Test 2 · ★ · Classroom rules and homework

Why is a tidy desk useful at the end of the day?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: end

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 254 «Classroom rules and homework» 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 useful	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 useful	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 desk	det
4	tidy	tidy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 desk	amod
5	desk	desk	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 useful	obl:unmarked
6	useful	useful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 end	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 end	det
9	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 useful	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 day	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 day	det
12	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 end	nmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 useful	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present					at the end of the day	a tidy desk obl:unmarked; useful 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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It lets you go home earlier than the other classes

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	2 lets	nsubj
2	lets	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 lets	obj
4	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 lets	xcomp
5	home	home	ADV	_	6 earlier	advmod
6	earlier	early	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 go	advmod
7	than	than	ADP	_	10 classes	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 classes	det
9	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 classes	amod
10	classes	class	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 earlier	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	present	It	you					tree rules
2	go	infinitive	you not said here					early property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Tidy desks never need cleaning or dusting again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tidy	tidy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 desks	amod
2	desks	desk	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 need	nsubj
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 need	advmod
4	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	cleaning	cleaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 need	obj
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 dusting	cc
7	dusting	dust	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 cleaning	conj
8	again	again	ADV	_	7 dusting	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not need	present	Tidy desks	cleaning					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot cleaning=Theme
2	dust	gerund	Tidy desks not said here				again		vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent

Option 3

It makes the teacher give you a sticker every day

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	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 teacher	det
4	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obj
5	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 makes	xcomp
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 give	iobj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 sticker	det
8	sticker	sticker	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 give	obj
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 day	det
10	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 give	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	It	the teacher					tree rules
2	give	infinitive	the teacher not said here	a sticker	you		day		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient sticker=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

You find things fast and the room stays safe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 find	nsubj
2	find	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 find	obj
4	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 find	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 stays	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 room	det
7	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stays	nsubj
8	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 find	conj
9	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 stays	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	present	You	things				fast property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Topic
2	stay	present	the room					safe property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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