Mova0.5 pre-release⌕
☰
home / corpora / questions / English / Relative clauses / t7

Test 7 · ★★★ · Relative clauses

In a cartoon, a pirate says «That's the parrot what stole me hat!» How would it be in standard English?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: pirate, That, parrot, hat · What happens: say, be, steal · To what, where: cartoon, parrot, hat, pirate, standard English · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★★★ 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: In a cartoon, a pirate says «That's the parrot what stole me hat!»

casedetoblpunctdetnsubjpunctnsubjcopdetccompnsubjacl:relclobjobjpunctpunctrootInADPaDETcartoonNOUN,PUNCTaDETpirateNOUNsaysVERB«PUNCTThatPRON'sAUXtheDETparrotNOUNwhatPRONstoleVERBmePRONhatNOUN!PUNCT»PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IninADP_3 cartooncase
2aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art3 cartoondet
3cartooncartoonNOUNNumber=Sing7 saysobl
4,,PUNCT_3 cartoonpunct
5aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art6 piratedet
6piratepirateNOUNNumber=Sing7 saysnsubj
7sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
8««PUNCT_12 parrotpunct
9ThatthatPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem12 parrotnsubj
10'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin12 parrotcop
11thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art12 parrotdet
12parrotparrotNOUNNumber=Sing7 saysccomp
13whatwhatPRONPronType=Int14 stolensubj
14stolestealVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin12 parrotacl:relcl
15meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs14 stoleobj
16hathatNOUNNumber=Sing14 stoleobj
17!!PUNCT_12 parrotpunct
18»»PUNCT_12 parrotpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: expresspresenta piratea cartoonvn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent in cartoon=Manner
2is a in a quotepresentThatthe parrottree rules
3steal in a quotepastthe parrothata pirate = piratevn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary hat=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.

Sentence 2: How would it be in standard English?

auxnsubjcopcaseamodnsubjpunctrootHowADVwouldAUXitPRONbeAUXinADPstandardADJEnglishPROPN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HowhowADVPronType=Introotroot
2wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin7 Englishaux
3ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs7 Englishnsubj
4bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf7 Englishcop
5ininADP_7 Englishcase
6standardstandardADJDegree=Pos7 Englishamod
7EnglishEnglishPROPNNumber=Sing1 Hownsubj
8??PUNCT_1 Howpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1iswouldhatstandard Englishtree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

That's the parrot that stole my hat!

nsubjcopdetnsubjacl:relclnmod:possobjpunctrootThatPRON'sAUXtheDETparrotNOUNthatPRONstoleVERBmyPRONhatNOUN!PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThatthatPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem4 parrotnsubj
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 parrotcop
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 parrotdet
4parrotparrotNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
5thatthatPRONPronType=Rel6 stolensubj
6stolestealVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 parrotacl:relcl
7mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs8 hatnmod:poss
8hathatNOUNNumber=Sing6 stoleobj
9!!PUNCT_4 parrotpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentThatthe parrottree rules
2stealpastthe parrotmy hatvn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hat=Theme

Option 2

That's the parrot who's stole my hat!

nsubjcopdetnsubjaux:passacl:relclnmod:possobjpunctrootThatPRON'sAUXtheDETparrotNOUNwhoPRON'sAUXstoleVERBmyPRONhatNOUN!PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThatthatPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem4 parrotnsubj
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 parrotcop
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 parrotdet
4parrotparrotNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
5whowhoPRONPronType=Rel7 stolensubj
6'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 stoleaux:pass
7stolestealVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass4 parrotacl:relcl
8mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs9 hatnmod:poss
9hathatNOUNNumber=Sing7 stoleobj
10!!PUNCT_4 parrotpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentThatthe parrottree rules
2stealpresent · passivethe parrotvn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary hat=Theme

Option 3

That's the parrot what stole my hat!

nsubjcopdetnsubjacl:relclnmod:possobjpunctrootThatPRON'sAUXtheDETparrotNOUNwhatPRONstoleVERBmyPRONhatNOUN!PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThatthatPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem4 parrotnsubj
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 parrotcop
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 parrotdet
4parrotparrotNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
5whatwhatPRONPronType=Int6 stolensubj
6stolestealVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 parrotacl:relcl
7mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs8 hatnmod:poss
8hathatNOUNNumber=Sing6 stoleobj
9!!PUNCT_4 parrotpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentThatthe parrottree rules
2stealpastthe parrotmy hatvn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hat=Theme

Option 4

That's the parrot whose stole my hat!

nsubjcopdetnmod:possacl:relclnmod:possobjpunctrootThatPRON'sAUXtheDETparrotNOUNwhosePRONstoleVERBmyPRONhatNOUN!PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThatthatPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem4 parrotnsubj
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 parrotcop
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 parrotdet
4parrotparrotNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
5whosewhosePRONPoss=Yes PronType=Rel6 stolenmod:poss
6stolestealVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 parrotacl:relcl
7mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs8 hatnmod:poss
8hathatNOUNNumber=Sing6 stoleobj
9!!PUNCT_4 parrotpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentThatthe parrottree rules
2stealpastmy hatvn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hat=Theme

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.

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/30-relative-clauses/t7/