Test 1 · Words to know, Years 3–4 (the statutory list, by idea)
«hundred words, innit, I'll learn 'em in alphabetical order, one night». What is better?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: I · What happens: learn, be · To what, where: 'em, alphabetical order
This is test 1 of lesson 13 «Words to know, Years 3–4 (the statutory list, by idea)» of the English 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: «hundred words, innit, I'll learn 'em in alphabetical order, one night».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 words | punct |
| 2 | hundred | hundred | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 words | nummod |
| 3 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 learn | punct |
| 5 | innit | innit | INTJ | _ | 9 learn | discourse |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 learn | punct |
| 7 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 learn | nsubj |
| 8 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 learn | aux |
| 9 | learn | learn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 words | acl:relcl |
| 10 | 'em | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 learn | obj |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 order | case |
| 12 | alphabetical | alphabetical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 order | amod |
| 13 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 learn | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 night | punct |
| 15 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 16 night | nummod |
| 16 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 order | appos |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 9 learn | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 words | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | learn in a quote | future | I | 'em = they | alphabetical order | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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 better?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 better | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 better | cop |
| 3 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 better | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | good property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A few each week, in groups by meaning
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 few | det |
| 2 | few | few | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 groups | amod |
| 3 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 week | det |
| 4 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 few | obl:unmarked |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 groups | punct |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 groups | case |
| 7 | groups | group | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 meaning | case |
| 9 | meaning | meaning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 groups | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
All 100 in one night, A to Z
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | All | all | DET | PronType=Tot | root | root |
| 2 | 100 | 100 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 All | flat |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 night | case |
| 4 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 night | nummod |
| 5 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 All | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 All | punct |
| 7 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 1 All | conj |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 Z | case |
| 9 | Z | z | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 All | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
None, you'll pick them up from telly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | None | none | PRON | PronType=Neg | 5 pick | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 None | punct |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 pick | nsubj |
| 4 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 pick | aux |
| 5 | pick | pick | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 pick | obj |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 pick | compound:prt |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 telly | case |
| 9 | telly | telly | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 pick | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pick up | future | None | them = they | telly | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic |
Option 4
Only the short ones
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 4 ones | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 ones | det |
| 3 | short | short | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 ones | amod |
| 4 | ones | one | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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.
This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/13-words-to-know-years-3-4/t1/