Test 8 · Reading for pleasure and the reading book at home
«lol he's a free reader so he's done with reading, innit». Right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he · What happens: be, do, innit · To what, where: free reader
This is test 8 of lesson 16 «Reading for pleasure and the reading book at home» 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: «lol he's a free reader so he's done with reading, innit».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 11 done | punct |
| 2 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 7 reader | discourse |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 reader | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 reader | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 reader | det |
| 6 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 reader | amod |
| 7 | reader | reader | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 « | flat |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 done | advmod |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 done | nsubj |
| 10 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 done | aux |
| 11 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 12 | with | with | ADP | _ | 13 reading | case |
| 13 | reading | reading | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 done | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 innit | punct |
| 15 | innit | innit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 done | advcl |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 11 done | punct |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 done | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | he | a free reader | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | do in a quote | present · passive | he | with reading | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | innit in a quote | infinitive | he not said here | 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: Right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Right | right | INTJ | _ | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Right | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, free readers don't take books home
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 3 free | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 readers | amod |
| 4 | readers | reader | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 take | nsubj |
| 5 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 take | aux |
| 6 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 take | advmod |
| 7 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | books | book | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 take | obj |
| 9 | home | home | ADV | _ | 7 take | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not take | present · do-support | free readers | books | home property | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
No, free readers still read every day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 free | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 readers | amod |
| 4 | readers | reader | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 read | nsubj |
| 5 | still | still | ADV | _ | 6 read | advmod |
| 6 | read | read | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 day | det |
| 8 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 read | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | read | present | free readers | still; day | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Yes, free readers have learned everything
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 3 free | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 readers | amod |
| 4 | readers | reader | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 learned | nsubj |
| 5 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 learned | aux |
| 6 | learned | learn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 6 learned | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | learn | present · perfect | free readers | everything | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Topic |
Option 4
No, free readers go back to book bands
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 go | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 go | punct |
| 3 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 readers | amod |
| 4 | readers | reader | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 go | nsubj |
| 5 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | back | back | ADV | _ | 5 go | advmod |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 bands | case |
| 8 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 bands | compound |
| 9 | bands | band | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 go | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go back | present | free readers | to book bands result | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to band=Result |
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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