Test 4 · ★ · Visiting, thanking for presents, waiting to speak, places…
On a school trip to a cathedral, a service begins. What should the class do?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: service, class · What happens: begin, do · To what, where: school trip
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 324 «Visiting, thanking for presents, waiting to speak, places of worship and museums, compliments, and classmates with autism, ADHD or hidden disabilities» 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: On a school trip to a cathedral, a service begins.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | On | on | ADP | _ | 4 trip | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 trip | det |
| 3 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 trip | compound |
| 4 | trip | trip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 begins | obl |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 cathedral | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 cathedral | det |
| 7 | cathedral | cathedral | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 trip | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 trip | punct |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 service | det |
| 10 | service | service | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 begins | nsubj |
| 11 | begins | begin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 begins | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | begin | present | a service | a school trip to a cathedral | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
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 should the class do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 do | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 do | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 class | det |
| 4 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 do | nsubj |
| 5 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | the class | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
Take photos of the people praying
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Take | take | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | photos | photo | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Take | obj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 people | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 people | det |
| 5 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 photos | nmod |
| 6 | praying | pray | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 people | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | imperative | you not said here | photos of the people | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent photo=Theme | ||||
| 2 | pray | gerund | the people not said here | vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot |
Option 2
Leave noisily straight away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | noisily | noisily | ADV | _ | 1 Leave | advmod |
| 3 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 4 away | advmod |
| 4 | away | away | ADV | _ | 1 Leave | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | imperative | you not said here | away, noisily property | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Keep chatting quietly at the back, where nobody can hear them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | chatting | chat | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 Keep | xcomp |
| 3 | quietly | quietly | ADV | _ | 2 chatting | advmod |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 back | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 back | det |
| 6 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 chatting | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 hear | punct |
| 8 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 11 hear | advmod |
| 9 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 11 hear | nsubj |
| 10 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 hear | aux |
| 11 | hear | hear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Keep | conj |
| 12 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 hear | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | imperative | you not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | chat speech: other | gerund | you not said here | the back | quietly property | vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 3 | hear | can | nobody | them = they | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Stay quiet and respectful and put cameras away unless allowed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | quiet | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 cameras | amod |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 respectful | cc |
| 4 | respectful | respectful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 quiet | conj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 put | cc |
| 6 | put | put | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 cameras | amod |
| 7 | cameras | camera | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Stay | obj |
| 8 | away | away | ADV | _ | 1 Stay | advmod |
| 9 | unless | unless | SCONJ | _ | 10 allowed | mark |
| 10 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Stay | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | imperative | you not said here | quiet put cameras | away property | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme camera=Location | |||
| 2 | put | participle | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | allow a condition, not said to happen | participle | you not said here | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer |
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