Test 11 · Sweets, change and a friend's toy
Kid: «it's only small stuff, not real stealing». Which reply is right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: it, reply · What happens: be · To what, where: small stuff
This is test 11 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: Kid: «it's only small stuff, not real stealing».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 stuff | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 stuff | punct |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 stuff | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 stuff | cop |
| 6 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 stuff | advmod |
| 7 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 stuff | amod |
| 8 | stuff | stuff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Kid | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 stealing | punct |
| 10 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 real | advmod |
| 11 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 stealing | amod |
| 12 | stealing | stealing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 stuff | appos |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 12 stealing | punct |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Kid | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | it | small stuff | 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: Which reply is right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 reply | det |
| 2 | reply | reply | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 right | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 right | cop |
| 4 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | which reply | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Under a pound doesn't count at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Under | under | ADP | _ | 3 pound | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 pound | det |
| 3 | pound | pound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 count | obl |
| 4 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 count | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 count | advmod |
| 6 | count | count | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 all | case |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 count | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not count | present · do-support | a pound | at all | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 2
Only shops can ever be stolen from
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 shops | advmod |
| 2 | shops | shop | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 stolen | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 stolen | aux |
| 4 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 6 stolen | advmod |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 stolen | aux:pass |
| 6 | stolen | steal | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 stolen | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | steal | can · passive | shops | ever | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Small stuff is still stealing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 stuff | amod |
| 2 | stuff | stuff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stealing | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 stealing | cop |
| 4 | still | still | ADV | _ | 5 stealing | advmod |
| 5 | stealing | steal | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Small stuff | still | steal property | tree rules |
Option 4
It isn't stealing from friends
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 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 stealing | cop |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 stealing | advmod |
| 4 | stealing | steal | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 friends | case |
| 6 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 stealing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | present | It | from friends; steal property | tree rules |
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