Test 5 · ★ · Forgotten lunch, lunch rubbish, a classmate with no lunch,…
A girl wants to make pancakes alone while her mum is out. What is wise?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl, mum · What happens: want, make, be · To what, where: pancakes
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 330 «Forgotten lunch, lunch rubbish, a classmate with no lunch, learning to cook, pocket money, southern seasons, jobs and salaries, and festivals» 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 girl wants to make pancakes alone while her mum is out.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 girl | det |
| 2 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wants | nsubj |
| 3 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 make | mark |
| 5 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 wants | xcomp |
| 6 | pancakes | pancake | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 make | obj |
| 7 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 5 make | advmod |
| 8 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 12 out | mark |
| 9 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 mum | nmod:poss |
| 10 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 out | nsubj |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 out | cop |
| 12 | out | out | ADV | _ | 5 make | advcl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 wants | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | a girl | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | make not said to happen | to-infinitive | a girl not said here | pancakes | alone property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset pancake=Product | |||
| 3 | is | present | girl's mum | out property | 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 is wise?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wise | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wise | cop |
| 3 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wise | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | wise property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Ask a younger brother to help instead
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 brother | det |
| 3 | younger | young | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 brother | amod |
| 4 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ask | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 help | mark |
| 6 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Ask | advcl |
| 7 | instead | instead | ADV | _ | 6 help | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | a younger brother | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent brother=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | help | to-infinitive | you not said here | instead property | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Use the highest heat to save time
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Use | use | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 heat | det |
| 3 | highest | high | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 4 heat | amod |
| 4 | heat | heat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Use | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 save | mark |
| 6 | save | save | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Use | advcl |
| 7 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 save | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | imperative | you not said here | the highest heat | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heat=Patient | ||||
| 2 | save | to-infinitive | you not said here | time | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Wait and make them with an adult
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 make | cc |
| 3 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Wait | conj |
| 4 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 make | obj |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 adult | case |
| 6 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 adult | det |
| 7 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 make | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | make | infinitive | you not said here | them = they | with a adult | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product |
Option 4
Make them quickly before Mum is back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Make | make | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Make | obj |
| 3 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 1 Make | advmod |
| 4 | before | before | ADP | _ | 5 Mum | case |
| 5 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Make | obl |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 back | cop |
| 7 | back | back | ADV | _ | 1 Make | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | imperative | you not said here | them = they | before Mum | quickly property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product | ||
| 2 | is | present | back property | tree rules |
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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