Test 11 · Planning before writing A lad from Leeds says "Me plan's well short, three words a box." ("Well" means very.) Is that fine?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: lad, Me plan, that · What happens: say, be, mean · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 of lesson 39 «Planning before writing» 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: A lad from Leeds says "Me plan's well short, three words a box."
det nsubj case nmod punct amod nsubj cop advmod ccomp punct nummod obl det nmod:unmarked punct punct root A DET lad NOUN from ADP Leeds PROPN says VERB " PUNCT Me ADJ plan NOUN 's AUX well ADV short ADJ , PUNCT three NUM words NOUN a DET box NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 lad det 2 lad lad NOUN Number=Sing 5 says nsubj 3 from from ADP _ 4 Leeds case 4 Leeds Leeds PROPN Number=Sing 2 lad nmod 5 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 " " PUNCT _ 11 short punct 7 Me me ADJ Degree=Pos 8 plan amod 8 plan plan NOUN Number=Sing 11 short nsubj 9 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 short cop 10 well well ADV Degree=Pos 11 short advmod 11 short short ADJ Degree=Pos 5 says ccomp 12 , , PUNCT _ 14 words punct 13 three three NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 14 words nummod 14 words word NOUN Number=Plur 11 short obl 15 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 16 box det 16 box box NOUN Number=Sing 14 words nmod:unmarked 17 . . PUNCT _ 11 short punct 18 " " PUNCT _ 11 short punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present a lad from Leeds vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 is in a quote present Me plan three words a box obl ; short, well property tree rules
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: ("Well" means very.)
punct punct discourse punct advmod punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Well INTJ " PUNCT means VERB very ADV . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Well punct 3 Well well INTJ _ 5 means discourse 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Well punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 very very ADV _ 5 means advmod 7 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct 8 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: Is that fine?
cop nsubj punct root Is AUX that PRON fine ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 fine cop 2 that that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 3 fine nsubj 3 fine fine ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 fine punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present that fine property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Yes, a short plan is enough
discourse punct det amod nsubj cop root Yes INTJ , PUNCT a DET short ADJ plan NOUN is AUX enough ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 7 enough discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Yes punct 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 plan det 4 short short ADJ Degree=Pos 5 plan amod 5 plan plan NOUN Number=Sing 7 enough nsubj 6 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 enough cop 7 enough enough ADJ Degree=Pos root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present a short plan enough property tree rules
Option 2 No, every box needs a page
discourse punct det nsubj det obj root No INTJ , PUNCT every DET box NOUN needs VERB a DET page NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no INTJ Polarity=Neg 5 needs discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 5 needs punct 3 every every DET PronType=Tot 4 box det 4 box box NOUN Number=Sing 5 needs nsubj 5 needs need VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 page det 7 page page NOUN Number=Sing 5 needs obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 need present every box a page vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot page=Theme
Option 3 No, plans must be in sentences
discourse punct nsubj aux cop case root No INTJ , PUNCT plans NOUN must AUX be AUX in ADP sentences NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no INTJ Polarity=Neg 7 sentences discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 No punct 3 plans plan NOUN Number=Plur 7 sentences nsubj 4 must must AUX VerbForm=Fin 7 sentences aux 5 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 7 sentences cop 6 in in ADP _ 7 sentences case 7 sentences sentence NOUN Number=Plur root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is must plans sentences tree rules
Option 4 Yes, but only if the boxes are blue
discourse punct cc advmod mark det nsubj cop root Yes INTJ , PUNCT but CCONJ only ADV if SCONJ the DET boxes NOUN are AUX blue ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 9 blue discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Yes punct 3 but but CCONJ _ 9 blue cc 4 only only ADV _ 9 blue advmod 5 if if SCONJ _ 9 blue mark 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 boxes det 7 boxes box NOUN Number=Plur 9 blue nsubj 8 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 blue cop 9 blue blue ADJ Degree=Pos root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present the boxes blue property tree rules
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