Test 4 · ★ · The library and books
A boy in Cork opens a book and finds eight words he does not know on the first page. What does this suggest?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy, this · What happens: open, find, not know, suggest · To what, where: book, eight words, first page
This is test 4 · ★ 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: A boy in Cork opens a book and finds eight words he does not know on the first page.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 boy | det |
| 2 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 opens | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Cork | case |
| 4 | Cork | Cork | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 boy | nmod |
| 5 | opens | open | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 book | det |
| 7 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 opens | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 finds | cc |
| 9 | finds | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 opens | conj |
| 10 | eight | eight | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 11 words | nummod |
| 11 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 finds | obj |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 know | nsubj |
| 13 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 know | aux |
| 14 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 15 know | advmod |
| 15 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 words | acl:relcl |
| 16 | on | on | ADP | _ | 19 page | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 page | det |
| 18 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 19 page | amod |
| 19 | page | page | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 know | obl |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 opens | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | open | present | a boy in Cork | a book | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location book=Theme | ||||
| 2 | find | present | a boy in Cork not said here | eight words | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Topic | ||||
| 3 | not know | present · do-support | boy | eight words not said here | the first page | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus |
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 does this suggest?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 suggest | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 suggest | aux |
| 3 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 suggest | nsubj |
| 4 | suggest | suggest | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 suggest | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | suggest speech: suggest | present · do-support | this | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1
It must be a non-fiction book
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 book | nsubj |
| 2 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 book | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 book | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 book | det |
| 5 | non-fiction | non-fiction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 book | compound |
| 6 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | must | It | a non-fiction book | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It may be too hard for him for now
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 hard | nsubj |
| 2 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 hard | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 hard | cop |
| 4 | too | too | ADV | _ | 5 hard | advmod |
| 5 | hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 him | case |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 hard | obl |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 now | case |
| 9 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 hard | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | may | It | for him = he; hard property | tree rules |
Option 3
The book is meant for much younger children and babies
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 book | det |
| 2 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 meant | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 meant | aux:pass |
| 4 | meant | mean | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 children | case |
| 6 | much | much | ADV | _ | 7 younger | advmod |
| 7 | younger | young | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 8 children | amod |
| 8 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 meant | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 babies | cc |
| 10 | babies | baby | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 children | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present · passive | the book | for younger children and babies | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme for child=Attribute |
Option 4
He should never read again
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 | 4 read | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 read | aux |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 read | advmod |
| 4 | read | read | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | again | again | ADV | _ | 4 read | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not read | should | He | again | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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