Test 7 · ★ · Honest work at school
A boy finds 8 extra points on his test because of an adding mistake. What shows integrity?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy · What happens: find, add, test, show · To what, where: 8 extra points, test, integrity
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 201 «Honest work at school» 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 finds 8 extra points on his test because of an adding mistake.
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 | 3 finds | nsubj |
| 3 | finds | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | 8 | 8 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 points | nummod |
| 5 | extra | extra | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 points | amod |
| 6 | points | point | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 finds | obj |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 test | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 test | nmod:poss |
| 9 | test | test | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 points | nmod |
| 10 | because | because | ADP | ExtPos=ADP | 14 mistake | case |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 because | fixed |
| 12 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 mistake | det |
| 13 | adding | add | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 14 mistake | amod |
| 14 | mistake | mistake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 finds | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 finds | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | present | a boy | 8 extra points | boy's test | because a adding mistake | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent point=Topic | ||
| 2 | add speech: assert | gerund | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 3 | test | boy | nom test «cognition transitive»: poss=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.
Sentence 2: What shows integrity?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 shows | nsubj |
| 2 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | integrity | integrity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 shows | obj |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 shows | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | integrity | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent integrity=Recipient |
The options
Option 1
Keeping the points as good luck
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keeping | keep | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 points | det |
| 3 | points | point | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Keeping | obj |
| 4 | as | as | ADP | _ | 6 luck | case |
| 5 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 luck | amod |
| 6 | luck | luck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Keeping | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | gerund | the points | as good luck | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent point=Theme |
Option 2
Telling his parents the points were earned fair and square
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Telling | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 earned | csubj:pass |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 parents | nmod:poss |
| 3 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Telling | obj |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 points | det |
| 5 | points | point | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Telling | obj |
| 6 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 earned | aux:pass |
| 7 | earned | earn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 earned | xcomp |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 square | cc |
| 10 | square | square | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 fair | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | gerund | the points | his parents | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient point=Topic | ||||
| 2 | earn | past · passive | Telling | fair property | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP» |
Option 3
Hoping the teacher never notices
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hoping | hope | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 notices | csubj |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 teacher | det |
| 3 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Hoping | obj |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 notices | advmod |
| 5 | notices | notice | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hope | gerund | the teacher | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | not notice | present | Hoping | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Telling the teacher about the mistake
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Telling | tell | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 teacher | det |
| 3 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Telling | obj |
| 4 | about | about | ADP | _ | 6 mistake | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 mistake | det |
| 6 | mistake | mistake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Telling | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | gerund | the teacher | about the mistake | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient about mistake=Topic |
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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