Test 2 · ★ · Routines, screen time and earning money
Ten minutes of cartoons turns into two hours because the next episode keeps starting. What caused this?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ten minutes, next episode · What happens: turn, keep, start, cause · To what, where: this
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 264 «Routines, screen time and earning money» 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: Ten minutes of cartoons turns into two hours because the next episode keeps starting.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ten | ten | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 minutes | nummod |
| 2 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 turns | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 cartoons | case |
| 4 | cartoons | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 minutes | nmod |
| 5 | turns | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | into | into | ADP | _ | 8 hours | case |
| 7 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 hours | nummod |
| 8 | hours | hour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 turns | obl |
| 9 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 13 keeps | mark |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 episode | det |
| 11 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 episode | amod |
| 12 | episode | episode | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 keeps | nsubj |
| 13 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 turns | advcl |
| 14 | starting | start | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 13 keeps | xcomp |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 turns | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | present | Ten minutes of cartoons | hour | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | keep | present | the next episode | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | start | gerund | the next episode not said here | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
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 caused this?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 caused | nsubj |
| 2 | caused | cause | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 caused | obj |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 caused | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cause | past | this | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition this=Patient |
The options
Option 1
The remote control was broken
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 control | det |
| 2 | remote | remote | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 control | amod |
| 3 | control | control | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 broken | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 broken | aux:pass |
| 5 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | past · passive | the remote control | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Autoplay keeps you watching longer than you planned
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Autoplay | Autoplay | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 keeps | nsubj |
| 2 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 keeps | obj |
| 4 | watching | watch | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 keeps | xcomp |
| 5 | longer | long | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 4 watching | advmod |
| 6 | than | than | SCONJ | _ | 8 planned | mark |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 planned | nsubj |
| 8 | planned | plan | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 longer | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | present | Autoplay | you | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | watch | gerund | you not said here | long property | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | plan | past | you | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
The cartoons were too short
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 cartoons | det |
| 2 | cartoons | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 short | nsubj |
| 3 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 short | cop |
| 4 | too | too | ADV | _ | 5 short | advmod |
| 5 | short | short | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the cartoons | short property | tree rules |
Option 4
The TV was set too loud, so it would not let him switch it off
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 TV | det |
| 2 | TV | TV | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 set | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 set | aux:pass |
| 4 | set | set | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | too | too | ADV | _ | 6 loud | advmod |
| 6 | loud | loud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 set | xcomp |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 let | punct |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 12 let | advmod |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 let | nsubj |
| 10 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 let | aux |
| 11 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 let | advmod |
| 12 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 set | conj |
| 13 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 let | obj |
| 14 | switch | switch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 let | xcomp |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 switch | obj |
| 16 | off | off | ADP | _ | 14 switch | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | set | past · passive | the TV | loud property | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result | ||||
| 2 | not let | would | TV | him = he | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | switch off | infinitive | him = he not said here | TV | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
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