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Test 1 · ★ · Responsibility, independence and curiosity

Maya in Texas promised to water the class plants on Fridays. Which shows she is responsible?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Maya · What happens: promise, show, be · To what, where: water · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 101 «Responsibility, independence and curiosity» of the everyday 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: Maya in Texas promised to water the class plants on Fridays.

nsubjcasenmodmarkobjdetcompoundobjcasenmodpunctrootMayaPROPNinADPTexasPROPNpromisedVERBtoPARTwaterNOUNtheDETclassNOUNplantsNOUNonADPFridaysPROPN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1MayaMayaPROPNNumber=Sing4 promisednsubj
2ininADP_3 Texascase
3TexasTexasPROPNNumber=Sing1 Mayanmod
4promisedpromiseVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
5totoPART_6 watermark
6waterwaterNOUNNumber=Sing4 promisedobj
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 plantsdet
8classclassNOUNNumber=Sing9 plantscompound
9plantsplantNOUNNumber=Plur4 promisedobj
10ononADP_11 Fridayscase
11FridaysFridayPROPNNumber=Plur9 plantsnmod
12..PUNCT_4 promisedpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1promise speech: promisepastMaya in Texaswatervn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent water=Goal plant=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.

Sentence 2: Which shows she is responsible?

nsubjnsubjcopccomppunctrootWhichPRONshowsVERBshePRONisAUXresponsibleADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhichwhichPRONPronType=Rel2 showsnsubj
2showsshowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 responsiblensubj
4isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 responsiblecop
5responsibleresponsibleADJDegree=Pos2 showsccomp
6??PUNCT_2 showspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1showpresentvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2ispresentMayaresponsible propertytree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

She waters them when the teacher asks her

nsubjobjadvmoddetnsubjadvclobjrootShePRONwatersVERBthemPRONwhenADVtheDETteacherNOUNasksVERBherPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 watersnsubj
2waterswaterVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs2 watersobj
4whenwhenADVPronType=Int7 asksadvmod
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 teacherdet
6teacherteacherNOUNNumber=Sing7 asksnsubj
7asksaskVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin2 watersadvcl
8hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs7 asksobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1waterpresentShethem = theyvn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Destination
2ask speech: askpresentthe teacherher = shevn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient

Option 2

She asks a friend to do it for her whenever she cannot be bothered

The tree, 15 words
nsubjdetobjmarkxcompobjcaseobladvmodnsubjauxadvmodaux:passadvcl:relclrootShePRONasksVERBaDETfriendNOUNtoPARTdoVERBitPRONforADPherPRONwheneverADVshePRONcanAUXnotPARTbeAUXbotheredVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 asksnsubj
2asksaskVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art4 frienddet
4friendfriendNOUNNumber=Sing2 asksobj
5totoPART_6 domark
6dodoVERBVerbForm=Inf2 asksxcomp
7ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 doobj
8forforADP_9 hercase
9hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 doobl
10wheneverwheneverADVPronType=Rel6 doadvmod
11sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs15 botherednsubj
12cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin15 botheredaux
13notnotPARTPolarity=Neg15 botheredadvmod
14bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf15 botheredaux:pass
15botheredbotherVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass10 wheneveradvcl:relcl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ask speech: askpresentShea friendvn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient clause=Topic
2do not said to happento-infinitiveShe not said herefriendfor her = she; whenever propertyvn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
3not bothercan · passiveshevn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer

Option 3

She waters them when they look dead

nsubjobjmarknsubjadvclxcomprootShePRONwatersVERBthemPRONwhenSCONJtheyPRONlookVERBdeadADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 watersnsubj
2waterswaterVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs2 watersobj
4whenwhenSCONJ_6 lookmark
5theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs6 looknsubj
6looklookVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin2 watersadvcl
7deaddeadADJDegree=Pos6 lookxcomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1waterpresentShethem = theyvn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Destination
2lookpresenttheydead propertyvn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She waters them every Friday without being reminded

nsubjobjdetobl:unmarkedmarkaux:passadvclrootShePRONwatersVERBthemPRONeveryDETFridayPROPNwithoutSCONJbeingAUXremindedVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 watersnsubj
2waterswaterVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs2 watersobj
4everyeveryDETPronType=Tot5 Fridaydet
5FridayFridayPROPNNumber=Sing2 watersobl:unmarked
6withoutwithoutSCONJ_8 remindedmark
7beingbeAUXTense=Pres VerbForm=Part8 remindedaux:pass
8remindedremindVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass2 watersadvcl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1waterpresentShethem = theyfridayvn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Destination
2remind speech: othergerund · passiveShe not said herevn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»

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