Test 3 · ★ · Sharing toys and playing board games fairly
After a games evening, the dice from the board game are missing. What would have prevented it?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: dice · What happens: be, prevent · To what, where: dice
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 242 «Sharing toys and playing board games fairly» 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: After a games evening, the dice from the board game are missing.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | After | after | ADP | _ | 4 evening | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 evening | det |
| 3 | games | game | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 evening | compound |
| 4 | evening | evening | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 missing | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 evening | punct |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 dice | det |
| 7 | dice | dice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 missing | nsubj |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 game | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 game | det |
| 10 | board | board | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 game | compound |
| 11 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 dice | nmod |
| 12 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 missing | cop |
| 13 | missing | missing | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 missing | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the dice from the board game | evening | missing property | tree rules |
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 would have prevented it?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 prevented | obj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 prevented | aux |
| 3 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 prevented | aux |
| 4 | prevented | prevent | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 prevented | obj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 prevented | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prevent | would · perfect | dice | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Rolling dice in the box lid and packing up after
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rolling | roll | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 10 after | amod |
| 2 | dice | die | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Rolling | obj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 lid | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 lid | det |
| 5 | box | box | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lid | compound |
| 6 | lid | lid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Rolling | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 packing | cc |
| 8 | packing | pack | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 Rolling | conj |
| 9 | up | up | ADP | _ | 8 packing | compound:prt |
| 10 | after | after | ADP | _ | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | roll | gerund | dice | the box lid | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent die=Theme in lid=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | pack up | gerund | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Using only one dice
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Using | use | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | root | root |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 one | advmod |
| 3 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 dice | nummod |
| 4 | dice | dice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Using | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | gerund | one dice | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dice=Patient |
Option 3
Rolling them much harder, right off the table
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rolling | roll | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Rolling | obj |
| 3 | much | much | ADV | _ | 4 harder | advmod |
| 4 | harder | hard | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 1 Rolling | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 table | punct |
| 6 | right | right | ADV | _ | 9 table | advmod |
| 7 | off | off | ADP | _ | 9 table | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 table | det |
| 9 | table | table | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Rolling | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | roll | gerund | them = they | the table | hard property | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent they=Theme off table=Trajectory |
Option 4
Keeping them on the floor under the table between turns
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keeping | keep | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Keeping | obj |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 floor | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 floor | det |
| 5 | floor | floor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Keeping | obl |
| 6 | under | under | ADP | _ | 8 table | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 table | det |
| 8 | table | table | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Keeping | obl |
| 9 | between | between | ADP | _ | 10 turns | case |
| 10 | turns | turn | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 table | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | gerund | them = they | the floor | under the table between turns | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Theme on floor=Location |
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