Test 2 · Words to know, Years 3–4 (the statutory list, by idea)
«seperate looks right to me, bro». Which trick fixes it?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: seperate, trick · What happens: look, fix · To what, where: seperate
This is test 2 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: «seperate looks right to me, bro».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 looks | punct |
| 2 | seperate | separate | ADJ | Degree=Pos Typo=Yes | 3 looks | nsubj |
| 3 | looks | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 looks | xcomp |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 me | case |
| 6 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 right | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 bro | punct |
| 8 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 looks | vocative |
| 9 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 looks | punct |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 looks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look in a quote | present | seperate | bro vocative; right property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
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: Which trick fixes it?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 trick | det |
| 2 | trick | trick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fixes | nsubj |
| 3 | fixes | fix | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 fixes | obj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 fixes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fix | present | which trick | seperate = separate | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
The options
Option 1
Separate rhymes with «per»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Separate | separate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 rhymes | amod |
| 2 | rhymes | rhyme | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 per | case |
| 4 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 per | punct |
| 5 | per | per | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 rhymes | nmod |
| 6 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 per | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Separate has «a pet» in the middle of it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Separate | separate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 has | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 pet | punct |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 pet | det |
| 5 | pet | pet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 has | obj |
| 6 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 pet | punct |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 middle | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 middle | det |
| 9 | middle | middle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 has | obl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 it | case |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 middle | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | Separate | a pet | the middle of middle | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pet=Patient |
Option 3
Write it how it sounds
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Write | write | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Write | obj |
| 3 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 sounds | advmod |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 sounds | nsubj |
| 5 | sounds | sound | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Write | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | imperative | you not said here | it | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | sound | present | it | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
There's «a rat» in separate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | There | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 2 's | expl |
| 2 | 's | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 rat | punct |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 rat | det |
| 5 | rat | rat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 's | nsubj |
| 6 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 rat | punct |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 separate | case |
| 8 | separate | separate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 's | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | present | a rat | separate; there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in separate=Location |
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