Test 6 · ★ · Kind jokes, teasing, pranks, April Fools, illusions and ad…
A toy box says «pictures are for illustration». What does that warn you about?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: toy box, pictures, that · What happens: say, be, warn · To what, where: you · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 313 «Kind jokes, teasing, pranks, April Fools, illusions and adverts» 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 toy box says «pictures are for illustration».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 box | det |
| 2 | toy | toy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 box | compound |
| 3 | box | box | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 9 illustration | punct |
| 6 | pictures | picture | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 illustration | nsubj |
| 7 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 illustration | cop |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 illustration | case |
| 9 | illustration | illustration | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | ccomp |
| 10 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 9 illustration | punct |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a toy box | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | pictures | for illustration | 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: What does that warn you about?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 warn | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 warn | aux |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 warn | nsubj |
| 4 | warn | warn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 warn | obj |
| 6 | about | about | ADP | _ | 4 warn | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 warn | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | warn speech: warn | present · do-support | that | you | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The toy is bigger than shown
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 toy | det |
| 2 | toy | toy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 bigger | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 bigger | cop |
| 4 | bigger | big | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 5 | than | than | SCONJ | _ | 6 shown | mark |
| 6 | shown | show | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 bigger | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the toy | big property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | show | participle | the toy not said here | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
The toy comes with a set of free pictures to colour in
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 toy | det |
| 2 | toy | toy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 comes | nsubj |
| 3 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 set | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 set | det |
| 6 | set | set | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 comes | obl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 pictures | case |
| 8 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 pictures | amod |
| 9 | pictures | picture | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 set | nmod |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 colour | mark |
| 11 | colour | colour | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 comes | advcl |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 colour | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present | the toy | with a set of free pictures | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | colour in | to-infinitive | the toy not said here | tree rules |
Option 3
Only the picture is for sale
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 3 picture | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 picture | det |
| 3 | picture | picture | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sale | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 sale | cop |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 sale | case |
| 6 | sale | sale | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the picture | for sale | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
The real toy may look or work differently from the picture
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 toy | det |
| 2 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 toy | amod |
| 3 | toy | toy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 look | nsubj |
| 4 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 look | aux |
| 5 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 7 work | cc |
| 7 | work | work | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 look | conj |
| 8 | differently | differently | ADV | _ | 7 work | advmod |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 picture | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 picture | det |
| 11 | picture | picture | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 work | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | may | the real toy | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | work | infinitive | the real toy not said here | the picture | differently property | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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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