Test 1 · ★★ · Video calls and visiting a friend's house
A boy in Atlanta calls his aunt from a noisy, dark room while eating crisps. What should he change?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy · What happens: call, eat, change · To what, where: aunt, noisy dark room, crisps · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 129 «Video calls and visiting a friend's house» 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: A boy in Atlanta calls his aunt from a noisy, dark room while eating crisps.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 boy | det |
| 2 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 calls | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Atlanta | case |
| 4 | Atlanta | Atlanta | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 boy | nmod |
| 5 | calls | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 aunt | nmod:poss |
| 7 | aunt | aunt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 calls | obj |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 13 room | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 room | det |
| 10 | noisy | noisy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 room | amod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 noisy | punct |
| 12 | dark | dark | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 room | amod |
| 13 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 calls | obl |
| 14 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 15 eating | mark |
| 15 | eating | eat | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 calls | advcl |
| 16 | crisps | crisp | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 eating | obj |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 calls | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | present | a boy in Atlanta | boy's aunt | a noisy dark room | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent aunt=Theme from room=Source | |||
| 2 | eat | gerund | a boy in Atlanta not said here | crisps | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crisp=Patient |
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: What should he change?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 change | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 change | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 change | nsubj |
| 4 | change | change | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 change | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | change | should | boy | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Go somewhere quiet and bright and stop eating
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | somewhere | somewhere | ADV | PronType=Ind | 1 Go | advmod |
| 3 | quiet | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Go | xcomp |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 bright | cc |
| 5 | bright | bright | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 quiet | conj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 stop | cc |
| 7 | stop | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Go | conj |
| 8 | eating | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 stop | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | imperative | you not said here | quiet, somewhere property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | stop | present | you not said here | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | eat | gerund | you not said here | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Turn up the volume and keep eating
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turn | turn | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | up | up | ADP | _ | 1 Turn | compound:prt |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 volume | det |
| 4 | volume | volume | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Turn | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 keep | cc |
| 6 | keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Turn | conj |
| 7 | eating | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 keep | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn up | imperative | you not said here | the volume | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location volume=Theme | ||||
| 2 | keep | infinitive | you not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | eat | gerund | you not said here | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Call from the car while driving around
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Call | call | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | from | from | ADP | _ | 4 car | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 car | det |
| 4 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Call | obl |
| 5 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 6 driving | mark |
| 6 | driving | drive | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Call | advcl |
| 7 | around | around | ADV | _ | 6 driving | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | imperative | you not said here | the car | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from car=Source | ||||
| 2 | drive around | gerund | you not said here | around property | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Switch off the camera and talk louder so they can hear over the noise
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switch | switch | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | off | off | ADP | _ | 1 Switch | compound:prt |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 camera | det |
| 4 | camera | camera | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Switch | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 talk | cc |
| 6 | talk | talk | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Switch | conj |
| 7 | louder | loud | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 6 talk | advmod |
| 8 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 11 hear | mark |
| 9 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 hear | nsubj |
| 10 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 hear | aux |
| 11 | hear | hear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Switch | advcl |
| 12 | over | over | ADP | _ | 14 noise | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 noise | det |
| 14 | noise | noise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 hear | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | switch off | imperative | you not said here | the camera | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent camera=Patient | ||||
| 2 | talk | infinitive | you not said here | loud property | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | hear | can | they | the noise | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer |
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