Test 7 · ★ · Tests, exams and mistakes
Your teacher spells "necessary" wrongly on the board. Which response is best?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: teacher, response · What happens: spell, be · To what, where: necessary, board
This is test 7 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: Your teacher spells "necessary" wrongly on the board.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 teacher | nmod:poss |
| 2 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 spells | nsubj |
| 3 | spells | spell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 necessary | punct |
| 5 | necessary | necessary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 spells | obj |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 necessary | punct |
| 7 | wrongly | wrongly | ADV | _ | 3 spells | advmod |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 board | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 board | det |
| 10 | board | board | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 spells | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 spells | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spell | present | Your teacher | necessary | the board | wrongly property | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent necessary=Theme on board=Destination |
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: Which response is best?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 response | det |
| 2 | response | response | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 best | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 best | cop |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 best | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | which response | good property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Raise your hand and kindly say there may be a spelling error
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raise | raise | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 hand | nmod:poss |
| 3 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Raise | obj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 say | cc |
| 5 | kindly | kindly | ADV | _ | 6 say | advmod |
| 6 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Raise | conj |
| 7 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 9 be | expl |
| 8 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 be | aux |
| 9 | be | be | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 say | ccomp |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 error | det |
| 11 | spelling | spelling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 error | compound |
| 12 | error | error | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 be | nsubj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | raise | imperative | you not said here | your hand | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | infinitive | you not said here | kindly property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | be | may | a spelling error | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Walk up and write the right spelling on the board yourself, without asking
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walk | walk | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | up | up | ADP | _ | 1 Walk | compound:prt |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 write | cc |
| 4 | write | write | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Walk | conj |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 spelling | det |
| 6 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 spelling | amod |
| 7 | spelling | spelling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 write | obj |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 board | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 board | det |
| 10 | board | board | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 write | obl |
| 11 | yourself | yourself | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 1 Walk | obl:unmarked |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 asking | punct |
| 13 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 14 asking | mark |
| 14 | asking | ask | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Walk | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walk up | imperative | you not said here | yourself | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | write | infinitive | you not said here | the right spelling | the board | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent spelling=Theme on board=Destination | |||
| 3 | ask speech: ask | gerund | you not said here | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Tell the whole class she cannot spell
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 class | det |
| 3 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 class | amod |
| 4 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tell | obj |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 spell | nsubj |
| 6 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 spell | aux |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 spell | advmod |
| 8 | spell | spell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Tell | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | the whole class | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent class=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | not spell | can | she | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Copy the wrong spelling down, to be polite to the teacher
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Copy | copy | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 spelling | det |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 spelling | amod |
| 4 | spelling | spelling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Copy | obj |
| 5 | down | down | ADV | _ | 1 Copy | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 polite | punct |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 polite | mark |
| 8 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 polite | cop |
| 9 | polite | polite | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Copy | parataxis |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 teacher | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 teacher | det |
| 12 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 polite | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | copy | imperative | you not said here | the wrong spelling | down property | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spelling=Theme | |||
| 2 | is | to-infinitive | to the teacher; polite property | tree rules |
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