Test 4 · ★ · Holidays of the region
On Halloween a house is completely dark. What do trick-or-treaters do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: house, treaters · What happens: be, do · To what, where: Halloween, trick
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 265 «Holidays of the region» 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: On Halloween a house is completely dark.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | On | on | ADP | _ | 2 Halloween | case |
| 2 | Halloween | Halloween | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 dark | obl |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 house | det |
| 4 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 dark | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 dark | cop |
| 6 | completely | completely | ADV | _ | 7 dark | advmod |
| 7 | dark | dark | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 dark | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | a house | Halloween | completely, dark property | tree rules |
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 do trick-or-treaters do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | acl:relcl |
| 3 | trick | trick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 do | obj |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 trick | punct |
| 5 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 8 do | cc |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 or | punct |
| 7 | treaters | treater | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 do | nsubj |
| 8 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 - | conj |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | trick | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trick=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | do | present | treaters | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Knock loudly until someone answers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Knock | knock | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | loudly | loudly | ADV | _ | 1 Knock | advmod |
| 3 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 5 answers | mark |
| 4 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 5 answers | nsubj |
| 5 | answers | answer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Knock | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | knock | imperative | you not said here | loudly property | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 2 | answer speech: assert | present | someone | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Look through the windows for sweets
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Look | look | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | through | through | ADP | _ | 4 windows | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 windows | det |
| 4 | windows | window | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Look | obl |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 sweets | case |
| 6 | sweets | sweet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Look | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | imperative | you not said here | the windows | for sweets | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent through window=Location for sweet=Theme |
Option 3
Leave a trick because there were no treats
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 trick | det |
| 3 | trick | trick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Leave | obj |
| 4 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 6 were | mark |
| 5 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 6 were | expl |
| 6 | were | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Leave | advcl |
| 7 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 8 treats | det |
| 8 | treats | treat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 were | nsubj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | imperative | you not said here | a trick | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trick=Theme | ||||
| 2 | be | past | no treats | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Skip it and go to a house with lights on
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Skip | skip | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Skip | obj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 go | cc |
| 4 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Skip | conj |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 house | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 house | det |
| 7 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 go | obl |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 lights | case |
| 9 | lights | light | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 go | obl |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 go | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | skip | imperative | you not said here | it | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | go | infinitive | you not said here | a house | with lights | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to house=Initial_Location |
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