Test 8 · ★★ · What to do if you are lost
Before going to a big sports match, what is it smart for a family to agree on?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: big sports · What happens: go, match, be, agree
This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 17 «What to do if you are lost» 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 | Before | before | SCONJ | _ | 2 going | mark |
| 2 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 what | advcl |
| 3 | to | to | SCONJ | _ | 7 match | mark |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 sports | det |
| 5 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 sports | amod |
| 6 | sports | sport | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 match | nsubj |
| 7 | match | match | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 going | advcl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 going | punct |
| 9 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 smart | obl |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 smart | cop |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 smart | expl |
| 12 | smart | smart | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 family | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 family | det |
| 15 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 smart | obl |
| 16 | to | to | PART | _ | 17 agree | mark |
| 17 | agree | agree | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 smart | advcl |
| 18 | on | on | ADP | _ | 17 agree | obl |
| 19 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 12 smart | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | gerund | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | match | present | a big sports | vn amalgamate-22.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 3 | is | present | for a family; smart property | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | agree speech: agree | to-infinitive | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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
Which team they will cheer for loudest
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 team | det |
| 2 | team | team | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 cheer | nsubj |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 cheer | nsubj |
| 4 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 cheer | aux |
| 5 | cheer | cheer | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 loudest | case |
| 7 | loudest | loud | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 cheer | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cheer | future | which team | for loudest | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2
What time they will buy their drinks
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | DET | PronType=Int | 2 time | det |
| 2 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 buy | obl:unmarked |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 buy | nsubj |
| 4 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 buy | aux |
| 5 | buy | buy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 drinks | nmod:poss |
| 7 | drinks | drink | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 buy | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | buy | future | they | their drinks | time | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drink=Theme |
Option 3
Who will carry the snacks and drinks
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 carry | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 carry | aux |
| 3 | carry | carry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 snacks | det |
| 5 | snacks | snack | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 carry | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 drinks | cc |
| 7 | drinks | drink | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 snacks | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry | future | the snacks and drinks | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snack=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
A meeting place in case they get separated
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 place | det |
| 2 | meeting | meeting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 place | compound |
| 3 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 case | case |
| 5 | case | case | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 place | nmod |
| 6 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 separated | nsubj |
| 7 | get | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 separated | aux:pass |
| 8 | separated | separate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 place | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | separate | present · passive | they | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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