Test 13 · ★ · Responsibility, independence and curiosity
watching lil bro at the pool but kinda on my phone
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: watch · To what, where: lil bro, pool
This is test 13 · ★ 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | watching | watch | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | lil | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 bro | amod |
| 3 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 watching | obj |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 pool | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 pool | det |
| 6 | pool | pool | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 watching | obl |
| 7 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 8 kinda | cc |
| 8 | kinda | kinda | ADV | _ | 6 pool | conj |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 phone | case |
| 10 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 phone | nmod:poss |
| 11 | phone | phone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 watching | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | watch | gerund | lil bro | the pool | on my phone | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bro=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.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
He'll shout if he's in trouble
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 shout | nsubj |
| 2 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 shout | aux |
| 3 | shout | shout | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 trouble | mark |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 trouble | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 trouble | cop |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 trouble | case |
| 8 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shout | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | future | He | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a condition, not said to happen | present | he | trouble | tree rules |
Option 2
Glance up every few minutes, that's enough really
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glance | glance | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | up | up | ADP | _ | 1 Glance | compound:prt |
| 3 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 minutes | det |
| 4 | few | few | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 minutes | amod |
| 5 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Glance | obl:unmarked |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 enough | punct |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 9 enough | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 enough | cop |
| 9 | enough | enough | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Glance | parataxis |
| 10 | really | really | ADV | _ | 9 enough | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | glance up | imperative | you not said here | minute | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | is | present | that | enough property | tree rules |
Option 3
Let the dog watch him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 dog | det |
| 3 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Let | obj |
| 4 | watch | watch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Let | xcomp |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 watch | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | imperative | you not said here | the dog | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | watch | infinitive | the dog not said here | dog | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Put the phone down and watch him all the time
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 phone | det |
| 3 | phone | phone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Put | obj |
| 4 | down | down | ADP | _ | 1 Put | compound:prt |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 watch | cc |
| 6 | watch | watch | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Put | conj |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 watch | obj |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 time | det:predet |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 time | det |
| 10 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 watch | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put down | imperative | you not said here | the phone | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent phone=Goal | ||||
| 2 | watch | infinitive | you not said here | him = he | time | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
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