Test 7 · ★ · Being kind to yourself, money, screens and fair play
A boy in Ireland is the only one in his group without a phone. Which is TRUE?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy · What happens: be · To what, where: only one, group
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 293 «Being kind to yourself, money, screens and fair play» 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 in Ireland is the only one in his group without a phone.
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 | 8 one | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Ireland | case |
| 4 | Ireland | Ireland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 boy | nmod |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 one | cop |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 one | det |
| 7 | only | only | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 one | amod |
| 8 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 group | case |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 group | nmod:poss |
| 11 | group | group | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 one | nmod |
| 12 | without | without | ADP | _ | 14 phone | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 phone | det |
| 14 | phone | phone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 one | nmod |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 one | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a boy in Ireland | the only one | boy's group | without a phone | 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 is TRUE?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 TRUE | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 TRUE | cop |
| 3 | TRUE | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 TRUE | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
He should take a friend's phone home to use at night
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 take | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 take | aux |
| 3 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 friend | det |
| 5 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 phone | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 friend | case |
| 7 | phone | phone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 take | obj |
| 8 | home | home | ADV | _ | 3 take | advmod |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 use | mark |
| 10 | use | use | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 take | advcl |
| 11 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 night | case |
| 12 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 use | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | should | He | a friend's phone | home property | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent phone=Theme | |||
| 2 | use | to-infinitive | He not said here | night | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
His parents must not love him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 parents | nmod:poss |
| 2 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 love | nsubj |
| 3 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 love | aux |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 love | advmod |
| 5 | love | love | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 love | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not love | must | His parents | him = he | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
Option 3
He will never be allowed a phone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 allowed | aux |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 allowed | advmod |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 allowed | aux:pass |
| 5 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 phone | det |
| 7 | phone | phone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 allowed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not allow | future · passive | He | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: subject=Goal phone=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Families choose different times for a phone, and that is fine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Families | family | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 choose | nsubj |
| 2 | choose | choose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 times | amod |
| 4 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 choose | obj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 phone | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 phone | det |
| 7 | phone | phone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 choose | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 fine | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 fine | cc |
| 10 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 12 fine | nsubj |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 fine | cop |
| 12 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 choose | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | choose | present | Families | time | for a phone | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for phone=Beneficiary | |||
| 2 | is | present | that | fine property | tree rules |
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