Test 1 · ★ · Marks, group work, help at school and learning new skills
A boy in Denver gets 6 out of 10 on a maths quiz. Which thought will help him most?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy · What happens: get, think, help · To what, where: 6, 10, boy · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 307 «Marks, group work, help at school and learning new skills» 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 Denver gets 6 out of 10 on a maths quiz.
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 | 5 gets | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Denver | case |
| 4 | Denver | Denver | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 boy | nmod |
| 5 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | 6 | 6 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 gets | obj |
| 7 | out | out | ADP | _ | 9 10 | case |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 10 | case |
| 9 | 10 | 10 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 6 | nmod |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 13 quiz | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 quiz | det |
| 12 | maths | maths | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 quiz | compound |
| 13 | quiz | quiz | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 10 | nmod |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 gets | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | a boy in Denver | 6 | 10 on a maths quiz | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer 6=Stimulus |
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 thought will help him most?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 2 thought | nsubj |
| 2 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 help | aux |
| 4 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 thought | ccomp |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 help | obj |
| 6 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 4 help | advmod |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 thought | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | past | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | help | future | boy | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
«Maths is not for people like me.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 people | punct |
| 2 | Maths | math | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 people | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 people | cop |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 people | advmod |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 people | case |
| 6 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 7 | like | like | ADP | _ | 8 me | case |
| 8 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 people | nmod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 people | punct |
| 10 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 people | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is in a quote | present | Maths | for people; like me | tree rules |
Option 2
«I am a 6-out-of-10 person for ever.»
The tree, 10 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 12 person | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 person | nsubj |
| 3 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 person | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 person | det |
| 5 | 6 | 6 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 out | nummod |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 6 | punct |
| 7 | out | out | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 person | compound |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 11 10 | punct |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 10 | case |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 of | punct |
| 11 | 10 | 10 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 out | acl:relcl |
| 12 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 ever | case |
| 14 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 12 person | nmod |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 person | punct |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 12 person | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | I | a out person | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
«Now I know which sums to practise next.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 know | punct |
| 2 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 know | advmod |
| 3 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 know | nsubj |
| 4 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 sums | nsubj |
| 6 | sums | sum | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 know | ccomp |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 practise | mark |
| 8 | practise | practise | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 sums | xcomp |
| 9 | next | next | ADV | _ | 8 practise | advmod |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 know | punct |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 know | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know in a quote | present | I | now | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | sum in a quote | present | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | practise in a quote | to-infinitive | next property | tree rules |
Option 4
«Marks do not matter, so I will ignore it.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 matter | punct |
| 2 | Marks | mark | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 matter | nsubj |
| 3 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 matter | aux |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 matter | advmod |
| 5 | matter | matter | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 ignore | punct |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 ignore | advmod |
| 8 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 ignore | nsubj |
| 9 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 ignore | aux |
| 10 | ignore | ignore | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 matter | advcl |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 ignore | obj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 matter | punct |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 matter | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not matter in a quote | present · do-support | Marks | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | ignore in a quote | future | I | it | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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