Test 3 · Sweets, change and a friend's toy
Brother, furious: «you BROKE my headphones, I never said u could have them!» What is the best answer?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, I, u, best answer · What happens: break, not say, have, be · To what, where: headphones · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 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: Brother, furious: «you BROKE my headphones, I never said u could have them!»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 furious | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 furious | punct |
| 3 | furious | furious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 BROKE | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 BROKE | punct |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 BROKE | nsubj |
| 7 | BROKE | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 said | advcl |
| 8 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 headphones | nmod:poss |
| 9 | headphones | headphone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 BROKE | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 BROKE | punct |
| 11 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 13 said | nsubj |
| 12 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 13 said | advmod |
| 13 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 furious | parataxis |
| 14 | u | you | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 16 have | nsubj |
| 15 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 16 have | aux |
| 16 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 said | ccomp |
| 17 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 have | obj |
| 18 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 3 furious | punct |
| 19 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 furious | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break in a quote | past | you | my headphones | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer headphone=Patient | ||||
| 2 | not say speech: express in a quote | past | I | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | have in a quote | could | u | headphones = headphone | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
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 the best answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 answer | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 answer | amod |
| 5 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the best answer | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
«Sorry, I'll buy you new ones with my money»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 buy | punct |
| 2 | Sorry | sorry | INTJ | _ | 6 buy | discourse |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Sorry | punct |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 buy | nsubj |
| 5 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 buy | aux |
| 6 | buy | buy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 buy | iobj |
| 8 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 ones | amod |
| 9 | ones | one | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 buy | obj |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 money | case |
| 11 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 money | nmod:poss |
| 12 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 buy | obl |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 buy | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | buy in a quote | future | I | new ones | you | with my money | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary one=Theme |
Option 2
«You weren't using them»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 using | punct |
| 2 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 using | nsubj |
| 3 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 using | aux |
| 4 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 using | advmod |
| 5 | using | use | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 using | obj |
| 7 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 using | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not use in a quote | past · progressive | You | them = they | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
Option 3
«They were rubbish anyway and the wire was loose»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 10 loose | punct |
| 2 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 rubbish | nsubj |
| 3 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 rubbish | cop |
| 4 | rubbish | rubbish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 loose | nsubj |
| 5 | anyway | anyway | ADV | _ | 4 rubbish | advmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 wire | cc |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 wire | det |
| 8 | wire | wire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 rubbish | conj |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 loose | cop |
| 10 | loose | loose | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 10 loose | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | past | They | rubbish and the wire | anyway property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | is in a quote | past | rubbish and the wire | loose property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
«Mum said I could»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 said | punct |
| 2 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 said | nsubj |
| 3 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 could | nsubj |
| 5 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 said | ccomp |
| 6 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert in a quote | past | Mum | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
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