Test 6 · ★ · Reading a story: characters, plot and setting

★★★ A summary of Tim's race: which is best?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: ★, Tim · What happens: ★, be, race · To what, where: summary

This is test 6 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	★	★	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 ★	nsubj
2	★	★	X	Foreign=Yes	1 ★	dep
3	★	★	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 summary	det
5	summary	summary	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ★	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 race	case
7	Tim	Tim	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 race	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Tim	case
9	race	race	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 summary	nmod
10	:	:	PUNCT	_	13 best	punct
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 best	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 best	cop
13	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 ★	conj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 ★	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	★	present	★	a summary of Tim's race		tree rules
2	is	present			good property	tree rules
3	race		Tim			nom race «event intransitive»: poss=agent

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.

The options

Option 1

Tim runs in a race

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tim	Tim	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 runs	nsubj
2	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 race	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 race	det
5	race	race	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 runs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	present	Tim			a race			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in race=Trajectory

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Tim gives up winning to help a fallen friend, and is happy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tim	Tim	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 gives	nsubj
2	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 gives	compound:prt
4	winning	win	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 gives	xcomp
5	to	to	PART	_	6 help	mark
6	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 winning	xcomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 friend	det
8	fallen	fall	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 friend	amod
9	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 help	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 happy	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 happy	cc
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 happy	cop
13	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 gives	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	give up	present	Tim			tree rules
2	win	gerund	Tim not said here			tree rules
3	help	to-infinitive	Tim not said here	a fallen friend		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Beneficiary
4	fall	participle				vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	is	present	Tim not said here		happy property	tree rules

Option 3

Tim wins the race easily

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tim	Tim	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 wins	nsubj
2	wins	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 race	det
4	race	race	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wins	obj
5	easily	easily	ADV	_	2 wins	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	win	present	Tim	the race				easily property	vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent race=Eventuality

Option 4

Tim has trainers, there is a race, a friend falls, Tim stops, he helps, he runs again, he comes last, he smiles, he goes home

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tim	Tim	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	trainers	trainer	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 has	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 is	punct
5	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	6 is	expl
6	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 has	conj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 race	det
8	race	race	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 is	nsubj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 falls	punct
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 friend	det
11	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 falls	nsubj
12	falls	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 has	parataxis
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 stops	punct
14	Tim	Tim	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 stops	nsubj
15	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 falls	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 helps	punct
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 helps	nsubj
18	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 stops	conj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 runs	punct
20	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 runs	nsubj
21	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 falls	conj
22	again	again	ADV	_	21 runs	advmod
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 comes	punct
24	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 comes	nsubj
25	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 runs	conj
26	last	last	ADV	_	25 comes	advmod
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 smiles	punct
28	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	29 smiles	nsubj
29	smiles	smile	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 comes	conj
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 goes	punct
31	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 goes	nsubj
32	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 has	conj
33	home	home	ADV	_	32 goes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Tim	trainers				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trainer=Patient
2	be	present	a race		there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	fall	present	a friend					vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	stop	present	Tim					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
5	help	present	Tim					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
6	run	present	Tim			again		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	come	present	Tim				last property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
8	smile	present	Tim					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
9	go	present	Tim				home property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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