Test 6 · ★ · Classroom rules and homework
A boy changes the background and settings on the shared class laptop. Why is this wrong?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy, this · What happens: change, share, be · To what, where: background
This is test 6 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: A boy changes the background and settings on the shared class laptop.
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 changes | nsubj |
| 3 | changes | change | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 background | det |
| 5 | background | background | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 changes | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 settings | cc |
| 7 | settings | setting | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 background | conj |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 laptop | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 laptop | det |
| 10 | shared | share | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 laptop | amod |
| 11 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 laptop | compound |
| 12 | laptop | laptop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 settings | nmod |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 changes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | change | present | a boy | the background and settings on the shared class laptop | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent background=Patient | ||||
| 2 | share | participle | 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: Why is this wrong?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 wrong | advmod |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 wrong | cop |
| 3 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 wrong | nsubj |
| 4 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 wrong | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | this | wrong property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Settings can never be changed back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Settings | setting | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 changed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 changed | aux |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 changed | advmod |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 changed | aux:pass |
| 5 | changed | change | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | back | back | ADV | _ | 5 changed | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not change back | can · passive | Settings | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 2
It makes the laptop much faster for the next person
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 laptop | det |
| 4 | laptop | laptop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 makes | obj |
| 5 | much | much | ADV | _ | 6 faster | advmod |
| 6 | faster | fast | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 2 makes | advmod |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 person | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 person | det |
| 9 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 person | amod |
| 10 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 faster | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | It | the laptop | fast property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material laptop=Product |
Option 3
Laptops do not have settings
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laptops | laptop | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 have | nsubj |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 have | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 have | advmod |
| 4 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | settings | setting | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 have | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not have | present · do-support | Laptops | settings | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent setting=Patient |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
School devices are shared and used only as allowed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | School | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 devices | compound |
| 2 | devices | device | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 shared | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 shared | aux:pass |
| 4 | shared | share | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 used | cc |
| 6 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 shared | conj |
| 7 | only | only | ADV | _ | 9 allowed | advmod |
| 8 | as | as | ADV | _ | 9 allowed | advmod |
| 9 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 used | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | share | present · passive | School devices | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | use | participle | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | ||||||
| 3 | allow | participle | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer |
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