Test 18 · ★ · Queues, taking turns and interrupting
apparently in England people go to prison for queue-jumping, my cousin says. probably true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: people, cousin · What happens: go, jump, say · To what, where: England · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 18 · ★ of lesson 223 «Queues, taking turns and interrupting» 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 | apparently | apparently | ADV | _ | 5 go | advmod |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 3 England | case |
| 3 | England | England | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 go | obl |
| 4 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 go | nsubj |
| 5 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 prison | case |
| 7 | prison | prison | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 go | obl |
| 8 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 11 jumping | mark |
| 9 | queue | queue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 jumping | compound |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 queue | punct |
| 11 | jumping | jump | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 go | advcl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 says | punct |
| 13 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 14 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 says | nsubj |
| 15 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 go | conj |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 says | punct |
| 17 | probably | probably | ADV | _ | 18 true | advmod |
| 18 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 says | xcomp |
| 19 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 go | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | people | England | to prison; apparently property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to prison=Initial_Location | |||
| 2 | jump | gerund | people not said here | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | present | my cousin | true property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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 · ✓ the right answer
No, it's not a crime, but people get upset by it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 crime | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 crime | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 crime | cop |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 crime | advmod |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 crime | det |
| 7 | crime | crime | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 get | punct |
| 9 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 11 get | cc |
| 10 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 get | nsubj |
| 11 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 crime | conj |
| 12 | upset | upset | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 get | xcomp |
| 13 | by | by | ADP | _ | 14 it | case |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 upset | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is a | present | it | a crime | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | get | present | people | upset property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2
Yes, if you jump twice
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 jump | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 jump | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 jump | mark |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 jump | nsubj |
| 5 | jump | jump | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | twice | twice | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 5 jump | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | jump | present | you | twice property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Yes, it's a serious crime there
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 crime | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 crime | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 crime | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 crime | det |
| 6 | serious | serious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 crime | amod |
| 7 | crime | crime | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 7 crime | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a serious crime | there | tree rules |
Option 4
Yes, but only in London
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 London | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 London | cc |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 London | advmod |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 London | case |
| 6 | London | London | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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