Test 2 · ★ · Openings that hook the reader
★★★ Which opening makes the reader ask the most questions?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★ ★ ★, reader · What happens: make, ask · To what, where: reader, most questions
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 40 «Openings that hook the reader» 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 | 6 makes | nsubj |
| 4 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 5 opening | det |
| 5 | opening | opening | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ★ | appos |
| 6 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 reader | det |
| 8 | reader | reader | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 makes | obj |
| 9 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 makes | xcomp |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 questions | det |
| 11 | most | most | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 12 questions | amod |
| 12 | questions | question | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 ask | obj |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 makes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | ★ ★ ★ | the reader | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | infinitive | the reader not said here | the most questions | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent question=Recipient |
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
This is a story about a door that was in a house.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | This | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 story | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 story | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 story | det |
| 4 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | about | about | ADP | _ | 7 door | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 door | det |
| 7 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 story | nmod |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 house | nsubj |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 house | cop |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 house | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 house | det |
| 12 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 story | parataxis |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 story | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | This | a story | about a door | tree rules | |||
| 2 | is | past | that | a house | tree rules |
Option 2
My name is Sam and I am nine and I like dogs a lot.
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 name | nmod:poss |
| 2 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 Sam | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 Sam | cop |
| 4 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 nine | cc |
| 6 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 nine | nsubj |
| 7 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 nine | cop |
| 8 | nine | nine | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 Sam | amod |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 like | cc |
| 10 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 like | nsubj |
| 11 | like | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 nine | conj |
| 12 | dogs | dog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 like | obj |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 lot | det |
| 14 | lot | lot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 like | obl:unmarked |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 Sam | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | My name | Sam | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | I | nine | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | like | present | I | dogs | a lot obl:unmarked | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot dog=Theme | |||
| 4 | name | My | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
It was a sunny day and I went to the park with my mum.
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 day | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 day | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 day | det |
| 4 | sunny | sunny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 day | amod |
| 5 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 went | cc |
| 7 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 went | nsubj |
| 8 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 day | conj |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 park | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 park | det |
| 11 | park | park | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 went | obl |
| 12 | with | with | ADP | _ | 14 mum | case |
| 13 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 mum | nmod:poss |
| 14 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 went | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 day | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | It | a sunny day | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | go | past | I | the park | with my mum | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to park=Initial_Location |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Nobody had opened the red door in fifty years, until today.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 opened | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 opened | aux |
| 3 | opened | open | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 door | det |
| 5 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 door | amod |
| 6 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 opened | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 years | case |
| 8 | fifty | fifty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 years | nummod |
| 9 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 opened | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 today | punct |
| 11 | until | until | ADP | _ | 12 today | case |
| 12 | today | today | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 opened | parataxis |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 opened | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | open | past · perfect | Nobody | the red door | year | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme |
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