Test 10 · ★★★ · Relative clauses
«that's the caff where we had chips». (caff is British slang for café.) What is «where we had chips»?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: that, we, caff · What happens: be, have · To what, where: caff, chips, British slang
This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 30 «Relative clauses» 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: «that's the caff where we had chips».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 caff | punct |
| 2 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 caff | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 caff | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 caff | det |
| 5 | caff | caff | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 8 had | advmod |
| 7 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 had | nsubj |
| 8 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 caff | advcl |
| 9 | chips | chip | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 had | obj |
| 10 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 caff | punct |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 caff | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | that | the caff | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | have in a quote | past | we | chips | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chip=Patient |
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: (caff is British slang for café.)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 5 slang | punct |
| 2 | caff | caff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 slang | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 slang | cop |
| 4 | British | British | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 slang | amod |
| 5 | slang | slang | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 café | case |
| 7 | café | café | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 slang | nmod |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 slang | punct |
| 9 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 5 slang | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | caff | British slang | for café | tree rules |
Sentence 3: What is «where we had chips»?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 had | cop |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 had | punct |
| 4 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 6 had | advmod |
| 5 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 had | nsubj |
| 6 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | acl:relcl |
| 7 | chips | chip | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 had | obj |
| 8 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | we | have property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
A main clause
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 clause | det |
| 2 | main | main | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 clause | amod |
| 3 | clause | clause | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
A relative clause about the caff
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 clause | det |
| 2 | relative | relative | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 clause | amod |
| 3 | clause | clause | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | about | about | ADP | _ | 6 caff | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 caff | det |
| 6 | caff | caff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 clause | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
A fronted adverbial
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 adverbial | det |
| 2 | fronted | front | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 adverbial | amod |
| 3 | adverbial | adverbial | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | front | participle | tree rules |
Option 4
A question
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 question | det |
| 2 | question | question | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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