Test 7 · Direct speech: inverted commas and new speakers
★★★ Which sentence is split speech with correct punctuation?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: split · To what, where: ★ ★ ★
This is test 7 of lesson 35 «Direct speech: inverted commas and new speakers» 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 ★ | compound |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ★ | compound |
| 3 | ★ | ★ | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 split | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 5 sentence | det |
| 5 | sentence | sentence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ★ | appos |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 split | aux:pass |
| 7 | split | split | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | speech | speech | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 split | obj |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 punctuation | case |
| 10 | correct | correct | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 punctuation | amod |
| 11 | punctuation | punctuation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 speech | nmod |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 split | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | split | present · passive | ★ ★ ★ | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP ADJ PP.instrument»: subject=Patient speech=Result with punctuation=Instrument |
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.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
"Wait," said Jo, "My lace is undone."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Wait | punct |
| 2 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Wait | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Wait | punct |
| 5 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 Wait | advcl |
| 6 | Jo | Jo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 said | nsubj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 undone | punct |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 undone | punct |
| 9 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 lace | nmod:poss |
| 10 | lace | lace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 undone | nsubj:pass |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 undone | aux:pass |
| 12 | undone | undo | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 Wait | conj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 Wait | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Wait | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait in a quote | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | Jo | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | undo in a quote | present · passive | My lace | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 2
"Wait, said Jo, my lace is undone."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Wait | punct |
| 2 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 said | punct |
| 4 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 Wait | conj |
| 5 | Jo | Jo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 said | nsubj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 undone | punct |
| 7 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 lace | nmod:poss |
| 8 | lace | lace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 undone | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 undone | aux:pass |
| 10 | undone | undo | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 Wait | advcl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 Wait | punct |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Wait | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait in a quote | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert in a quote | past | Jo | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | undo in a quote | present · passive | my lace | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
"Wait," said Jo, "my lace is undone."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Wait | punct |
| 2 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Wait | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Wait | punct |
| 5 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 Wait | advcl |
| 6 | Jo | Jo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 said | nsubj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 undone | punct |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 undone | punct |
| 9 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 lace | nmod:poss |
| 10 | lace | lace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 undone | nsubj:pass |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 undone | aux:pass |
| 12 | undone | undo | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 Wait | conj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 Wait | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Wait | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait in a quote | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | Jo | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | undo in a quote | present · passive | my lace | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 4
"Wait" said Jo, "my lace is undone."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Wait | punct |
| 2 | Wait | wait | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 said | nsubj |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Wait | punct |
| 4 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | Jo | Jo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 said | nsubj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 said | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 undone | punct |
| 8 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 lace | nmod:poss |
| 9 | lace | lace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 undone | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 undone | aux:pass |
| 11 | undone | undo | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 said | parataxis |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 undone | punct |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 undone | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | Wait | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | undo in a quote | present · passive | my lace | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
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