Test 2 · ★★ · Building tension and suspense

★★★ Which version builds the most suspense about what is in the box?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★ ★ ★, suspense · What happens: build, be · To what, where: suspense

This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 42 «Building tension and suspense» 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 builds	nsubj
4	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	5 version	det
5	version	version	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ★	nmod:unmarked
6	builds	build	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 suspense	det
8	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	9 suspense	advmod
9	suspense	suspense	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 builds	obj
10	about	about	ADP	_	15 box	case
11	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	15 box	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 box	cop
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 box	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 box	det
15	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 suspense	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 builds	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	present	★ ★ ★ which version	the suspense					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset suspense=Product
2	is	present	the suspense					about the box	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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The box had a kitten, a ball and a blanket in it.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 box	det
2	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 kitten	det
5	kitten	kitten	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 ball	punct
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 ball	det
8	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 kitten	appos
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 blanket	cc
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 blanket	det
11	blanket	blanket	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ball	conj
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 it	case
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 blanket	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the box	a kitten					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kitten=Patient

Option 2

Inside the box was a small, friendly, sleepy kitten.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Inside	inside	ADP	_	3 box	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 box	det
3	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 kitten	obl
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 kitten	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 kitten	det
6	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 kitten	amod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 small	punct
8	friendly	friendly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 kitten	amod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 friendly	punct
10	sleepy	sleepy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 kitten	amod
11	kitten	kitten	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 kitten	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		a small friendly sleepy kitten		the box			tree rules

Option 3

There was a kitten in the box, and it was really sweet.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 was	expl
2	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 kitten	det
4	kitten	kitten	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 was	nsubj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 box	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 box	det
7	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kitten	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 sweet	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 sweet	cc
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 sweet	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 sweet	cop
12	really	really	ADV	_	13 sweet	advmod
13	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 was	parataxis
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 was	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	past	a kitten in the box			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	past	kitten					sweet property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The lid moved. Just a little. From the inside.

Sentence 1: The lid moved.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 lid	det
2	lid	lid	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 moved	nsubj
3	moved	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 moved	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	past	the lid						vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Sentence 2: Just a little.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Just	just	ADV	_	3 little	advmod
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 little	det
3	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 little	punct

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

Sentence 3: From the inside.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	From	from	ADP	_	3 inside	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 inside	det
3	inside	inside	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 inside	punct

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

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