Test 3 · ★ · Growing up, honesty and manners
Sam broke the window with his ball and said his sister did it. His dad found out. What is the likely result?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Sam, sister, dad, likely result · What happens: break, say, do, find out, be · To what, where: window · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 104 «Growing up, honesty and manners» 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: Sam broke the window with his ball and said his sister did it.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 broke | nsubj |
| 2 | broke | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 window | det |
| 4 | window | window | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 broke | obj |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 ball | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 ball | nmod:poss |
| 7 | ball | ball | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 broke | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 said | cc |
| 9 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 broke | conj |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 sister | nmod:poss |
| 11 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 did | nsubj |
| 12 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 said | ccomp |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 did | obj |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 broke | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | past | Sam | the window | with Sam's ball | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent window=Patient with ball=Instrument | |||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | Sam not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | do | past | Sam's sister | window | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
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: His dad found out.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 dad | nmod:poss |
| 2 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 found | nsubj |
| 3 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | out | out | ADP | _ | 3 found | compound:prt |
| 5 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 found | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find out | past | Sam's dad | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent |
Sentence 3: What is the likely result?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 result | det |
| 4 | likely | likely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 result | amod |
| 5 | result | result | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the likely result | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
His dad finds it harder to believe him next time
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 dad | nmod:poss |
| 2 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 finds | nsubj |
| 3 | finds | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 finds | obj |
| 5 | harder | hard | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 finds | xcomp |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 believe | mark |
| 7 | believe | believe | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 harder | xcomp |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 believe | obj |
| 9 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 time | amod |
| 10 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 believe | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | present | His dad | it | hard property | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | |||
| 2 | believe | to-infinitive | dad | time | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
Option 2
Nothing at all changes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | root | root |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 4 changes | case |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 changes | det |
| 4 | changes | change | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Nothing | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
His dad trusts him even more now, because he spoke up quickly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 dad | nmod:poss |
| 2 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 trusts | nsubj |
| 3 | trusts | trust | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 trusts | obj |
| 5 | even | even | ADV | _ | 6 more | advmod |
| 6 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 7 now | advmod |
| 7 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 trusts | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 spoke | punct |
| 9 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 11 spoke | mark |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 spoke | nsubj |
| 11 | spoke | speak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 trusts | conj |
| 12 | up | up | ADP | _ | 11 spoke | compound:prt |
| 13 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 11 spoke | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | trust | present | His dad | him = he | now | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | |||
| 2 | speak up speech: other | past | dad | quickly property | vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
His sister gets a reward
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 sister | nmod:poss |
| 2 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gets | nsubj |
| 3 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 reward | det |
| 5 | reward | reward | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gets | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | His sister | a reward | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer reward=Stimulus |
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