Test 1 · Sweets, change and a friend's toy
«Harry got sweets n didn't pay lol, no one saw». Which is right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Harry, sweets · What happens: get, not pay, be · To what, where: sweets
This is test 1 of lesson 338 «Sweets, change and a friend's toy» 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: «Harry got sweets n didn't pay lol, no one saw».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 got | punct |
| 2 | Harry | Harry | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 got | nsubj |
| 3 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | sweets | sweet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 got | obj |
| 5 | n | n | NOUN | Abbr=Yes Number=Plur | 4 sweets | conj |
| 6 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 pay | aux |
| 7 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 pay | advmod |
| 8 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 sweets | acl:relcl |
| 9 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 8 pay | discourse |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 saw | punct |
| 11 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 13 saw | det |
| 12 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 saw | compound |
| 13 | saw | saw | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 got | obl |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 got | punct |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 got | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get in a quote | past | Harry | sweets and n | no one saw obl | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sweet=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | not pay in a quote | past · do-support | sweets and n not said here | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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: Which is right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
It's fine because nobody saw
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 fine | expl |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fine | cop |
| 3 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 6 saw | mark |
| 5 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 6 saw | nsubj |
| 6 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 fine | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | fine property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | see | past | nobody | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
It is stealing whether anyone saw or not
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 stealing | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 stealing | aux |
| 3 | stealing | steal | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | whether | whether | SCONJ | _ | 6 saw | mark |
| 5 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 6 saw | nsubj |
| 6 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 stealing | advcl |
| 7 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 8 not | cc |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 saw | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | steal | present · progressive | It | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | see | past | anyone | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3
It's only stealing above a pound
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 stealing | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 stealing | aux |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 stealing | advmod |
| 4 | stealing | steal | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | above | above | ADP | _ | 7 pound | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 pound | det |
| 7 | pound | pound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stealing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | steal | present · progressive | It | a pound | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme above pound=Location |
Option 4
It's fine for sweets, not for toys
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 fine | expl |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fine | cop |
| 3 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 sweets | case |
| 5 | sweets | sweet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 fine | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 toys | punct |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 toys | advmod |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 toys | case |
| 9 | toys | toy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 sweets | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | for sweets and toys; fine property | tree rules |
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