Test 5 · ★ · Good pressure, good and bad secrets, and owning up
A girl in Perth breaks her mum's favourite mug and is scared. Which choice will most likely end best?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl · What happens: break, be · To what, where: favourite mug
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 285 «Good pressure, good and bad secrets, and owning up» 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 girl in Perth breaks her mum's favourite mug and is scared.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 girl | det |
| 2 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 breaks | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Perth | case |
| 4 | Perth | Perth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 girl | nmod |
| 5 | breaks | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 mum | nmod:poss |
| 7 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 mug | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 mum | case |
| 9 | favourite | favourite | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 mug | amod |
| 10 | mug | mug | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 breaks | obj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 scared | cc |
| 12 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 scared | cop |
| 13 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 breaks | conj |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 breaks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | present | a girl in Perth | girl's mum's favourite mug | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mug=Patient | ||||
| 2 | is | present | a girl in Perth not said here | scared 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: Which choice will most likely end best?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 choice | det |
| 2 | choice | choice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 likely | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 likely | aux |
| 4 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 5 likely | advmod |
| 5 | likely | likely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 best | nsubj |
| 7 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 likely | obl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 likely | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
Buying a new one with her pocket money and saying nothing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buying | buy | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 one | det |
| 3 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 one | amod |
| 4 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Buying | obj |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 money | case |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 money | nmod:poss |
| 7 | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 money | compound | ||
| 8 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Buying | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 saying | cc |
| 10 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Buying | conj |
| 11 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 10 saying | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | buy | gerund | a new one | with her pocket money | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | gerund | nothing | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic |
Option 2
Hiding the pieces in the bin
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hiding | hide | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 pieces | det |
| 3 | pieces | piece | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Hiding | obj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 bin | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 bin | det |
| 6 | bin | bin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Hiding | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | gerund | the pieces | the bin | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent piece=Patient in bin=Location |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Telling Mum straight away and saying sorry
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Telling | tell | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Telling | iobj |
| 3 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 4 away | advmod |
| 4 | away | away | ADV | _ | 1 Telling | advmod |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 saying | cc |
| 6 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Telling | conj |
| 7 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 saying | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | gerund | Mum | away property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | say speech: apologize | gerund | sorry property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Blaming her little brother
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blaming | blame | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 brother | nmod:poss |
| 3 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 brother | amod |
| 4 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Blaming | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | blame | gerund | her little brother | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Theme |
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