Test 2 · ★★ · Writing to inform, instruct and persuade
★★★ Which set of features belongs to a newspaper report and NOT to instructions?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: ★ ★ ★ · What happens: belong
This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 44 «Writing to inform, instruct and persuade» 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 | 8 belongs | nsubj |
| 4 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 5 set | det |
| 5 | set | set | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 belongs | nsubj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 features | case |
| 7 | features | feature | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 set | nmod |
| 8 | belongs | belong | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 report | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 report | det |
| 11 | newspaper | newspaper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 report | compound |
| 12 | report | report | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 belongs | obl |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 instructions | cc |
| 14 | NOT | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 16 instructions | advmod |
| 15 | to | to | ADP | _ | 16 instructions | case |
| 16 | instructions | instruction | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 report | conj |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 belongs | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | belong | present | ★ ★ ★ | to a newspaper report and instructions | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=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
Present tense, "you", a goal at the top
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Present | present | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 tense | amod |
| 2 | tense | tense | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 tense | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 you | punct |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 tense | conj |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 you | punct |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 goal | punct |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 goal | det |
| 9 | goal | goal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 tense | conj |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 top | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 top | det |
| 12 | top | top | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 tense | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Time order, short sentences, a title
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 order | compound |
| 2 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 sentences | punct |
| 4 | short | short | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 sentences | amod |
| 5 | sentences | sentence | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 order | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 title | punct |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 title | det |
| 8 | title | title | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 order | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Numbered steps, bossy verbs, list of equipment
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Numbered | number | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 steps | amod |
| 2 | steps | step | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 verbs | punct |
| 4 | bossy | bossy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 verbs | amod |
| 5 | verbs | verb | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 steps | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 list | punct |
| 7 | list | list | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 steps | conj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 equipment | case |
| 9 | equipment | equipment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 list | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | number | participle | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | list | equipment | nom list «communication transitive»: of=patient |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Headline, past tense, quotes from witnesses
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Headline | headline | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 tense | punct |
| 3 | past | past | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 tense | amod |
| 4 | tense | tense | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Headline | conj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 quotes | punct |
| 6 | quotes | quote | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Headline | conj |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 witnesses | case |
| 8 | witnesses | witness | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 quotes | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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