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Test 4 · ★ · Reading a story: characters, plot and setting

«the setting is the bit where she sets the table lol». What's right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: setting, she · What happens: be, set · To what, where: bit, table

This is test 4 · ★ 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: «the setting is the bit where she sets the table lol».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 bit	punct
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 setting	det
3	setting	setting	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bit	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 bit	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bit	det
6	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	9 sets	advmod
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 sets	nsubj
9	sets	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 bit	parataxis
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 table	det
11	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sets	obj
12	lol	lol	INTJ	_	9 sets	discourse
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 bit	punct
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 bit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	the setting	the bit					tree rules
2	set in a quote	present	she	the table					vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient table=Result

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's right?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	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	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 right	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						right property	tree rules

The options

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

The setting is where and when the story happens

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 setting	det
2	setting	setting	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 where	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 where	cop
4	where	where	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 happens	cc
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 happens	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 story	det
8	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 happens	nsubj
9	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 where	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the setting					where property	tree rules
2	happen	present	the story						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

The setting is the title

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 setting	det
2	setting	setting	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 title	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 title	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 title	det
5	title	title	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

Option 3

Yes, setting means setting the table

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 means	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	setting	setting	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 means	nsubj
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	setting	set	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 means	ccomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 table	det
7	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 setting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	setting						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	set	gerund		the table					vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient table=Result

Option 4

The setting is the last chapter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 setting	det
2	setting	setting	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 chapter	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 chapter	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 chapter	det
5	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 chapter	amod
6	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the setting	the last chapter					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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