Test 1 · Remembering details Jake saw a man take a bag from a café table. He wants to help. What is best?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Jake, man · What happens: see, take, want, help, be · To what, where: bag, café table · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 of lesson 18 «Remembering details» 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: Jake saw a man take a bag from a café table.
nsubj det nsubj ccomp det obj case det compound obl punct root Jake PROPN saw VERB a DET man NOUN take VERB a DET bag NOUN from ADP a DET café NOUN table NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Jake Jake PROPN Number=Sing 2 saw nsubj 2 saw see VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 man det 4 man man NOUN Number=Sing 5 take nsubj 5 take take VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 saw ccomp 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 bag det 7 bag bag NOUN Number=Sing 5 take obj 8 from from ADP _ 11 table case 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 table det 10 café café NOUN Number=Sing 11 table compound 11 table table NOUN Number=Sing 5 take obl 12 . . PUNCT _ 2 saw punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 see past Jake vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus 2 take infinitive a man a bag a café table vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent bag=Theme from table=Initial_Location
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: He wants to help.
nsubj mark xcomp punct root He PRON wants VERB to PART help VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 wants nsubj 2 wants want VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 to to PART _ 4 help mark 4 help help VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 wants xcomp 5 . . PUNCT _ 2 wants punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 want present man vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme 2 help not said to happen to-infinitive man not said here vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: What is best?
nsubj cop punct root What PRON is AUX best ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 3 best nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 best cop 3 best good ADJ Degree=Sup root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 best punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
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The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Keep it to himself in case he is wrong
obj case obl case fixed nsubj cop obl root Keep VERB it PRON to ADP himself PRON in ADP case NOUN he PRON is AUX wrong ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Keep keep VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Keep obj 3 to to ADP _ 4 himself case 4 himself himself PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes 1 Keep obl 5 in in ADP ExtPos=ADP 9 wrong case 6 case case NOUN Number=Sing 5 in fixed 7 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 wrong nsubj 8 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 wrong cop 9 wrong wrong ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Keep obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 keep imperative you not said here it himself = he vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme 2 is present he wrong property tree rules
Option 2 Run after the man to see his face
case det obl mark advcl nmod:poss obj root Run VERB after ADP the DET man NOUN to PART see VERB his PRON face NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Run run VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 after after ADP _ 4 man case 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 man det 4 man man NOUN Number=Sing 1 Run obl 5 to to PART _ 6 see mark 6 see see VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Run advcl 7 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 face nmod:poss 8 face face NOUN Number=Sing 6 see obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 run imperative you not said here after the man vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 see to-infinitive you not said here man's face vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer face=Stimulus
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer Tell an adult right away what he saw
det obj advmod advmod obj nsubj ccomp root Tell VERB an DET adult NOUN right ADV away ADV what PRON he PRON saw VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Tell tell VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 adult det 3 adult adult NOUN Number=Sing 1 Tell obj 4 right right ADV _ 5 away advmod 5 away away ADV _ 1 Tell advmod 6 what what PRON PronType=Int 8 saw obj 7 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 saw nsubj 8 saw see VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 1 Tell ccomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tell speech: assert imperative you not said here a adult away property vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient clause=Topic 2 see past adult vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus
Option 4 Wait until tomorrow to think it over
case obl mark advcl obj compound:prt root Wait VERB until ADP tomorrow NOUN to PART think VERB it PRON over ADP The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Wait wait VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 2 until until ADP _ 3 tomorrow case 3 tomorrow tomorrow NOUN Number=Sing 1 Wait obl 4 to to PART _ 5 think mark 5 think think VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Wait advcl 6 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 think obj 7 over over ADP _ 5 think compound:prt
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 wait imperative you not said here tomorrow vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 think over speech: other to-infinitive you not said here it vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme
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