Test 6 · ★ · Describing: senses, showing and precise words
★★★ Which pair is a weak verb + adverb and the strong verb that replaces it?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★ ★ ★, strong verb · What happens: be, replace · To what, where: weak verb, ★
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 41 «Describing: senses, showing and precise words» 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 | 9 verb | nsubj |
| 4 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 5 pair | det |
| 5 | pair | pair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ★ | nmod:unmarked |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 verb | cop |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 verb | det |
| 8 | weak | weak | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 verb | amod |
| 9 | verb | verb | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 10 | + | + | SYM | _ | 11 adverb | cc |
| 11 | adverb | adverb | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 verb | conj |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 verb | cc |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 verb | det |
| 14 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 verb | amod |
| 15 | verb | verb | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 verb | conj |
| 16 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 17 replaces | nsubj |
| 17 | replaces | replace | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 verb | acl:relcl |
| 18 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 replaces | obj |
| 19 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 9 verb | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | ★ ★ ★ which pair | a weak verb + adverb and the strong verb | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | replace | present | the strong verb | ★ | vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-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.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
said quietly / shouted
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | quietly | quietly | ADV | _ | 1 said | advmod |
| 3 | / | / | SYM | _ | 4 shouted | cc |
| 4 | shouted | shout | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 said | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | quietly property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | shout speech: express | participle | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
ran quickly / walked
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 1 ran | advmod |
| 3 | / | / | SYM | _ | 4 walked | cc |
| 4 | walked | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 ran | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | past | quickly property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | walk | past | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
looked angrily / smiled
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | angrily | angrily | ADV | _ | 1 looked | advmod |
| 3 | / | / | SYM | _ | 4 smiled | cc |
| 4 | smiled | smile | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 looked | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | past | angrily property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | smile | past | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
ate greedily / gobbled
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ate | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | greedily | greedily | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 ate | xcomp |
| 3 | / | / | SYM | _ | 4 gobbled | cc |
| 4 | gobbled | gobble | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 ate | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | past | greedily property | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | gobble | participle | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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