Test 8 · ★ · Trains, the Underground and subways
A boy finds a rucksack on a bench at the station with nobody near. What should he do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy · What happens: find, do · To what, where: rucksack, bench
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 270 «Trains, the Underground and subways» 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 finds a rucksack on a bench at the station with nobody near.
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 | 3 finds | nsubj |
| 3 | finds | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 rucksack | det |
| 5 | rucksack | rucksack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 finds | obj |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 bench | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 bench | det |
| 8 | bench | bench | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 finds | obl |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 station | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 station | det |
| 11 | station | station | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 finds | obl |
| 12 | with | with | ADP | _ | 13 nobody | case |
| 13 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 11 station | nmod |
| 14 | near | near | ADV | _ | 13 nobody | advmod |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 finds | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | present | a boy | a rucksack | a bench | at the station with nobody | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent rucksack=Theme at station=Asset |
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 should he do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | boy | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Tell a member of staff and leave it alone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 member | det |
| 3 | member | member | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tell | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 staff | case |
| 5 | staff | staff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 member | nmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 leave | cc |
| 7 | leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Tell | conj |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 leave | obj |
| 9 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 7 leave | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | a member of staff | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent member=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | leave | infinitive | you not said here | member | alone property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 2
Take it home and wait for the owner
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Take | take | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Take | obj |
| 3 | home | home | ADV | _ | 1 Take | advmod |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 wait | cc |
| 5 | wait | wait | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Take | conj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 owner | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 owner | det |
| 8 | owner | owner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 wait | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | imperative | you not said here | it | home property | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||
| 2 | wait | infinitive | you not said here | for the owner | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Throw it in the bin
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Throw | throw | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Throw | obj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 bin | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 bin | det |
| 5 | bin | bin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Throw | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | throw | imperative | you not said here | it | the bin | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme in bin=Destination |
Option 4
Look inside for something with the owner's name on it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Look | look | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | inside | inside | ADV | _ | 1 Look | advmod |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 something | case |
| 4 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 1 Look | obl |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 name | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 owner | det |
| 7 | owner | owner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 name | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 owner | case |
| 9 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 something | nmod |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 it | case |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 name | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | imperative | you not said here | for something; inside property | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for something=Theme | ||||
| 2 | name | the owner | name | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent on=place |
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