Test 4 · ★ · Bites, stings and things you find on the ground
A boy finds £20 in the street. What is honest?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy · What happens: find, be · To what, where: street
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 238 «Bites, stings and things you find on the ground» 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 £20 in the street.
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 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 3 finds | obj |
| 5 | 20 | 20 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 £ | nummod |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 street | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 street | det |
| 8 | street | street | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 finds | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 finds | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | present | a boy | the street | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent £=Topic |
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 is honest?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 honest | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 honest | cop |
| 3 | honest | honest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 honest | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | honest property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Spend it, because no one saw him pick it up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spend | spend | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Spend | obj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 saw | punct |
| 4 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 7 saw | mark |
| 5 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 6 one | det |
| 6 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 saw | nsubj |
| 7 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Spend | advcl |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 saw | obj |
| 9 | pick | pick | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 saw | xcomp |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 pick | obj |
| 11 | up | up | ADP | _ | 9 pick | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spend | imperative | you not said here | it | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Asset | ||||
| 2 | see | past | no one | him = he | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | pick up | infinitive | him = he not said here | it | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
Option 2
Share it out fairly with his friends
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Share | share | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Share | obj |
| 3 | out | out | ADP | _ | 1 Share | compound:prt |
| 4 | fairly | fairly | ADV | _ | 1 Share | advmod |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 friends | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 friends | nmod:poss |
| 7 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Share | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | share out | imperative | you not said here | it | with his friends; fairly property | tree rules |
Option 3
Leave it, because money on the ground is dirty and full of germs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Leave | obj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 dirty | punct |
| 4 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 10 dirty | mark |
| 5 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 dirty | nsubj |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 ground | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 ground | det |
| 8 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 money | nmod |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 dirty | cop |
| 10 | dirty | dirty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Leave | parataxis |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 full | cc |
| 12 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 dirty | conj |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 germs | case |
| 14 | germs | germ | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 full | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | imperative | you not said here | it | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | present | money on the ground | dirty property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | be | money on the ground not said here | of germs | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Give it to a grown-up so it can go to the owner or police
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Give | iobj |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 a | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 1 Give | obj |
| 5 | grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 a | acl |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 up | punct |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 grown | compound:prt |
| 8 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 11 go | mark |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 go | nsubj |
| 10 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 go | aux |
| 11 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Give | advcl |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 owner | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 owner | det |
| 14 | owner | owner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 go | obl |
| 15 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 16 police | cc |
| 16 | police | police | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 owner | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | imperative | you not said here | a | it | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient a=Theme | |||
| 2 | grow up | participle | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | go | can | it | the owner or police | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to owner=Initial_Location |
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