Test 3 · ★ · Reading a story: characters, plot and setting
★★ A girl in a story says she «didn't even want» the part in the play, after she didn't get it. Which story is like this?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★ · What happens: ★, say, not want, not get, be · To what, where: girl, story, part, play · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 22 «Reading a story: characters, plot and setting» 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 girl in a story says she «didn't even want» the part in the play, after she didn't get it.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 ★ | nsubj |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 girl | det |
| 4 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 ★ | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 story | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 story | det |
| 7 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 says | obl |
| 8 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 ★ | parataxis |
| 9 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 want | nsubj |
| 10 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 14 want | punct |
| 11 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 want | aux |
| 12 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 want | advmod |
| 13 | even | even | ADV | _ | 14 want | advmod |
| 14 | want | want | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 says | ccomp |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 14 want | punct |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 part | det |
| 17 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 want | obj |
| 18 | in | in | ADP | _ | 20 play | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 play | det |
| 20 | play | play | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 part | nmod |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 get | punct |
| 22 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 26 get | mark |
| 23 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 get | nsubj |
| 24 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 get | aux |
| 25 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 26 get | advmod |
| 26 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 want | parataxis |
| 27 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 get | obj |
| 28 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 ★ | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | present | ★ | a girl | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | a story | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | not want in a quote | past · do-support | ★ | the part | the play | tree rules | |||
| 4 | not get | past · do-support | ★ | part | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=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: Which story is like this?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 story | det |
| 2 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 this | cop |
| 4 | like | like | ADP | _ | 5 this | case |
| 5 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 story | nmod |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 story | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | like this | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The race where Tim helped his friend
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 race | det |
| 2 | race | race | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 helped | nsubj |
| 3 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 5 helped | advmod |
| 4 | Tim | Tim | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 helped | nsubj |
| 5 | helped | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 friend | nmod:poss |
| 7 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 helped | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | past | the race | Tim's friend | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Beneficiary |
Option 2
The kitten behind the bins
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 kitten | det |
| 2 | kitten | kitten | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 5 bins | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 bins | det |
| 5 | bins | bin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 kitten | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Hansel and Gretel and the breadcrumbs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hansel | hansel | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 Gretel | cc |
| 3 | Gretel | Gretel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Hansel | obj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 breadcrumbs | cc |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 breadcrumbs | det |
| 6 | breadcrumbs | breadcrumb | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 Gretel | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hansel | imperative | you not said here | Gretel and the breadcrumbs | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
The fox and the sour grapes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 fox | det |
| 2 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 grapes | cc |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 grapes | det |
| 5 | sour | sour | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 grapes | amod |
| 6 | grapes | grape | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 fox | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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