Test 5 · Retrieval: finding the answer in the text
«the fox lives in the woods, obvs, foxes always do». What's the problem with this answer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: fox, foxes, problem · What happens: live, do, be · To what, where: woods
This is test 5 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: «the fox lives in the woods, obvs, foxes always do».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 lives | punct |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 fox | det |
| 3 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lives | nsubj |
| 4 | lives | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 woods | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 woods | det |
| 7 | woods | wood | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 lives | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 obvs | punct |
| 9 | obvs | obv | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 woods | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 do | punct |
| 11 | foxes | fox | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 do | nsubj |
| 12 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 13 do | advmod |
| 13 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 lives | parataxis |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 13 do | punct |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 lives | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live in a quote | present | the fox | the woods and obvs | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wood=Location | ||||
| 2 | do in a quote | present | foxes | always property | 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: What's the problem with this answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 problem | det |
| 4 | problem | problem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 answer | case |
| 6 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 7 answer | det |
| 7 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 problem | nmod |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the problem with this answer | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
It uses a capital letter in the wrong place
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 | 2 uses | nsubj |
| 2 | uses | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 letter | det |
| 4 | capital | capital | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 letter | compound |
| 5 | letter | letter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 uses | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 place | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 place | det |
| 8 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 place | amod |
| 9 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 uses | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | present | It | a capital letter | the wrong place | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Patient |
Option 2
It's too short for a two-mark question
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 short | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 short | cop |
| 3 | too | too | ADV | _ | 4 short | advmod |
| 4 | short | short | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 question | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 question | det |
| 7 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 mark | nummod |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 two | punct |
| 9 | mark | mark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 question | compound |
| 10 | question | question | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 short | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | for a mark question; short property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
It comes from guessing, not from the words in the text
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 | 2 comes | nsubj |
| 2 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | from | from | SCONJ | _ | 4 guessing | mark |
| 4 | guessing | guess | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 comes | advcl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 words | punct |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 words | advmod |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 words | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 words | det |
| 9 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 guessing | obl |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 text | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 text | det |
| 12 | text | text | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 words | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present | It | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | guess | gerund | the words in the text | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Foxes never live in woods, they only live in towns, so the answer is untrue
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Foxes | fox | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 live | nsubj |
| 2 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 3 live | advmod |
| 3 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 woods | case |
| 5 | woods | wood | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 live | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 live | punct |
| 7 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 live | nsubj |
| 8 | only | only | ADV | _ | 9 live | advmod |
| 9 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 live | conj |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 towns | case |
| 11 | towns | town | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 live | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 untrue | punct |
| 13 | so | so | ADV | _ | 17 untrue | advmod |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 answer | det |
| 15 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 untrue | nsubj |
| 16 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 untrue | cop |
| 17 | untrue | untrue | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 live | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not live | present | Foxes | woods | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wood=Location | ||||
| 2 | live | present | Foxes = fox | towns | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in town=Location | ||||
| 3 | is | present | the answer | untrue 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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