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Test 6 · ★ · Spelling plurals: -s, -es, -ies, -ves and odd ones

In a cartoon, Gran says «two mouses ran past my two foots!». How should she say it?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Gran, two mouses · What happens: say, run · To what, where: cartoon, two foots · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 6 «Spelling plurals: -s, -es, -ies, -ves and odd ones» 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, Gran says «two mouses ran past my two foots!».

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	6 says	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 cartoon	punct
5	Gran	Gran	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 says	nsubj
6	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 ran	punct
8	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 mouses	nummod
9	mouses	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 ran	nsubj
10	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 says	ccomp
11	past	past	ADP	_	14 foots	case
12	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 foots	nmod:poss
13	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 foots	nummod
14	foots	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 ran	obl
15	!	!	PUNCT	_	10 ran	punct
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 ran	punct
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: express	present	Gran			a cartoon			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	run in a quote	past	two mouses			my two foots			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme past foot=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: How should she say it?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 say	advmod
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 say	aux
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 say	nsubj
4	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 say	obj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	should	Gran	cartoon					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Two mouses ran past my two feet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 mouses	nummod
2	mouses	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 ran	nsubj
3	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	past	past	ADP	_	7 feet	case
5	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 feet	nmod:poss
6	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 feet	nummod
7	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 ran	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	past	Two mouses			my two feet			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme past foot=Trajectory

Option 2

Two mices ran past my two feets

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 mices	nummod
2	mices	mice	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 ran	nsubj
3	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	past	past	ADP	_	7 feets	case
5	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 feets	nmod:poss
6	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 feets	nummod
7	feets	feet	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 ran	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	past	Two mices			my two feets			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme past feet=Trajectory

Option 3

Two mouse ran past my two foot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 mouse	nummod
2	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ran	nsubj
3	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	past	past	ADP	_	7 foot	case
5	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 foot	nmod:poss
6	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 foot	nummod
7	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ran	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	past	Two mouse			my two foot			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme past foot=Trajectory

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Two mice ran past my two feet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 mice	nummod
2	mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 ran	nsubj
3	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	past	past	ADP	_	7 feet	case
5	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 feet	nmod:poss
6	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 feet	nummod
7	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 ran	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	past	Two mice			my two feet			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme past foot=Trajectory

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