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Test 6 · Planning before writing

Your sister, bit sarky: "Wow, a plan. Did a robot write your homework?" What is the best reply?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: robot, best reply · What happens: write, be · To what, where: homework

This is test 6 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: Your sister, bit sarky: "Wow, a plan.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 sister	nmod:poss
2	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 bit	punct
4	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sister	appos
5	sarky	sarky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 bit	amod
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	2 sister	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 Wow	punct
8	Wow	wow	INTJ	_	2 sister	discourse
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 plan	punct
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 plan	det
11	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sister	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sister	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 2: Did a robot write your homework?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 write	aux
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 robot	det
3	robot	robot	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 write	nsubj
4	write	write	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 homework	nmod:poss
6	homework	homework	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 write	obj
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 write	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 write	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	past · do-support	a robot	your homework					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent homework=Theme

Sentence 3: What is the best reply?

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	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 reply	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 reply	amod
5	reply	reply	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the best reply						tree rules

The options

Option 1

Only robots and computers ever plan things

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 robots	advmod
2	robots	robot	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 plan	nsubj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 computers	cc
4	computers	computer	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 robots	conj
5	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	6 plan	advmod
6	plan	plan	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 plan	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plan	present	robots and computers	things			ever		vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Topic

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, only robots ever write plans for their homework

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 robots	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 robots	advmod
4	robots	robot	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 write	nsubj
5	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	6 write	advmod
6	write	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	plans	plan	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 write	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 homework	case
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 homework	nmod:poss
10	homework	homework	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 write	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	present	robots	plans			ever	for robots's homework	vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent plan=Result for homework=Beneficiary

Option 3

Plans are banned at home by the school rules

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Plans	plan	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 banned	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 banned	aux:pass
3	banned	ban	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 home	case
5	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 banned	obl
6	by	by	ADP	_	9 rules	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 rules	det
8	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 rules	compound
9	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 banned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ban	present · passive	the school rules	Plans		home			vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Planning is how writers think before writing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Planning	planning	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 think	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 think	cop
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	5 think	advmod
4	writers	writer	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 think	nsubj
5	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	before	before	ADP	_	7 writing	case
7	writing	writing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 think	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Planning				before writing	think property	tree rules

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