Test 5 · Reading non-fiction: recount, instructions, report ★★★ «Last Saturday, we went to the zoo. The lions were asleep. Lions sleep up to 20 hours a day. Then we saw the penguins.» Which sentence is a report-style fact, not part of the recount of the day?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★, lions, we, sentence · What happens: go, be, sleep up, see, recount · To what, where: zoo, penguins, style fact, day
This is test 5 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 Sentence 1: ★★★ «Last Saturday, we went to the zoo.
nsubj dep dep punct amod conj punct nsubj case det obl punct root ★ PROPN ★ X ★ X « PUNCT Last ADJ Saturday PROPN , PUNCT we PRON went VERB to ADP the DET zoo NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ★ ★ PROPN Number=Sing 9 went nsubj 2 ★ ★ X Foreign=Yes 1 ★ dep 3 ★ ★ X Foreign=Yes 1 ★ dep 4 « « PUNCT _ 6 Saturday punct 5 Last last ADJ Degree=Pos 6 Saturday amod 6 Saturday Saturday PROPN Number=Sing 1 ★ conj 7 , , PUNCT _ 1 ★ punct 8 we we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 9 went nsubj 9 went go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 10 to to ADP _ 12 zoo case 11 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 12 zoo det 12 zoo zoo NOUN Number=Sing 9 went obl 13 . . PUNCT _ 9 went punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 go in a quote past ★ and Last Saturday the zoo vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to zoo=Initial_Location
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: The lions were asleep.
det nsubj cop punct root The DET lions NOUN were AUX asleep ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 lions det 2 lions lion NOUN Number=Plur 4 asleep nsubj 3 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 asleep cop 4 asleep asleep ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 . . PUNCT _ 4 asleep punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is past the lions asleep property tree rules
Sentence 3: Lions sleep up to 20 hours a day.
nsubj compound:prt case nummod obl det nmod:unmarked punct root Lions NOUN sleep VERB up ADP to ADP 20 NUM hours NOUN a DET day NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Lions lion NOUN Number=Plur 2 sleep nsubj 2 sleep sleep VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 up up ADP _ 2 sleep compound:prt 4 to to ADP _ 6 hours case 5 20 20 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 6 hours nummod 6 hours hour NOUN Number=Plur 2 sleep obl 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 day det 8 day day NOUN Number=Sing 6 hours nmod:unmarked 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 sleep punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 sleep up present Lions hour vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Sentence 4: Then we saw the penguins.»
advmod nsubj det obj punct punct root Then ADV we PRON saw VERB the DET penguins NOUN . PUNCT » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Then then ADV PronType=Dem 3 saw advmod 2 we we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 3 saw nsubj 3 saw see VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 penguins det 5 penguins penguin NOUN Number=Plur 3 saw obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 3 saw punct 7 » » PUNCT _ 3 saw punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 see past we the penguins then vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer penguin=Stimulus
Sentence 5: Which sentence is a report-style fact, not part of the recount of the day?
det nsubj cop det compound punct compound punct advmod parataxis case det nmod case det nmod punct root Which DET sentence NOUN is AUX a DET report NOUN - PUNCT style NOUN fact NOUN , PUNCT not PART part NOUN of ADP the DET recount NOUN of ADP the DET day NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Which which DET PronType=Int 2 sentence det 2 sentence sentence NOUN Number=Sing 8 fact nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 fact cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 fact det 5 report report NOUN Number=Sing 7 style compound 6 - - PUNCT _ 5 report punct 7 style style NOUN Number=Sing 8 fact compound 8 fact fact NOUN Number=Sing root root 9 , , PUNCT _ 11 part punct 10 not not PART Polarity=Neg 11 part advmod 11 part part NOUN Number=Sing 8 fact parataxis 12 of of ADP _ 14 recount case 13 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 14 recount det 14 recount recount NOUN Number=Sing 11 part nmod 15 of of ADP _ 17 day case 16 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 17 day det 17 day day NOUN Number=Sing 14 recount nmod 18 ? ? PUNCT _ 8 fact punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present which sentence a style fact tree rules 2 recount the day nom recount «act transitive»: of=patient
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Then we saw the penguins
advmod nsubj det obj root Then ADV we PRON saw VERB the DET penguins NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Then then ADV PronType=Dem 3 saw advmod 2 we we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 3 saw nsubj 3 saw see VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 penguins det 5 penguins penguin NOUN Number=Plur 3 saw obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 see past we the penguins then vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer penguin=Stimulus
Option 2 The lions were asleep
det nsubj cop root The DET lions NOUN were AUX asleep ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 lions det 2 lions lion NOUN Number=Plur 4 asleep nsubj 3 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 asleep cop 4 asleep asleep ADJ Degree=Pos root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is past the lions asleep property tree rules
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer Lions sleep up to 20 hours a day
nsubj compound:prt case nummod obl det nmod:unmarked root Lions NOUN sleep VERB up ADP to ADP 20 NUM hours NOUN a DET day NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Lions lion NOUN Number=Plur 2 sleep nsubj 2 sleep sleep VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 up up ADP _ 2 sleep compound:prt 4 to to ADP _ 6 hours case 5 20 20 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 6 hours nummod 6 hours hour NOUN Number=Plur 2 sleep obl 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 day det 8 day day NOUN Number=Sing 6 hours nmod:unmarked
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 sleep up present Lions hour vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Option 4 Last Saturday, we went to the zoo
amod obl punct nsubj case det obl root Last ADJ Saturday PROPN , PUNCT we PRON went VERB to ADP the DET zoo NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Last last ADJ Degree=Pos 2 Saturday amod 2 Saturday Saturday PROPN Number=Sing 5 went obl 3 , , PUNCT _ 2 Saturday punct 4 we we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 5 went nsubj 5 went go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 to to ADP _ 8 zoo case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 zoo det 8 zoo zoo NOUN Number=Sing 5 went obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 go past we the zoo saturday vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to zoo=Initial_Location
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