Test 3 · Blending, segmenting and the Year 1 check

«a test at six?? they'll fail her and she's stuck forever». Calm this Leeds mum down.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: test, you · What happens: fail, be, calm · To what, where: her, Leeds mum

This is test 3 of lesson 2 «Blending, segmenting and the Year 1 check» 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: «a test at six?? they'll fail her and she's stuck forever».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 test	punct
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 test	det
3	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fail	nsubj
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 six	case
5	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 test	nmod
6	??	??	PUNCT	_	3 test	punct
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 fail	nsubj
8	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 fail	aux
9	fail	fail	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 fail	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 stuck	cc
12	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 stuck	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 stuck	cop
14	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 fail	parataxis
15	forever	forever	ADV	_	14 stuck	advmod
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 stuck	punct
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 fail	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fail in a quote	future	a test at six	her = she					vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Eventuality
2	is in a quote	present	test					forever, stuck 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: Calm this Leeds mum down.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Calm	calm	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 mum	det
3	Leeds	Leeds	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 mum	compound
4	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Calm	obj
5	down	down	ADV	_	1 Calm	advmod
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Calm	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	calm	imperative	you not said here	this Leeds mum				down property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus mum=Experiencer

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It finds who needs help, and anyone who misses it tries again in Year 2

The tree, 15 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	2 finds	nsubj
2	finds	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 needs	nsubj
4	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 finds	ccomp
5	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 needs	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 tries	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 tries	cc
8	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	12 tries	nsubj
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 misses	nsubj
10	misses	miss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 anyone	acl:relcl
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 misses	obj
12	tries	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 finds	conj
13	again	again	ADV	_	12 tries	advmod
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 Year	case
15	Year	Year	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 tries	obl
16	2	2	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	15 Year	flat

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	find	present	It			vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	need	present		help		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot help=Theme
3	miss	present		help		vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
4	try	present	anyone		in Year; again	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

She's right, missing the check means staying behind for ever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 means	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 missing	punct
5	missing	miss	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 right	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 check	det
7	check	check	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 missing	obj
8	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	staying	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 means	xcomp
10	behind	behind	ADV	_	9 staying	advmod
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 ever	case
12	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	9 staying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	She		right property	tree rules
2	miss	gerund	She not said here	the check		vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer check=Stimulus
3	mean	present	right			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	stay not said to happen	gerund	right not said here		behind property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

The check is only for children who already read well

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 check	det
2	check	check	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 children	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 children	cop
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 children	advmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 children	case
6	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 read	nsubj
8	already	already	ADV	_	9 read	advmod
9	read	read	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 children	acl:relcl
10	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 read	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the check					for children	tree rules
2	read	past	children					well property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Nobody is told the result, so it doesn't matter at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 told	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 told	aux:pass
3	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 result	det
5	result	result	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 told	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 matter	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	11 matter	advmod
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 matter	nsubj
9	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 matter	aux
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 matter	advmod
11	matter	matter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 told	parataxis
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 all	case
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 matter	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present · passive		Nobody					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient result=Topic
2	not matter	present · do-support	it			all			vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

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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