Test 7 · ★ · Quiet places and solemn moments
At the cinema a man behind you keeps kicking your seat. What has he forgotten?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: man · What happens: keep, kick, forget · To what, where: cinema, seat
This is test 7 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: At the cinema a man behind you keeps kicking your seat.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | At | at | ADP | _ | 3 cinema | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 cinema | det |
| 3 | cinema | cinema | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 keeps | obl |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 man | det |
| 5 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 keeps | nsubj |
| 6 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 7 you | case |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 man | nmod |
| 8 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | kicking | kick | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 keeps | xcomp |
| 10 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 seat | nmod:poss |
| 11 | seat | seat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 kicking | obj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 keeps | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | present | a man behind you | the cinema | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | kick | gerund | a man behind you not said here | your seat | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent seat=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.
Sentence 2: What has he forgotten?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 forgotten | obj |
| 2 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 forgotten | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 forgotten | nsubj |
| 4 | forgotten | forget | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 forgotten | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forget | present · perfect | man | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
To keep his feet on the floor
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 keep | mark |
| 2 | keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 feet | nmod:poss |
| 4 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 keep | obj |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 floor | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 floor | det |
| 7 | floor | floor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 keep | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | to-infinitive | his feet | the floor | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent foot=Theme on floor=Location |
Option 2
To sit in the front row
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 sit | mark |
| 2 | sit | sit | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 row | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 row | det |
| 5 | front | front | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 row | amod |
| 6 | row | row | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sit | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sit | to-infinitive | the front row | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in row=Location |
Option 3
To buy popcorn before the film started
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 buy | mark |
| 2 | buy | buy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 started | advcl |
| 3 | popcorn | popcorn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 buy | obj |
| 4 | before | before | ADP | _ | 6 film | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 film | det |
| 6 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 buy | obl |
| 7 | started | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | buy | to-infinitive | popcorn | before the film | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent popcorn=Theme | ||||
| 2 | start | past | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Option 4
To turn off the lights
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 turn | mark |
| 2 | turn | turn | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | off | off | ADP | _ | 2 turn | compound:prt |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 lights | det |
| 5 | lights | light | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 turn | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn off | to-infinitive | the lights | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent light=Patient |
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