Test 9 · ★ · Shops, restaurants and libraries
A boy finds a library book under his bed, months late. 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: library book, bed
This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 273 «Shops, restaurants and libraries» 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 library book under his bed, months late.
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 | 6 book | det |
| 5 | library | library | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 book | compound |
| 6 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 finds | obj |
| 7 | under | under | ADP | _ | 9 bed | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 bed | nmod:poss |
| 9 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 book | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 months | punct |
| 11 | months | month | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 finds | obl:unmarked |
| 12 | late | late | ADV | Degree=Pos | 3 finds | advmod |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 finds | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | present | a boy | a library book | boy's bed | month | late property | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Topic |
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
Return it as soon as possible and tell the librarian
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Return | return | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Return | obj |
| 3 | as | as | ADV | _ | 4 soon | advmod |
| 4 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 1 Return | advmod |
| 5 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 6 possible | mark |
| 6 | possible | possible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 soon | advcl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 tell | cc |
| 8 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Return | conj |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 librarian | det |
| 10 | librarian | librarian | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 tell | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | return | imperative | you not said here | it | soon property | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | infinitive | you not said here | the librarian | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent librarian=Recipient |
Option 2
Keep it forever now
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Keep | obj |
| 3 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 1 Keep | advmod |
| 4 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 1 Keep | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | imperative | you not said here | it | now | forever property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 3
Leave it outside the door at night so nobody sees who brought it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Leave | obj |
| 3 | outside | outside | ADP | _ | 5 door | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 door | det |
| 5 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Leave | obl |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 night | case |
| 7 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Leave | obl |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 sees | advmod |
| 9 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 10 sees | nsubj |
| 10 | sees | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Leave | advcl |
| 11 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 brought | nsubj |
| 12 | brought | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 sees | ccomp |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 brought | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | imperative | you not said here | it | the door | night | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme outside door=Location | ||
| 2 | see | present | nobody | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | bring | past | door | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 4
Post it back without a name
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Post | post | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Post | obj |
| 3 | back | back | ADV | _ | 1 Post | advmod |
| 4 | without | without | ADP | _ | 6 name | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 name | det |
| 6 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Post | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | post back | imperative | you not said here | it | without a name | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
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