Test 3 · ★ · Gratitude, helping at home and privacy
Noah's mum is ill in bed. Which is the best way for Noah to help?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mum · What happens: be, help · To what, where: bed, best way
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 102 «Gratitude, helping at home and privacy» 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: Noah's mum is ill in bed.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noah | Noah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 mum | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Noah | case |
| 3 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ill | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 ill | cop |
| 5 | ill | ill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 bed | case |
| 7 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ill | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 ill | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Noah's mum | bed | ill 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: Which is the best way for Noah to help?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 way | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 way | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 way | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 way | amod |
| 5 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 Noah | case |
| 7 | Noah | Noah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 way | nmod |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 help | mark |
| 9 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 way | acl |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 way | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the best way | for Noah | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | help | to-infinitive | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1
Play loud music to cheer her up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Play | play | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | loud | loud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 music | amod |
| 3 | music | music | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Play | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 cheer | mark |
| 5 | cheer | cheer | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Play | advcl |
| 6 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 cheer | obj |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 cheer | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play | imperative | you not said here | loud music | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent music=Theme | ||||
| 2 | cheer up | to-infinitive | you not said here | her = she | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent she=Patient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Ask his mum for a lift to a friend's
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 mum | nmod:poss |
| 3 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ask | obj |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 lift | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 lift | det |
| 6 | lift | lift | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ask | obl |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 friend | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 friend | det |
| 9 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ask | obl |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 friend | case |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | his mum | for a lift; to a friend | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient |
Option 3
Leave all his toys on the stairs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 toys | det:predet |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 toys | nmod:poss |
| 4 | toys | toy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Leave | obj |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 stairs | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 stairs | det |
| 7 | stairs | stair | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Leave | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | imperative | you not said here | his toys | the stairs | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent toy=Theme on stair=Location |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Do a small job like setting the table
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 job | det |
| 3 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 job | amod |
| 4 | job | job | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Do | obj |
| 5 | like | like | SCONJ | _ | 6 setting | mark |
| 6 | setting | set | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Do | advcl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 table | det |
| 8 | table | table | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 setting | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | imperative | you not said here | a small job | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | set | gerund | you not said here | the table | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient table=Result |
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