Test 8 · ★ · Classroom rules and homework
The classroom helper forgets to hand out the reading books, and the lesson starts late. What does this show?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: classroom helper, lesson, this · What happens: forget, not hand out, start, show · To what, where: reading books
This is test 8 · ★ 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: The classroom helper forgets to hand out the reading books, and the lesson starts late.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 helper | det |
| 2 | classroom | classroom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 helper | compound |
| 3 | helper | helper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 forgets | nsubj |
| 4 | forgets | forget | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 hand | mark |
| 6 | hand | hand | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 forgets | xcomp |
| 7 | out | out | ADP | _ | 6 hand | compound:prt |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 books | det |
| 9 | reading | reading | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 books | compound |
| 10 | books | book | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 hand | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 starts | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 starts | cc |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 lesson | det |
| 14 | lesson | lesson | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 starts | nsubj |
| 15 | starts | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 forgets | conj |
| 16 | late | late | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 starts | xcomp |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 forgets | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forget | present | the classroom helper | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | not hand out | to-infinitive | the classroom helper not said here | the reading books | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent book=Theme | ||||
| 3 | start | present | the lesson | late property | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
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 does this show?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 show | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 show | aux |
| 3 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 show | nsubj |
| 4 | show | show | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 show | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present · do-support | this | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient |
The options
Option 1
Class jobs do not matter
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 jobs | compound |
| 2 | jobs | job | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 matter | nsubj |
| 3 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 matter | aux |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 matter | advmod |
| 5 | matter | matter | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not matter | present · do-support | Class jobs | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Class jobs help the whole class when done on time
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 jobs | compound |
| 2 | jobs | job | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 help | nsubj |
| 3 | help | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 class | det |
| 5 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 class | amod |
| 6 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 help | obj |
| 7 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 done | advmod |
| 8 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 help | advcl |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 time | case |
| 10 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 done | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | present | Class jobs | the whole class | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent class=Beneficiary | ||||
| 2 | do | participle | Class jobs not said here | time | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Books are not really needed in a reading lesson
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Books | book | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 needed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 needed | aux:pass |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 needed | advmod |
| 4 | really | really | ADV | _ | 5 needed | advmod |
| 5 | needed | need | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 lesson | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 lesson | det |
| 8 | reading | reading | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 lesson | compound |
| 9 | lesson | lesson | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 needed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not need | present · passive | Books | a reading lesson | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
The teacher should do every job
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 | 4 do | nsubj |
| 3 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 job | det |
| 6 | job | job | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 do | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | the teacher | every job | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Eventuality |
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