Test 7 · ★ · The lunchroom and school trips
In an art gallery, a sign says "Please do not touch". Why does the gallery ask this?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sign, gallery · What happens: say, not touch, ask · To what, where: art gallery, this · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 258 «The lunchroom and school trips» 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: In an art gallery, a sign says "Please do not touch".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 gallery | case |
| 2 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 gallery | det |
| 3 | art | art | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gallery | compound |
| 4 | gallery | gallery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 says | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 gallery | punct |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 sign | det |
| 7 | sign | sign | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 says | nsubj |
| 8 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 touch | punct |
| 10 | Please | please | INTJ | _ | 13 touch | discourse |
| 11 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 13 touch | aux |
| 12 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 touch | advmod |
| 13 | touch | touch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 says | ccomp |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 touch | punct |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a sign | a art gallery | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | not touch in a quote | infinitive · do-support | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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: Why does the gallery ask this?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 ask | advmod |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 ask | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 gallery | det |
| 4 | gallery | gallery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ask | nsubj |
| 5 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 ask | obj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 ask | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present · do-support | the gallery | this | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent this=Recipient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The artist might be watching from the corner
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 artist | det |
| 2 | artist | artist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 watching | nsubj |
| 3 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 watching | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 watching | aux |
| 5 | watching | watch | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 corner | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 corner | det |
| 8 | corner | corner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 watching | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | watch | might · progressive | the artist | the corner | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Hands can damage precious exhibits
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 damage | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 damage | aux |
| 3 | damage | damage | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | precious | precious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 exhibits | amod |
| 5 | exhibits | exhibit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 damage | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | damage | can | Hands | precious exhibits | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent exhibit=Patient |
Option 3
The paintings are all still wet and sticky
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 paintings | det |
| 2 | paintings | painting | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 wet | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 wet | cop |
| 4 | all | all | ADV | _ | 6 wet | advmod |
| 5 | still | still | ADV | _ | 6 wet | advmod |
| 6 | wet | wet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 sticky | cc |
| 8 | sticky | sticky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 wet | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the paintings | still | all, wet property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | be | the paintings not said here | tree rules |
Option 4
Touching sets off the fire alarm in the gallery
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Touching | touching | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sets | nsubj |
| 2 | sets | set | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | off | off | ADP | _ | 2 sets | compound:prt |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 alarm | det |
| 5 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 alarm | compound |
| 6 | alarm | alarm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sets | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 gallery | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 gallery | det |
| 9 | gallery | gallery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sets | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | set off | present | Touching | the fire alarm | the gallery | vn engender-27.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition alarm=Patient |
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