Test 11 · ★★ · Putting it together: reading and writing like a writer

Which ONE sentence has a hook, shows a feeling and has correct dialogue?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ONE sentence · What happens: have, show · To what, where: hook, feeling, correct dialogue

This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 54 «Putting it together: reading and writing like a writer» 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 ONE	det
2	ONE	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 sentence	nummod
3	sentence	sentence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 has	nsubj
4	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 hook	det
6	hook	hook	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 has	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 shows	punct
8	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 has	parataxis
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 feeling	det
10	feeling	feeling	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 shows	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 has	cc
12	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 shows	conj
13	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 dialogue	amod
14	dialogue	dialogue	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 has	obj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	have	present	ONE sentence	a hook	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hook=Patient
2	show	present		a feeling	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent feeling=Recipient
3	have	present		correct dialogue	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dialogue=Patient

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

Maya was scared and said run because the floor was shaking.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Maya	Maya	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 scared	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 scared	cop
3	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 run	cc
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 run	aux
6	run	run	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 scared	conj
7	because	because	SCONJ	_	11 shaking	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 floor	det
9	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 shaking	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 shaking	aux
11	shaking	shake	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 run	advcl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 scared	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	past	Maya	scared property	tree rules
2	run	past	Maya not said here		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	shake	past · progressive	the floor		vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 2

Maya shouted run, she felt scared, the floor shook a lot.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Maya	Maya	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 shouted	nsubj
2	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	run	run	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shouted	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 felt	punct
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 felt	nsubj
6	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 shouted	conj
7	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 felt	xcomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 shook	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 floor	det
10	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 shook	nsubj
11	shook	shake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 felt	conj
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 lot	det
13	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 shook	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 shouted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	past	Maya	run		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent run=Topic
2	feel	past	Maya		scared property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
3	shake	past	the floor	a lot		vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent lot=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

"Run!" Maya shouted, her voice cracking as the floor shook.

Sentence 1: "Run!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Run	punct
2	Run	Run	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 Run	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Run	punct

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

Sentence 2: Maya shouted, her voice cracking as the floor shook.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Maya	Maya	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 shouted	nsubj
2	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 voice	punct
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 voice	nmod:poss
5	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shouted	obl
6	cracking	crack	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 voice	acl
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 shook	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 floor	det
9	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 shook	nsubj
10	shook	shake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 cracking	advcl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 shouted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	shout speech: express	past	Maya	Maya's voice	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	crack	gerund	Maya's voice not said here		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	shake	past	the floor		vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 4

"run" maya shouted. she was very scared of the floor.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 run	punct
2	run	run	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shouted	nsubj
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 run	punct
4	maya	maya	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shouted	nsubj
5	shouted	shout	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 shouted	punct
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 scared	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 scared	cop
9	very	very	ADV	_	10 scared	advmod
10	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 shouted	ccomp
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 floor	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 floor	det
13	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 scared	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 shouted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	past	run						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	maya					of the floor; scared property	tree rules

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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