Test 2 · ★ · The library and books Leo's dog chews the corner of his library book. He thinks about hiding it. What is better?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: dog · What happens: chew, think, hide, be · To what, where: corner
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 259 «The library and books» 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: Leo's dog chews the corner of his library book.
nmod:poss case nsubj det obj case nmod:poss compound nmod punct root Leo PROPN 's PART dog NOUN chews VERB the DET corner NOUN of ADP his PRON library NOUN book NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Leo Leo PROPN Number=Sing 3 dog nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Leo case 3 dog dog NOUN Number=Sing 4 chews nsubj 4 chews chew VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 corner det 6 corner corner NOUN Number=Sing 4 chews obj 7 of of ADP _ 10 book case 8 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 10 book nmod:poss 9 library library NOUN Number=Sing 10 book compound 10 book book NOUN Number=Sing 6 corner nmod 11 . . PUNCT _ 4 chews punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 chew present Leo's dog the corner of dog's library book vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent corner=Patient
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: He thinks about hiding it.
nsubj mark advcl obj punct root He PRON thinks VERB about SCONJ hiding VERB it PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 thinks nsubj 2 thinks think VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 about about SCONJ _ 4 hiding mark 4 hiding hide VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 2 thinks advcl 5 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 hiding obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 2 thinks punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 think speech: other present dog vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 hide gerund dog not said here corner vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
Sentence 3: What is better?
nsubj cop punct root What PRON is AUX better ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 3 better nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 better cop 3 better good ADJ Degree=Cmp root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 better 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Tell the librarian; hiding it is worse than paying
det obj punct csubj obj cop parataxis mark advcl root Tell VERB the DET librarian NOUN ; PUNCT hiding VERB it PRON is AUX worse ADJ than SCONJ paying VERB 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 librarian det 3 librarian librarian NOUN Number=Sing 1 Tell obj 4 ; ; PUNCT _ 5 hiding punct 5 hiding hide VERB VerbForm=Ger 8 worse csubj 6 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 hiding obj 7 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 worse cop 8 worse bad ADJ Degree=Cmp 1 Tell parataxis 9 than than SCONJ _ 10 paying mark 10 paying pay VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 8 worse advcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tell speech: assert imperative you not said here the librarian vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent librarian=Recipient 2 hide gerund librarian vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient 3 is present hiding bad property tree rules 4 pay gerund hiding not said here vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
Option 2 Hide it and say he never borrowed it
obj cc conj nsubj advmod ccomp obj root Hide VERB it PRON and CCONJ say VERB he PRON never ADV borrowed VERB it PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Hide hide VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Hide obj 3 and and CCONJ _ 4 say cc 4 say say VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 1 Hide conj 5 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 borrowed nsubj 6 never never ADV PronType=Neg 7 borrowed advmod 7 borrowed borrow VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 say ccomp 8 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 borrowed obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 hide imperative you not said here it vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient 2 say speech: assert infinitive you not said here vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 not borrow past he it vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
Option 3 Put it back on the shelf secretly
obj advmod case det obl advmod root Put VERB it PRON back ADV on ADP the DET shelf NOUN secretly ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Put put VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Put obj 3 back back ADV _ 1 Put advmod 4 on on ADP _ 6 shelf case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 shelf det 6 shelf shelf NOUN Number=Sing 1 Put obl 7 secretly secretly ADV _ 1 Put advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 put back imperative you not said here it the shelf secretly property vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme on shelf=Destination
Option 4 Blame another child who borrowed it before
det obj nsubj acl:relcl obj advmod root Blame VERB another DET child NOUN who PRON borrowed VERB it PRON before ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Blame blame VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 another another DET PronType=Ind 3 child det 3 child child NOUN Number=Sing 1 Blame obj 4 who who PRON PronType=Rel 5 borrowed nsubj 5 borrowed borrow VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 child acl:relcl 6 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 borrowed obj 7 before before ADV _ 5 borrowed advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 blame imperative you not said here another child vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme 2 borrow past another child child before property vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
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