Test 9 · ★ · Tests, exams and mistakes
Your partner knocked over the paint, but the teacher thinks it was you. Which is best?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: partner, teacher · What happens: knock, think, be · To what, where: paint, you · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★ 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 partner knocked over the paint, but the teacher thinks it was you.
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 partner | nmod:poss |
| 2 | partner | partner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 knocked | nsubj |
| 3 | knocked | knock | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | over | over | ADP | _ | 6 paint | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 paint | det |
| 6 | paint | paint | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 knocked | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 thinks | punct |
| 8 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 11 thinks | cc |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 teacher | det |
| 10 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 thinks | nsubj |
| 11 | thinks | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 knocked | conj |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 you | nsubj |
| 13 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 you | cop |
| 14 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 11 thinks | ccomp |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 knocked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | knock | participle | Your partner | the paint | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over paint=Location | ||||
| 2 | think speech: other | present | the teacher | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is a | past | teacher | you | 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: Which is best?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 best | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 best | cop |
| 3 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 best | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | good property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Stay silent and get angry later
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | silent | silent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Stay | xcomp |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 get | cc |
| 4 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Stay | conj |
| 5 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 get | xcomp |
| 6 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 4 get | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | imperative | you not said here | silent property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | get | infinitive | you not said here | angry, late property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Tell the teacher calmly what really happened
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 | 3 teacher | det |
| 3 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tell | obj |
| 4 | calmly | calmly | ADV | _ | 1 Tell | advmod |
| 5 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 happened | nsubj |
| 6 | really | really | ADV | _ | 7 happened | advmod |
| 7 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 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 teacher | calmly property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient clause=Topic | |||
| 2 | happen | past | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Tell the teacher your partner is a liar
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 | 3 teacher | det |
| 3 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tell | obj |
| 4 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 partner | nmod:poss |
| 5 | partner | partner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 liar | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 liar | cop |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 liar | det |
| 8 | liar | liar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 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 teacher | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | your partner | a liar | tree rules |
Option 4
Say it was you, just to keep things quiet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 you | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 you | cop |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 1 Say | ccomp |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 keep | punct |
| 6 | just | just | ADV | _ | 8 keep | advmod |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 keep | mark |
| 8 | keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Say | conj |
| 9 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 keep | obj |
| 10 | quiet | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 keep | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | it | you | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | keep | to-infinitive | you not said here | things | quiet property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme |
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