Test 3 · ★★ · Writing to inform, instruct and persuade
In a cartoon, a recipe says "Then the brave egg cried and ran away from the pan." What has gone wrong?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: recipe, brave egg · What happens: say, cry, run away, go · To what, where: cartoon, pan · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★★ 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
Sentence 1: In a cartoon, a recipe says "Then the brave egg cried and ran away from the pan."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 says | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 recipe | det |
| 6 | recipe | recipe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 says | nsubj |
| 7 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 cried | punct |
| 9 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 13 cried | advmod |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 egg | det |
| 11 | brave | brave | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 egg | amod |
| 12 | egg | egg | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 cried | nsubj |
| 13 | cried | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 says | parataxis |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 ran | cc |
| 15 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 cried | conj |
| 16 | away | away | ADV | _ | 15 ran | advmod |
| 17 | from | from | ADP | _ | 19 pan | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 pan | det |
| 19 | pan | pan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 ran | obl |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 says | punct |
| 21 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a recipe | a cartoon | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | cry speech: express in a quote | past | the brave egg | then | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | run away in a quote | past | the brave egg not said here | the pan | away property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from pan=Trajectory |
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.
Sentence 2: What has gone wrong?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 gone | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 gone | aux |
| 3 | gone | go | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 gone | xcomp |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 gone | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present · perfect | wrong property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It turned instructions into a story
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 | 2 turned | nsubj |
| 2 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | instructions | instruction | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 turned | obj |
| 4 | into | into | ADP | _ | 6 story | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 story | det |
| 6 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 turned | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | past | It | instructions | a story | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent instruction=Theme into story=Trajectory |
Option 2
It has too many bossy verbs
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 | 2 has | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | too | too | ADV | _ | 4 many | advmod |
| 4 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 verbs | amod |
| 5 | bossy | bossy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 verbs | amod |
| 6 | verbs | verb | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 has | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | It | many bossy verbs | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent verb=Patient |
Option 3
It is a perfect recipe for eggs
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 recipe | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 recipe | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 recipe | det |
| 4 | perfect | perfect | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 recipe | amod |
| 5 | recipe | recipe | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 eggs | case |
| 7 | eggs | egg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 recipe | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a perfect recipe | for eggs | tree rules |
Option 4
It is written in the present tense
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 | 3 written | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 written | aux:pass |
| 3 | written | write | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 tense | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 tense | det |
| 6 | present | present | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 tense | amod |
| 7 | tense | tense | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 written | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | present · passive | It | the present tense | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in tense=Destination |
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