Test 1 · ★ · Questions, group work and the adults at school
A girl in Dublin is afraid her question about long division sounds silly. What is true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl, question · What happens: be, sound, question
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 256 «Questions, group work and the adults at school» 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 girl in Dublin is afraid her question about long division sounds silly.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 girl | det |
| 2 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 afraid | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Dublin | case |
| 4 | Dublin | Dublin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 girl | nmod |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 afraid | cop |
| 6 | afraid | afraid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 question | nmod:poss |
| 8 | question | question | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 sounds | nsubj |
| 9 | about | about | ADP | _ | 11 division | case |
| 10 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 division | amod |
| 11 | division | division | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 question | nmod |
| 12 | sounds | sound | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 afraid | ccomp |
| 13 | silly | silly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 sounds | xcomp |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 afraid | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | a girl in Dublin | afraid property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | sound | present | girl's question about long division | silly property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | question | girl | about long division | nom question «communication transitive»: poss=agent about=obl |
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 is true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Asking is the quickest way to learn, and teachers welcome it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asking | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 way | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 way | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 way | det |
| 4 | quickest | quick | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 way | amod |
| 5 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 learn | mark |
| 7 | learn | learn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 way | acl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 welcome | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 welcome | cc |
| 10 | teachers | teacher | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 welcome | nsubj |
| 11 | welcome | welcome | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 way | parataxis |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 welcome | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | gerund | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | is a | present | the quickest way | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | learn | to-infinitive | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | welcome | present | teachers | way | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 2
Questions make the teacher cross
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Questions | question | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 make | nsubj |
| 2 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 cross | det |
| 4 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 cross | compound |
| 5 | cross | cross | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 make | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | Questions | the teacher cross | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset cross=Product |
Option 3
Only the clever children in the class are allowed to ask
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 4 children | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 children | det |
| 3 | clever | clever | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 children | amod |
| 4 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 class | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 class | det |
| 7 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 children | nmod |
| 8 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 allowed | aux:pass |
| 9 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 ask | mark |
| 11 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 allowed | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | allow | present · passive | the clever children in the class | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask not said to happen | to-infinitive | the clever children in the class not said here | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
She should wait until she works it out alone, however long
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 wait | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 wait | aux |
| 3 | wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 6 works | mark |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 works | nsubj |
| 6 | works | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wait | advcl |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 works | obj |
| 8 | out | out | ADP | _ | 6 works | compound:prt |
| 9 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 6 works | advmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 however | punct |
| 11 | however | however | ADV | _ | 12 long | advmod |
| 12 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 3 wait | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | should | She | long property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | work out | present | she | it | alone property | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
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