Test 4 · ★★ · Words to know, Years 5–6 (the statutory list, by idea)
Ade's teacher in London writes «computer program». Ade says it should be «programme». Who's right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: teacher, Ade · What happens: write, say, be · To what, where: computer program, programme · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★★ 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: Ade's teacher in London writes «computer program».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ade | Ade | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 teacher | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Ade | case |
| 3 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 writes | nsubj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 London | case |
| 5 | London | London | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 teacher | nmod |
| 6 | writes | write | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 9 program | punct |
| 8 | computer | computer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 program | compound |
| 9 | program | program | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 writes | obj |
| 10 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 9 program | punct |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 writes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | present | Ade's teacher in London | computer program | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent program=Theme |
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: Ade says it should be «programme».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ade | Ade | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 programme | nsubj |
| 4 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 programme | aux |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 programme | cop |
| 6 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 programme | punct |
| 7 | programme | programme | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 says | ccomp |
| 8 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 7 programme | punct |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Ade | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | should | teacher | programme | tree rules |
Sentence 3: Who's right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Ade: «program» is American only
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ade | ade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 American | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 program | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 program | punct |
| 4 | program | program | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ade | appos |
| 5 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 program | punct |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 American | cop |
| 7 | American | American | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 American | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Ade | american property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The teacher: a computer program is «program» everywhere
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 teacher | det |
| 2 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 program | punct |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 program | det |
| 5 | computer | computer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 program | compound |
| 6 | program | program | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 program | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 program | cop |
| 8 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 9 program | punct |
| 9 | program | program | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 teacher | appos |
| 10 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 9 program | punct |
| 11 | everywhere | everywhere | ADV | PronType=Tot | 2 teacher | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | a computer program | program | tree rules |
Option 3
Both are wrong: it is «programm»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrong | cop |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 programm | punct |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 programm | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 programm | cop |
| 7 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 programm | punct |
| 8 | programm | programm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wrong | parataxis |
| 9 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 programm | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Both | wrong property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | it | programm | tree rules |
Option 4
Ade: always «programme» in Britain
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ade | ade | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 programme | punct |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 5 programme | advmod |
| 4 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 programme | punct |
| 5 | programme | programme | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ade | appos |
| 6 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 programme | punct |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 Britain | case |
| 8 | Britain | Britain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 programme | nmod |
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.
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