Test 1 · Retrieval: finding the answer in the text

«miss the answer's literally first line, done, ez». Should you stop reading after the first line every time?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: miss, do, stop, read · To what, where: first line

This is test 1 of lesson 17 «Retrieval: finding the answer in the text» 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: «miss the answer's literally first line, done, ez».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 miss	punct
2	miss	miss	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 answer	det
4	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 line	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 answer	case
6	literally	literally	ADV	_	7 first	advmod
7	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 line	amod
8	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 miss	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 done	punct
10	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 miss	advcl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 ez	punct
12	ez	ez	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 done	conj
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 done	punct
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 miss	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	miss in a quote	imperative	you not said here	the answer's first line					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer line=Stimulus
2	do in a quote	participle	you not said here						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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: Should you stop reading after the first line every time?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 stop	aux
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 stop	nsubj
3	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	reading	read	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 stop	xcomp
5	after	after	ADP	_	8 line	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 line	det
7	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 line	amod
8	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reading	obl
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 time	det
10	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reading	obl:unmarked
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 stop	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	should	you						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	read	gerund	you not said here				after the first line; time		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, answers are always in the first line

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	9 line	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	answers	answer	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 line	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 line	cop
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	9 line	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 line	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 line	det
8	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	9 line	amod
9	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	answers			the first line		always property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No, answers can be anywhere, so check the part the question points to

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 answers	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	answers	answer	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 anywhere	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 anywhere	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 anywhere	cop
6	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	PronType=Ind	14 points	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 check	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	9 check	advmod
9	check	check	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 anywhere	parataxis
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 part	det
11	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 check	obj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 question	det
13	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 check	obj
14	points	point	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	to	to	PART	_	14 points	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	can	answers		anywhere property	tree rules
2	check	infinitive		the part		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP.attribute»: agent=Agent part=Theme question=Attribute
3	point	present				vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Yes, the first paragraph has all the answers, because the writer puts them there first

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 has	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 paragraph	det
4	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 paragraph	amod
5	paragraph	paragraph	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 has	nsubj
6	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 answers	det:predet
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 answers	det
9	answers	answer	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 has	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 puts	punct
11	because	because	SCONJ	_	14 puts	mark
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 writer	det
13	writer	writer	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 puts	nsubj
14	puts	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 has	conj
15	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 puts	obj
16	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 puts	advmod
17	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	14 puts	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	the first paragraph	all answers					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent answer=Patient
2	put	present	the writer	answers = answer		there		first property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent they=Goal

Option 4

No, the answer is always at the very end

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	10 end	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 answer	det
4	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 end	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 end	cop
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	10 end	advmod
7	at	at	ADP	_	10 end	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 end	det
9	very	very	ADV	_	10 end	advmod
10	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the answer				at the end	always property	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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