Test 9 · ★ · Getting ready for school and the school day
A boy needs the toilet and goes without asking. Why does the teacher mind?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy · What happens: need, go, ask, do · To what, where: toilet, teacher mind
This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 253 «Getting ready for school and the school day» 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 needs the toilet and goes without asking.
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 needs | nsubj |
| 3 | needs | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 toilet | det |
| 5 | toilet | toilet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 needs | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 goes | cc |
| 7 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 needs | conj |
| 8 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 9 asking | mark |
| 9 | asking | ask | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 goes | advcl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 needs | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present | a boy | the toilet | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot toilet=Theme | ||||
| 2 | go | present | a boy not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | ask speech: ask | gerund | a boy not said here | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: 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.
Sentence 2: Why does the teacher mind?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Why | conj |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 mind | det |
| 4 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 mind | compound |
| 5 | mind | mind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 does | obj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | the teacher mind | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The teacher needs to know where every child is
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 teacher | det |
| 2 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 needs | nsubj |
| 3 | needs | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 know | mark |
| 5 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 needs | xcomp |
| 6 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 5 know | ccomp |
| 7 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 child | det |
| 8 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 where | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 where | cop |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present | the teacher | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | know not said to happen | to-infinitive | the teacher not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | is | present | every child | where property | tree rules |
Option 2
The toilet may be closed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 toilet | det |
| 2 | toilet | toilet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 closed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 closed | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 closed | aux:pass |
| 5 | closed | close | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | close | may · passive | the toilet | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 3
It is rude to need the toilet during a lesson
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 rude | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 rude | cop |
| 3 | rude | rude | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 need | mark |
| 5 | need | need | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 rude | advcl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 toilet | det |
| 7 | toilet | toilet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 need | obj |
| 8 | during | during | ADP | _ | 10 lesson | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 lesson | det |
| 10 | lesson | lesson | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 need | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | rude property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | need | to-infinitive | the toilet | during a lesson | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot toilet=Theme |
Option 4
He might miss a funny joke the teacher tells while he is out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 miss | nsubj |
| 2 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 miss | aux |
| 3 | miss | miss | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 joke | det |
| 5 | funny | funny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 joke | amod |
| 6 | joke | joke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 miss | obj |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 teacher | det |
| 8 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 tells | nsubj |
| 9 | tells | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 joke | acl:relcl |
| 10 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 13 out | mark |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 out | nsubj |
| 12 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 out | cop |
| 13 | out | out | ADV | _ | 3 miss | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | miss | might | He | a funny joke | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer joke=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | present | the teacher | a funny joke not said here | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent joke=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | is | present | teacher | out property | tree rules |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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