Test 9 · ★★ · Harmful pranks, April Fools' tricks, hidden adverts and to…
A toy robot on TV dances and talks. At home, it only rolls forward. Why did this happen?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: home, this · What happens: roll forward, happen · To what, where: home
This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 334 «Harmful pranks, April Fools' tricks, hidden adverts and too-good-to-be-true offers» 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 robot on TV dances and talks.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 robot | det |
| 2 | toy | toy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 robot | compound |
| 3 | robot | robot | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 dances | case |
| 5 | TV | TV | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 dances | compound |
| 6 | dances | dance | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 robot | nmod |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 talks | cc |
| 8 | talks | talk | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 dances | conj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 robot | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: At home, it only rolls forward.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | At | at | ADP | _ | 2 home | case |
| 2 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 rolls | obl |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 home | punct |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 rolls | nsubj |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 rolls | advmod |
| 6 | rolls | roll | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | forward | forward | ADV | _ | 6 rolls | advmod |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 rolls | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | roll forward | present | home | home | forward property | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at home=Trajectory |
Sentence 3: Why did this happen?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 happen | advmod |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 happen | aux |
| 3 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 happen | nsubj |
| 4 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | past · do-support | this | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The toy was broken in the shop
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 broken | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 broken | aux:pass |
| 4 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 shop | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 shop | det |
| 7 | shop | shop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 broken | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | past · passive | the toy | the shop | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 2
The TV made the robot better while it was being filmed in the studio
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 TV | det |
| 2 | TV | TV | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 made | nsubj |
| 3 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 robot | det |
| 5 | robot | robot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 made | obj |
| 6 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 made | xcomp |
| 7 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 11 filmed | mark |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 filmed | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 filmed | aux:pass |
| 10 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 filmed | aux:pass |
| 11 | filmed | film | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 made | advcl |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 studio | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 studio | det |
| 14 | studio | studio | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 filmed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | the TV | the robot | good property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset robot=Product | |||
| 2 | film | past · passive | TV | the studio | vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in studio=Destination |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
The advert showed it at its best, sometimes with effects
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 advert | det |
| 2 | advert | advert | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 showed | nsubj |
| 3 | showed | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 showed | obj |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 best | case |
| 6 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 best | nmod:poss |
| 7 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 3 showed | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 effects | punct |
| 9 | sometimes | sometimes | ADV | PronType=Ind | 11 effects | advmod |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 effects | case |
| 11 | effects | effect | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 showed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | past | the advert | it | advert's best | with effects | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient |
Option 4
Robots forget their dances at home
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robots | robot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 forget | nsubj |
| 2 | forget | forget | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 dances | nmod:poss |
| 4 | dances | dance | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 forget | obj |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 home | case |
| 6 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 forget | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forget | present | Robots | Robots's dances | home | tree rules | |||
| 2 | dance | Robots = robot | nom dance «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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