Test 2 · Reading non-fiction: recount, instructions, report

★★ Which sentence belongs in instructions, not a recount?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★ ★ · What happens: belong · To what, where: instructions

This is test 2 of lesson 23 «Reading non-fiction: recount, instructions, report» 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	2 ★	compound
2	★	★	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 belongs	nsubj
3	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	4 sentence	det
4	sentence	sentence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ★	appos
5	belongs	belong	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 instructions	case
7	instructions	instruction	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 belongs	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 recount	punct
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 recount	advmod
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 recount	det
11	recount	recount	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 instructions	conj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 belongs	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	belong	present	★ ★			instructions and a recount			vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme

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 · ← Mova's choice

Next, Tom stirred the paint

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Next	next	ADV	_	4 stirred	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Next	punct
3	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 stirred	nsubj
4	stirred	stir	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 paint	det
6	paint	paint	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stirred	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stir	past	Tom	the paint				next property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus paint=Experiencer

Option 2

We stirred the paint until it was smooth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 stirred	nsubj
2	stirred	stir	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 paint	det
4	paint	paint	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stirred	obj
5	until	until	SCONJ	_	8 smooth	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 smooth	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 smooth	cop
8	smooth	smooth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 stirred	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stir	past	We	the paint					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus paint=Experiencer
2	is	past	paint					smooth property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Stir the paint until it is smooth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stir	stir	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 paint	det
3	paint	paint	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Stir	obj
4	until	until	SCONJ	_	7 smooth	mark
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 smooth	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 smooth	cop
7	smooth	smooth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Stir	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stir	imperative	you not said here	the paint					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus paint=Experiencer
2	is	present	paint					smooth property	tree rules

Option 4

Yesterday the paint was smooth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yesterday	Yesterday	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 paint	det
3	paint	paint	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 smooth	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 smooth	cop
5	smooth	smooth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Yesterday	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the paint	Yesterday not said here				smooth property	tree rules

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