Test 7 · ★★ · Words to know, Years 5–6 (the statutory list, by idea)
In a cartoon, a sign says «Neccessary items only». What is wrong?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: sign · What happens: say, be · To what, where: Neccessary items, cartoon · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★★ 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: In a cartoon, a sign says «Neccessary items only».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 says | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 sign | det |
| 6 | sign | sign | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 says | nsubj |
| 7 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 10 items | punct |
| 9 | Neccessary | neccessary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 items | amod |
| 10 | items | item | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 says | obj |
| 11 | only | only | ADV | _ | 10 items | advmod |
| 12 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 10 items | punct |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a sign | Neccessary items | a cartoon | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent item=Theme in cartoon=Manner |
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 wrong?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrong | cop |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wrong | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | wrong property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
One c, not two: «necessary»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 c | nummod |
| 2 | c | c | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 two | punct |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 two | advmod |
| 5 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 c | flat |
| 6 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 necessary | punct |
| 7 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 necessary | punct |
| 8 | necessary | necessary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 c | parataxis |
| 9 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 necessary | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
It should be spelled «nessessary»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 spelled | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 spelled | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 spelled | aux:pass |
| 4 | spelled | spell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 nessessary | punct |
| 6 | nessessary | nessessary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 spelled | xcomp |
| 7 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 spelled | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spell | should · passive | It | nessessary property | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme |
Option 3
Two s's should be one: «necesary»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 one | nsubj |
| 2 | s | s | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Two | conj |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 s | case |
| 4 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 one | aux |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 one | cop |
| 6 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | root | root |
| 7 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 necesary | punct |
| 8 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 9 necesary | punct |
| 9 | necesary | necesary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 one | appos |
| 10 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 9 necesary | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | should | Two and s | one | tree rules |
Option 4
Nothing; that's the right spelling
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | root | root |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 7 spelling | punct |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 7 spelling | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 spelling | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 spelling | det |
| 6 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 spelling | amod |
| 7 | spelling | spelling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Nothing | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | that | the right spelling | tree rules |
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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