Test 9 · Retrieval: finding the answer in the text

Dad: «Don't make me do it for you, where's it say that, then?» Why is this good help?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: me, it · What happens: not make, not do, be · To what, where: me, it, good help

This is test 9 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: Dad: «Don't make me do it for you, where's it say that, then?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 make	punct
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 make	punct
4	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 make	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 make	advmod
6	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Dad	parataxis
7	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 make	obj
8	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 make	xcomp
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 do	obj
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 you	case
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 do	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 say	punct
13	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	16 say	advmod
14	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 say	cop
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 say	nsubj
16	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 make	conj
17	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	16 say	obj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 then	punct
19	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 say	advmod
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Dad	punct
21	»	»	PUNCT	_	1 Dad	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	not make in a quote	infinitive · do-support		me			tree rules
2	not do in a quote	infinitive	me not said here	it		for you	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
3	is in a quote	present	it		then	say property	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: Why is this good help?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 help	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 help	cop
3	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 help	det
4	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 help	amod
5	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 help	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		this good help					tree rules

The options

Option 1

It's just a clever way for Dad to avoid helping with the homework at all

The tree, 16 words

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	6 way	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 way	cop
3	just	just	ADV	_	6 way	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 way	det
5	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 way	amod
6	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 Dad	case
8	Dad	Dad	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 way	nmod
9	to	to	PART	_	10 avoid	mark
10	avoid	avoid	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 way	acl
11	helping	help	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 avoid	xcomp
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 homework	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 homework	det
14	homework	homework	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 helping	obl
15	at	at	ADP	_	16 all	case
16	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 helping	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a clever way		for Dad	tree rules
2	avoid	to-infinitive					vn avoid-52 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	help	gerund			all	with the homework	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with homework=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The child should know it without looking

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 know	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 know	aux
4	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 know	obj
6	without	without	SCONJ	_	7 looking	mark
7	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 know	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	should	the child	it					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
2	look	gerund	the child not said here						vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It makes the child find the evidence 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 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 child	det
4	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obj
5	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 makes	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 evidence	det
7	evidence	evidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 find	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 text	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 text	det
10	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 evidence	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	It	the child					tree rules
2	find	infinitive	the child not said here	the evidence		the text			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent evidence=Topic

Option 4

It means the answer isn't in the text at all

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 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 answer	det
4	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 text	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 text	cop
6	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 text	advmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 text	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 text	det
9	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	ccomp
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 all	case
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 text	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	not is	present	the answer			the text		at all	tree rules

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