amod |
| 3 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 allowed | aux:pass |
| 5 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 exhibitions | case |
| 7 | exhibitions | exhibition | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 allowed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | allow | present · passive | perfect work | exhibitions | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary |
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