Test 4 · Blending, segmenting and the Year 1 check

«ahh the craic, she read shop as sop, is she an eejit or what». What is the wise answer?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, she, wise answer · What happens: ahh, read, be · To what, where: craic, shop

This is test 4 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: «ahh the craic, she read shop as sop, is she an eejit or what».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 ahh	punct
2	ahh	ahh	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 craic	det
4	craic	craic	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ahh	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 read	punct
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 read	nsubj
7	read	read	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 ahh	advcl
8	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 read	obj
9	as	as	ADP	_	10 sop	case
10	sop	sop	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 read	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 what	punct
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 what	cop
13	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 what	nsubj
14	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 eejit	det
15	eejit	eejit	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 what	nsubj
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 what	cc
17	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 ahh	obj
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	17 what	punct
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 ahh	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ahh in a quote	imperative	you not said here	the craic		tree rules
2	read in a quote	past	she	shop	as sop	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer shop=Stimulus as sop=Attribute
3	is a in a quote	present	she			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: What is the wise answer?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 answer	det
4	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 answer	amod
5	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the wise answer						tree rules

The options

Option 1

Tell her «shop» is really spelled with one letter less than she thinks

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 spelled	parataxis
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tell	iobj
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 shop	punct
4	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obl
5	»	»	PUNCT	_	1 Tell	punct
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 spelled	aux:pass
7	really	really	ADV	_	8 spelled	advmod
8	spelled	spell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 letter	case
10	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 letter	nummod
11	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 spelled	obl
12	less	less	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	11 letter	amod
13	than	than	SCONJ	_	15 thinks	mark
14	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 thinks	nsubj
15	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 less	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	infinitive		shop	her = she		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient
2	spell	present · passive				with one letter	vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: with letter=Manner
3	think speech: other	present	she				vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Make her read the word fifty times until it sticks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Make	obj
3	read	read	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Make	xcomp
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 word	det
5	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 read	obj
6	fifty	fifty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 times	nummod
7	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 read	obl:unmarked
8	until	until	SCONJ	_	10 sticks	mark
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 sticks	nsubj
10	sticks	stick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 read	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	make	imperative	you not said here	her = she		tree rules
2	read	infinitive	her = she not said here	the word	time	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Topic
3	stick	present	word			vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It's a normal mistake: show her that s and h are a team

The tree, 14 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	5 mistake	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 mistake	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 mistake	det
4	normal	normal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 mistake	amod
5	mistake	mistake	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 show	punct
7	show	show	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 mistake	parataxis
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 show	iobj
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	15 team	mark
10	s	s	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 team	nsubj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 h	cc
12	h	H	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 s	conj
13	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 team	cop
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 team	det
15	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 show	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a normal mistake		tree rules
2	show	infinitive			her = she	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient
3	is a	present	s and h	a team		tree rules

Option 4

Yes, a child who misses letters is not clever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	10 clever	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 child	det
4	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 clever	nsubj
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 misses	nsubj
6	misses	miss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 child	acl:relcl
7	letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 misses	obj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 clever	cop
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 clever	advmod
10	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	miss	present	a child	letters					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer letter=Stimulus
2	not is	present	a child					clever 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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