Test 12 · ★ · Tests, exams and mistakes
got a bad mark, could i just sign mum's name?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: i, mum · What happens: get, sign, name · To what, where: bad mark, name
This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 255 «Tests, exams and mistakes» 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 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 mark | det |
| 3 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 mark | amod |
| 4 | mark | mark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 got | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 sign | punct |
| 6 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 sign | aux |
| 7 | i | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 sign | nsubj |
| 8 | just | just | ADV | _ | 9 sign | advmod |
| 9 | sign | sign | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 got | parataxis |
| 10 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 name | nmod:poss |
| 11 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 10 mum | case |
| 12 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 sign | obj |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 got | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | a bad mark | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mark=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | sign | could | i | mum's name | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent name=Destination | ||||
| 3 | name | mum | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=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.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, that's dishonest, show her the mark
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 dishonest | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 dishonest | punct |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 dishonest | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 dishonest | cop |
| 5 | dishonest | dishonest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 show | punct |
| 7 | show | show | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 5 dishonest | parataxis |
| 8 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 show | iobj |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 mark | det |
| 10 | mark | mark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 show | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | that | dishonest property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | show | infinitive | the mark | her = she | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient mark=Topic |
Option 2
Yes, she'd sign anyway
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 sign | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 sign | nsubj |
| 4 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 sign | aux |
| 5 | sign | sign | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | anyway | anyway | ADV | _ | 5 sign | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sign | would | she | anyway property | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Yes, if it looks just like hers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 looks | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 looks | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 looks | mark |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 looks | nsubj |
| 5 | looks | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | just | just | ADV | _ | 8 hers | advmod |
| 7 | like | like | ADP | _ | 8 hers | case |
| 8 | hers | her | PRON | Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 looks | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | present | it | like hers = she | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 4
Only on a small test
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 5 test | advmod |
| 2 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 test | case |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 test | det |
| 4 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 test | amod |
| 5 | test | test | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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