Test 8 · ★ · Respecting the festivals and traditions of classmates
A child does not join the class Christmas card-making because their family does not celebrate it. What is true?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: child, Christmas, family · What happens: not join, make, not celebrate, be · To what, where: class
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 309 «Respecting the festivals and traditions of classmates» 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 child does not join the class Christmas card-making because their family does not celebrate it.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 child | det |
| 2 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 join | nsubj |
| 3 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 join | aux |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 join | advmod |
| 5 | join | join | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 class | det |
| 7 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 join | obj |
| 8 | Christmas | Christmas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 making | nsubj |
| 9 | card | card | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 making | compound |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 card | punct |
| 11 | making | make | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 join | advcl |
| 12 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 17 celebrate | mark |
| 13 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 family | nmod:poss |
| 14 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 celebrate | nsubj |
| 15 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 celebrate | aux |
| 16 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 17 celebrate | advmod |
| 17 | celebrate | celebrate | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 making | advcl |
| 18 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 celebrate | obj |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 join | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not join | present · do-support | a child | the class | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent class=Patient | ||||
| 2 | make | gerund | Christmas | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | not celebrate | present · do-support | their family | class | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
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 is true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 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
Everyone should keep asking them why not
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 3 keep | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 keep | aux |
| 3 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | asking | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 keep | xcomp |
| 5 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 asking | obj |
| 6 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 3 keep | advmod |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 3 keep | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not keep | should | Everyone | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | gerund | Everyone not said here | them = they | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient |
Option 2
They are being rude to the teacher
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 rude | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 rude | cop |
| 3 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 rude | cop |
| 4 | rude | rude | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 teacher | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 teacher | det |
| 7 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 rude | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | They | to the teacher; rude property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Their choice deserves respect, and they can be included in another way
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 choice | nmod:poss |
| 2 | choice | choice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 deserves | nsubj |
| 3 | deserves | deserve | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | respect | respect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 deserves | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 included | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 included | cc |
| 7 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 included | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 included | aux |
| 9 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 10 included | aux:pass |
| 10 | included | include | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 deserves | conj |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 way | case |
| 12 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 13 way | det |
| 13 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 included | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | deserve | present | Their choice | respect | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | include | can · passive | they | in another way goal | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Theme in way=Goal |
Option 4
They must make a Christmas card like everyone, or be sent out of the class
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 make | nsubj |
| 2 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 make | aux |
| 3 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 card | det |
| 5 | Christmas | Christmas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 card | compound |
| 6 | card | card | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 make | obj |
| 7 | like | like | ADP | _ | 8 everyone | case |
| 8 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 3 make | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 sent | punct |
| 10 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 12 sent | cc |
| 11 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 12 sent | aux:pass |
| 12 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 make | conj |
| 13 | out | out | ADP | _ | 16 class | case |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 class | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 class | det |
| 16 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 sent | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | must | They | a Christmas card | like everyone | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset card=Product | |||
| 2 | send | infinitive · passive | They not said here | the class | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: out class=Initial_Location |
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