Test 3 · ★★ · Words to know, Years 5–6 (the statutory list, by idea)
«tempratur, that's how I say it, it's dreich and I'm done». What would help?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: that, I, it · What happens: be, say, help · To what, where: it, dreich · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 14 «Words to know, Years 5–6 (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: «tempratur, that's how I say it, it's dreich and I'm done».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 tempratur | punct |
| 2 | tempratur | tempratur | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 say | punct |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 how | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 how | cop |
| 6 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 say | advmod |
| 7 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 say | nsubj |
| 8 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 tempratur | acl:relcl |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 say | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 dreich | punct |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 dreich | nsubj |
| 12 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 dreich | cop |
| 13 | dreich | dreich | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 tempratur | conj |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 done | cc |
| 15 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 17 done | nsubj |
| 16 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 done | cop |
| 17 | done | done | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 dreich | acl:relcl |
| 18 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 17 done | punct |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 tempratur | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | that | how property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert in a quote | present | I | it | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic | ||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | it | dreich | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | is in a quote | present | I | dreich not said here | done property | tree rules |
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 would help?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 help | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 help | aux |
| 3 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 help | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | would | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Say it slowly in parts: tem-per-a-ture
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Say | obj |
| 3 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 1 Say | advmod |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 parts | case |
| 5 | parts | part | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Say | obl |
| 6 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 per | punct |
| 7 | tem | tem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 per | compound |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 tem | punct |
| 9 | per | per | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 parts | appos |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 13 ture | punct |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 ture | det |
| 12 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 11 a | punct |
| 13 | ture | ture | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 per | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | it | parts | slowly property | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent it=Theme in part=Manner |
Option 2
Use a shorter word, like «heat», forever
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Use | use | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 word | det |
| 3 | shorter | short | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 word | amod |
| 4 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Use | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 heat | punct |
| 6 | like | like | ADP | _ | 8 heat | case |
| 7 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 heat | punct |
| 8 | heat | heat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Use | obj |
| 9 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 heat | punct |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 forever | punct |
| 11 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 1 Use | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | imperative | you not said here | a shorter word | forever property | tree rules |
Option 3
Write it the way you say it
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 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 way | det |
| 4 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Write | obj |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 say | nsubj |
| 6 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 way | acl:relcl |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 say | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | imperative | you not said here | it | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient way=Topic | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | you | way | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
Option 4
Learn it by its shape only
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Learn | learn | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Learn | obj |
| 3 | by | by | ADP | _ | 5 shape | case |
| 4 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 shape | nmod:poss |
| 5 | shape | shape | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Learn | obl |
| 6 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 shape | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | learn | imperative | you not said here | it | by its shape | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
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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