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!»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 says | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 pirate | det |
| 6 | pirate | pirate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 says | nsubj |
| 7 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 12 parrot | punct |
| 9 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 12 parrot | nsubj |
| 10 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 parrot | cop |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 parrot | det |
| 12 | parrot | parrot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 says | ccomp |
| 13 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 14 stole | nsubj |
| 14 | stole | steal | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 parrot | acl:relcl |
| 15 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 14 stole | obj |
| 16 | hat | hat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 stole | obj |
| 17 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 12 parrot | punct |
| 18 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 12 parrot | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: express | present | a pirate | a cartoon | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent in cartoon=Manner | ||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | That | the parrot | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | steal in a quote | past | the parrot | hat | a pirate = pirate | vn 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?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 English | aux |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 English | nsubj |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 English | cop |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 English | case |
| 6 | standard | standard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 English | amod |
| 7 | English | English | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 How | nsubj |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 How | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | would | hat | standard English | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
That's the parrot that stole my hat!
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 parrot | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 parrot | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 parrot | det |
| 4 | parrot | parrot | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 stole | nsubj |
| 6 | stole | steal | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 parrot | acl:relcl |
| 7 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 hat | nmod:poss |
| 8 | hat | hat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 stole | obj |
| 9 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 4 parrot | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | That | the parrot | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | steal | past | the parrot | my hat | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hat=Theme |
Option 2
That's the parrot who's stole my hat!
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 parrot | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 parrot | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 parrot | det |
| 4 | parrot | parrot | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 stole | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 stole | aux:pass |
| 7 | stole | steal | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 parrot | acl:relcl |
| 8 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 hat | nmod:poss |
| 9 | hat | hat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 stole | obj |
| 10 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 4 parrot | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | That | the parrot | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | steal | present · passive | the parrot | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary hat=Theme |
Option 3
That's the parrot what stole my hat!
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 parrot | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 parrot | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 parrot | det |
| 4 | parrot | parrot | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 stole | nsubj |
| 6 | stole | steal | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 parrot | acl:relcl |
| 7 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 hat | nmod:poss |
| 8 | hat | hat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 stole | obj |
| 9 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 4 parrot | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | That | the parrot | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | steal | past | the parrot | my hat | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hat=Theme |
Option 4
That's the parrot whose stole my hat!
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 parrot | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 parrot | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 parrot | det |
| 4 | parrot | parrot | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 6 stole | nmod:poss |
| 6 | stole | steal | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 parrot | acl:relcl |
| 7 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 hat | nmod:poss |
| 8 | hat | hat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 stole | obj |
| 9 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 4 parrot | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | That | the parrot | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | steal | past | my hat | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hat=Theme |
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