Test 2 · Remembering details

Which description would help the police most?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: description · What happens: help · To what, where: police

This is test 2 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 description	det
2	description	description	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 help	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 help	aux
4	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 police	det
6	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 help	obj
7	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 help	advmod
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 help	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	would	which description	the police					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent police=Beneficiary

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

A woman, I think, wearing some clothes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 woman	det
2	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 think	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 woman	punct
4	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 think	nsubj
5	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 wearing	punct
7	wearing	wear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 think	advcl
8	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	9 clothes	det
9	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	7 wearing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	a woman						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	wear	gerund	a woman not said here	some clothes					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent clothes=Source

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Short woman, red coat, white bag, went towards the station

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 woman	amod
2	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 went	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 coat	punct
4	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 coat	amod
5	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 woman	appos
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 bag	punct
7	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 bag	amod
8	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 woman	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 woman	punct
10	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	towards	towards	ADP	_	13 station	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 station	det
13	station	station	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 went	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	Short woman and white bag			the station			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme towards station=Initial_Location

Option 3

A person who looked a bit odd to me, I didn't like the look of them

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 like	nsubj
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 looked	nsubj
4	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 person	acl:relcl
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bit	det
6	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 odd	obl:unmarked
7	odd	odd	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 looked	xcomp
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 me	case
9	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 odd	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 person	punct
11	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 like	nsubj
12	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 like	aux
13	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 like	advmod
14	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 look	det
16	look	look	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 like	obj
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 them	case
18	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 look	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	past	a person					odd property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2	not like	past · do-support	a person	the look of them					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot look=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Someone who was near the shop at some point

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 shop	nsubj
2	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 shop	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 shop	cop
4	near	near	ADP	_	6 shop	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 shop	det
6	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 point	case
8	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	9 point	det
9	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shop	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Someone			the shop		at some point	tree rules

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