Test 19 · ★ · Quiet places and solemn moments
my mate says that girl got kicked out of the cinema for rustling crisps and now she's banned for life. what's likely blown up?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate · What happens: say, kick out, ban, blow up · To what, where: girl, cinema · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 19 · ★ of lesson 224 «Quiet places and solemn moments» 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 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 7 kicked | mark |
| 5 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 kicked | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 kicked | aux:pass |
| 7 | kicked | kick | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 26 blown | advcl |
| 8 | out | out | ADP | _ | 11 cinema | case |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 cinema | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 cinema | det |
| 11 | cinema | cinema | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 kicked | obl |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 crisps | case |
| 13 | rustling | rustling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 crisps | compound |
| 14 | crisps | crisp | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 cinema | nmod |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 banned | cc |
| 16 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 19 banned | advmod |
| 17 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 banned | nsubj:pass |
| 18 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 banned | aux:pass |
| 19 | banned | ban | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 kicked | conj |
| 20 | for | for | ADP | _ | 21 life | case |
| 21 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 banned | obl |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 kicked | punct |
| 23 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 26 blown | nsubj:pass |
| 24 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 26 blown | aux |
| 25 | likely | likely | ADV | _ | 26 blown | advmod |
| 26 | blown | blow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 says | ccomp |
| 27 | up | up | ADP | _ | 26 blown | compound:prt |
| 28 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | my mate | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | kick out | past · passive | girl | the cinema for rustling crisps | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP ADJP»: subject=Patient cinema=Result | ||||
| 3 | ban | present · passive | girl | now | for life | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||
| 4 | blow up | present · passive | likely property | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: subject=Patient |
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
That cinemas ask for quiet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 cinemas | det |
| 2 | cinemas | cinema | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 ask | nsubj |
| 3 | ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 quiet | case |
| 5 | quiet | quiet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ask | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | that cinemas | for quiet | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
That rustling makes noise
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 rustling | det |
| 2 | rustling | rustling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 makes | nsubj |
| 3 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | noise | noise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 makes | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | that rustling | noise | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset noise=Product |
Option 3
That she was eating crisps
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 eating | nsubj |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 eating | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 eating | aux |
| 4 | eating | eat | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | crisps | crisp | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 eating | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | past · progressive | That | crisps | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crisp=Patient |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Banned for life; but noise in a cinema bothers others
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Banned | ban | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 bothers | advcl |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 3 life | case |
| 3 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Banned | obl |
| 4 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 10 bothers | punct |
| 5 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 10 bothers | cc |
| 6 | noise | noise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 bothers | nsubj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 cinema | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 cinema | det |
| 9 | cinema | cinema | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 noise | nmod |
| 10 | bothers | bother | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 bothers | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ban | participle | noise in a cinema not said here | for life | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer | ||||
| 2 | bother | present | noise in a cinema | others | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus other=Experiencer |
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