Test 4 · ★ · Respect for everyone, greetings, goodbyes and the table
A tourist in Chicago answers "How's it going?" with a ten-minute story. What did he misunderstand?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: tourist, Chicago · What happens: answer, go, misunderstand · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 221 «Respect for everyone, greetings, goodbyes and the table» 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 tourist in Chicago answers "How's it going?" with a ten-minute story.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 tourist | det |
| 2 | tourist | tourist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 answers | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Chicago | case |
| 4 | Chicago | Chicago | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 tourist | nmod |
| 5 | answers | answer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 going | punct |
| 7 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 10 going | advmod |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 going | aux |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 going | nsubj |
| 10 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 answers | ccomp |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 10 going | punct |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 going | punct |
| 13 | with | with | ADP | _ | 18 story | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 story | det |
| 15 | ten | ten | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 17 minute | nummod |
| 16 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 15 ten | punct |
| 17 | minute | minute | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 story | compound |
| 18 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 going | obl |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 answers | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | answer speech: ask | present | a tourist in Chicago | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | go in a quote | present · progressive | tourist | with a minute story | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with story=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.
Sentence 2: What did he misunderstand?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 misunderstand | obj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 misunderstand | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 misunderstand | nsubj |
| 4 | misunderstand | misunderstand | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 misunderstand | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | misunderstand | past · do-support | Chicago | vn comprehend-87.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It was a quick greeting, not a real question
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 greeting | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 greeting | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 greeting | det |
| 4 | quick | quick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 greeting | amod |
| 5 | greeting | greeting | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 question | punct |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 question | advmod |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 question | det |
| 9 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 question | amod |
| 10 | question | question | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 greeting | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | It | a quick greeting and a real question | tree rules |
Option 2
It needed an even longer answer with all the details
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 needed | nsubj |
| 2 | needed | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 answer | det |
| 4 | even | even | ADV | _ | 5 longer | advmod |
| 5 | longer | long | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 6 answer | advmod |
| 6 | answer | answer | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 needed | ccomp |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 details | case |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 details | det:predet |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 details | det |
| 10 | details | detail | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 answer | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | past | It | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | answer speech: assert | infinitive | with all details; long property | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
It was a rude remark
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 remark | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 remark | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 remark | det |
| 4 | rude | rude | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 remark | amod |
| 5 | remark | remark | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | It | a rude remark | tree rules |
Option 4
It was a question about the weather
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 question | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 question | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 question | det |
| 4 | question | question | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | about | about | ADP | _ | 7 weather | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 weather | det |
| 7 | weather | weather | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 question | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | It | a question | about the weather | tree rules |
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