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.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maya | Maya | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 promised | nsubj |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 3 Texas | case |
| 3 | Texas | Texas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Maya | nmod |
| 4 | promised | promise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 water | mark |
| 6 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 promised | obj |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 plants | det |
| 8 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 plants | compound |
| 9 | plants | plant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 promised | obj |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 Fridays | case |
| 11 | Fridays | Friday | PROPN | Number=Plur | 9 plants | nmod |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 promised | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | promise speech: promise | past | Maya in Texas | water | vn 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?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 2 shows | nsubj |
| 2 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 responsible | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 responsible | cop |
| 5 | responsible | responsible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 shows | ccomp |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 shows | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | is | present | Maya | responsible property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
She waters them when the teacher asks her
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 waters | nsubj |
| 2 | waters | water | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 waters | obj |
| 4 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 asks | advmod |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 teacher | det |
| 6 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 asks | nsubj |
| 7 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 waters | advcl |
| 8 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 asks | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | water | present | She | them = they | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Destination | ||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | present | the teacher | her = she | vn 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
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 asks | nsubj |
| 2 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 friend | det |
| 4 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 asks | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 do | mark |
| 6 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 asks | xcomp |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 do | obj |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 her | case |
| 9 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 do | obl |
| 10 | whenever | whenever | ADV | PronType=Rel | 6 do | advmod |
| 11 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 bothered | nsubj |
| 12 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 15 bothered | aux |
| 13 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 15 bothered | advmod |
| 14 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 15 bothered | aux:pass |
| 15 | bothered | bother | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 whenever | advcl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | She | a friend | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | do not said to happen | to-infinitive | She not said here | friend | for her = she; whenever property | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | |||
| 3 | not bother | can · passive | she | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |
Option 3
She waters them when they look dead
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 waters | nsubj |
| 2 | waters | water | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 waters | obj |
| 4 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 6 look | mark |
| 5 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 look | nsubj |
| 6 | look | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 waters | advcl |
| 7 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 look | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | water | present | She | them = they | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Destination | ||||
| 2 | look | present | they | dead property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
She waters them every Friday without being reminded
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 waters | nsubj |
| 2 | waters | water | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 waters | obj |
| 4 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 Friday | det |
| 5 | Friday | Friday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 waters | obl:unmarked |
| 6 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 8 reminded | mark |
| 7 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 reminded | aux:pass |
| 8 | reminded | remind | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 waters | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | water | present | She | them = they | friday | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Destination | |||
| 2 | remind speech: other | gerund · passive | She not said here | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient» |
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