Test 7 · ★ · Gratitude, helping at home and privacy
Grace writes a thank-you card to her teacher at the end of the year. Why is that a good idea?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Grace · What happens: write, be · To what, where: thank card, teacher, end, good idea
This is test 7 · ★ 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: Grace writes a thank-you card to her teacher at the end of the year.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grace | Grace | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 writes | nsubj |
| 2 | writes | write | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 card | det |
| 4 | thank | thank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 card | compound |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 you | punct |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 thank | flat |
| 7 | card | card | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 writes | obj |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 teacher | case |
| 9 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 teacher | nmod:poss |
| 10 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 writes | obl |
| 11 | at | at | ADP | _ | 13 end | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 end | det |
| 13 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 writes | obl |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 year | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 year | det |
| 16 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 end | nmod |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 writes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | present | Grace | a thank card | Grace's teacher | at the end of the year | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent card=Topic to teacher=Recipient |
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: Why is that a good idea?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 idea | advmod |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 idea | cop |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 6 idea | mark |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 idea | det |
| 5 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 idea | amod |
| 6 | idea | idea | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 idea | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a good idea | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It shows she valued the teacher's kindness
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 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 | 4 valued | nsubj |
| 4 | valued | value | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 shows | ccomp |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 teacher | det |
| 6 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 kindness | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 teacher | case |
| 8 | kindness | kindness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 valued | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | It | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | value | past | she | the teacher's kindness | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer kindness=Stimulus |
Option 2
It is the only way to say goodbye
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 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 | only | only | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 way | amod |
| 5 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 say | mark |
| 7 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 way | acl |
| 8 | goodbye | goodbye | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 say | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | the only way | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | to-infinitive | goodbye | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent goodbye=Topic |
Option 3
It will change her final marks
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 change | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 change | aux |
| 3 | change | change | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 marks | nmod:poss |
| 5 | final | final | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 marks | amod |
| 6 | marks | mark | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 change | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | change | future | It | her final marks | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mark=Patient | ||||
| 2 | mark | her = she | nom mark «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
Teachers must get a card from each child in the class
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Teachers | teacher | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 get | nsubj |
| 2 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 get | aux |
| 3 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 card | det |
| 5 | card | card | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 get | obj |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 child | case |
| 7 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 child | det |
| 8 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 get | obl |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 class | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 class | det |
| 11 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 get | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | must | Teachers | a card | the class | from each child | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent card=Theme from child=Source |
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