Test 3 · ★★ · Adding -ed and -ing: doubling and dropping e
«she runned and swimmed, she's well behind for four». What does it really show?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: she, four · What happens: runn, swimm, be, show · To what, where: four
This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 7 «Adding -ed and -ing: doubling and dropping e» 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: «she runned and swimmed, she's well behind for four».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 runned | punct |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 runned | nsubj |
| 3 | runned | runn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 swimmed | cc |
| 5 | swimmed | swimm | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 runned | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 four | punct |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 four | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 four | cop |
| 9 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 12 four | advmod |
| 10 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 12 four | case |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 four | case |
| 12 | four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 runned | obl |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 runned | punct |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 runned | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | runn in a quote | past | she | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | swimm in a quote | past | she not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | she | four | well property | 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.
Sentence 2: What does it really show?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 show | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 show | aux |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 show | nsubj |
| 4 | really | really | ADV | _ | 5 show | advmod |
| 5 | show | show | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 show | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present · do-support | four | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
She has not learned any grammar rules at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 learned | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 learned | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 learned | advmod |
| 4 | learned | learn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 7 rules | det |
| 6 | grammar | grammar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 rules | compound |
| 7 | rules | rule | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 learned | obj |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 all | case |
| 9 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 learned | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not learn | present · perfect | She | any grammar rules | all | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Topic |
Option 2
Those are the correct past forms
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Those | that | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 6 forms | det |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 forms | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 forms | det |
| 4 | correct | correct | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 forms | amod |
| 5 | past | past | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 forms | amod |
| 6 | forms | form | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | that correct past forms | tree rules |
Option 3
She should stop talking until she gets it right
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 stop | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 stop | aux |
| 3 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | talking | talk | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 stop | xcomp |
| 5 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 7 gets | mark |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 gets | nsubj |
| 7 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 stop | advcl |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 gets | obj |
| 9 | right | right | ADV | _ | 7 gets | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | should | She | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | talk | gerund | She not said here | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | get | present | she | it | right property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
She knows the -ed rule and is learning the exceptions
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 knows | nsubj |
| 2 | knows | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 rule | det |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 the | punct |
| 5 | ed | ed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 rule | compound |
| 6 | rule | rule | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 knows | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 learning | cc |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 learning | aux |
| 9 | learning | learn | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 knows | conj |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 exceptions | det |
| 11 | exceptions | exception | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 learning | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | present | She | the ed rule | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer rule=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | learn | present · progressive | She not said here | the exceptions | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent exception=Topic |
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