Test 10 · Sweets, change and a friend's toy

Which is TRUE about a stolen toy you have to hide?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, stolen toy · What happens: be, steal, have, hide · To what, where: stolen toy

This is test 10 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 TRUE	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 TRUE	cop
3	TRUE	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	7 toy	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 toy	det
6	stolen	steal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 toy	amod
7	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 TRUE	obl
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 have	nsubj
9	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 toy	acl:relcl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 hide	mark
11	hide	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 have	xcomp
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 TRUE	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present			about a stolen toy; true property	tree rules
2	steal	participle				vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	have	present	you	a stolen toy not said here		tree rules
4	hide	to-infinitive	a stolen toy not said here			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: 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.

The options

Option 1

It becomes yours after a week

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	2 becomes	nsubj
2	becomes	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	yours	your	PRON	Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 becomes	xcomp
4	after	after	ADP	_	6 week	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 week	det
6	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 becomes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	present	It				week		vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

You can't enjoy it, and the owner is still missing it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 enjoy	nsubj
2	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 enjoy	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 enjoy	advmod
4	enjoy	enjoy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 enjoy	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 missing	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 missing	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 owner	det
9	owner	owner	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 missing	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 missing	aux
11	still	still	ADV	_	12 missing	advmod
12	missing	miss	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 enjoy	advcl
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 missing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not enjoy	can	You	it					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
2	miss	present · progressive	the owner	it			still		vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Option 3

It is fine if your friend has many 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	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	cop
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 has	mark
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 friend	nmod:poss
6	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 has	nsubj
7	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	advcl
8	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 toys	amod
9	toys	toy	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 has	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						fine property	tree rules
2	have a condition, not said to happen	present	your friend	many toys					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toy=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Hiding it makes it legal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hiding	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 makes	csubj
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Hiding	obj
3	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 makes	obj
5	legal	legal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 makes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	gerund		it					vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
2	make	present	Hiding	it				legal property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product

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