Test 2 · ★ · Word classes: the jobs words do
★★ «The early bird got there early.» What word class is each «early»?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: ★, word class · What happens: get, be
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 27 «Word classes: the jobs words do» 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 early bird got there early.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 got | nsubj |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 ★ | dep |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 got | punct |
| 4 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 bird | det |
| 5 | early | early | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 bird | amod |
| 6 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 got | nsubj |
| 7 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 7 got | advmod |
| 9 | early | early | ADV | Degree=Pos | 7 got | advmod |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 got | punct |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 7 got | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get in a quote | past | ★ | there | early property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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 word class is each «early»?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | DET | PronType=Int | 2 word | det |
| 2 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 class | compound |
| 3 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 early | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 early | cop |
| 5 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 early | nsubj |
| 6 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 early | punct |
| 7 | early | early | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 7 early | punct |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 early | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | word class | early property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
First an adjective, then an adverb
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | First | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 3 adjective | advmod |
| 2 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 adjective | det |
| 3 | adjective | adjective | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 adverb | punct |
| 5 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 7 adverb | advmod |
| 6 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 adverb | det |
| 7 | adverb | adverb | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 adjective | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Both adjectives
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 adjectives | det |
| 2 | adjectives | adjective | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Both adverbs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 adverbs | det |
| 2 | adverbs | adverb | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
First a noun, then a verb
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | First | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 3 noun | advmod |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 noun | det |
| 3 | noun | noun | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 verb | punct |
| 5 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 7 verb | advmod |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 verb | det |
| 7 | verb | verb | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 noun | appos |
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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