Test 8 · Retrieval: finding the answer in the text
In a cartoon, a detective solves a case without looking at the clues, from «a gut feeling». In a retrieval test, what works?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: detective, gut · What happens: solve, look, feel, work · To what, where: case, cartoon
This is test 8 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: In a cartoon, a detective solves a case without looking at the clues, from «a gut feeling».
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 solves | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 detective | det |
| 6 | detective | detective | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 solves | nsubj |
| 7 | solves | solve | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 case | det |
| 9 | case | case | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 solves | obj |
| 10 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 11 looking | mark |
| 11 | looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 solves | advcl |
| 12 | at | at | ADP | _ | 14 clues | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 clues | det |
| 14 | clues | clue | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 looking | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 feeling | punct |
| 16 | from | from | SCONJ | _ | 20 feeling | mark |
| 17 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 20 feeling | punct |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 gut | det |
| 19 | gut | gut | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 feeling | nsubj |
| 20 | feeling | feel | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 solves | advcl |
| 21 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 20 feeling | punct |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 solves | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | solve | present | a detective | a case | a cartoon | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent case=Topic | |||
| 2 | look | gerund | a detective not said here | at the clues | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at clue=Theme | ||||
| 3 | feel in a quote | gerund | a gut | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
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: In a retrieval test, what works?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 test | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 test | det |
| 3 | retrieval | retrieval | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 test | compound |
| 4 | test | test | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 works | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 works | punct |
| 6 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 works | nsubj |
| 7 | works | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 works | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | present | in a retrieval test | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in test=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Answering from what usually happens
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Answering | answer | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 happens | csubj |
| 2 | from | from | ADP | _ | 3 what | case |
| 3 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 1 Answering | obl |
| 4 | usually | usually | ADV | _ | 5 happens | advmod |
| 5 | happens | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | answer speech: assert | gerund | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | happen | present | Answering | usually property | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Writing the longest answer you can
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Writing | write | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 answer | det |
| 3 | longest | long | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 4 answer | amod |
| 4 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Writing | obj |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 can | nsubj |
| 6 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 answer | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | gerund | the longest answer | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent answer=Theme |
Option 3
Trusting a gut feeling over the words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trusting | trust | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 gut | det |
| 3 | gut | gut | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Trusting | obj |
| 4 | feeling | feel | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Trusting | advcl |
| 5 | over | over | ADP | _ | 7 words | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 words | det |
| 7 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 feeling | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | trust | gerund | a gut | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gut=Theme | |||||
| 2 | feel | gerund | the words | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent over word=Location |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Finding the exact words in the text
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finding | find | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 words | det |
| 3 | exact | exact | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 words | amod |
| 4 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Finding | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 text | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 text | det |
| 7 | text | text | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Finding | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | gerund | the exact words | the text | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Topic |
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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