Test 9 · Sweets, change and a friend's toy Sister crying: «someone took my birthday money!!» Her brother did. What is the fix?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: someone, brother, fix · What happens: cry, take, do, be · To what, where: birthday money · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 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: Sister crying: «someone took my birthday money!!»
compound advcl punct punct nsubj nmod:poss compound obj punct punct root Sister NOUN crying VERB : PUNCT « PUNCT someone PRON took VERB my PRON birthday NOUN money NOUN !! PUNCT » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Sister sister NOUN Number=Sing 2 crying compound 2 crying cry VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 6 took advcl 3 : : PUNCT _ 2 crying punct 4 « « PUNCT _ 6 took punct 5 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 6 took nsubj 6 took take VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 7 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 9 money nmod:poss 8 birthday birthday NOUN Number=Sing 9 money compound 9 money money NOUN Number=Sing 6 took obj 10 !! !! PUNCT _ 6 took punct 11 » » PUNCT _ 6 took punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 cry speech: express gerund someone not said here vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 take in a quote past someone my birthday money vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme
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: Her brother did.
nmod:poss nsubj punct root Her PRON brother NOUN did VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 brother nmod:poss 2 brother brother NOUN Number=Sing 3 did nsubj 3 did do VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 . . PUNCT _ 3 did punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 do past Her brother vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: What is the fix?
cop det nsubj punct root What PRON is AUX the DET fix NOUN ? PUNCT 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 4 fix det 4 fix fix NOUN Number=Sing 1 What nsubj 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 What punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present the fix tree rules
The options Option 1 Put a note in the bank saying «borrowed, will pay back»
det obj case det obl advcl punct ccomp punct aux parataxis advmod punct root Put VERB a DET note NOUN in ADP the DET bank NOUN saying VERB « PUNCT borrowed VERB , PUNCT will AUX pay VERB back ADV » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Put put VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 note det 3 note note NOUN Number=Sing 1 Put obj 4 in in ADP _ 6 bank case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 bank det 6 bank bank NOUN Number=Sing 1 Put obl 7 saying say VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 1 Put advcl 8 « « PUNCT _ 9 borrowed punct 9 borrowed borrow VERB Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 saying ccomp 10 , , PUNCT _ 12 pay punct 11 will will AUX VerbForm=Fin 12 pay aux 12 pay pay VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 1 Put parataxis 13 back back ADV _ 12 pay advmod 14 » » PUNCT _ 12 pay punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 put imperative you not said here a note the bank tree rules 2 say speech: assert gerund you not said here vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 borrow in a quote past vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 4 pay back in a quote future vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
Option 2 Say the piggy bank was empty
det compound nsubj cop ccomp root Say VERB the DET piggy NOUN bank NOUN was AUX empty ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Say say VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 bank det 3 piggy piggy NOUN Number=Sing 4 bank compound 4 bank bank NOUN Number=Sing 6 empty nsubj 5 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 empty cop 6 empty empty ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Say ccomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert imperative you not said here vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 is past the piggy bank empty property tree rules
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice Help her look and say nothing
obj xcomp cc conj obj root Help VERB her PRON look VERB and CCONJ say VERB nothing PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Help help VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Help obj 3 look look VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Help xcomp 4 and and CCONJ _ 5 say cc 5 say say VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 look conj 6 nothing nothing PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 5 say obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 help imperative you not said here her = she vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary clause=Theme 2 look infinitive her = she not said here vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus 3 say speech: assert infinitive her = she not said here nothing vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer Own up, pay it all back and say sorry
compound:prt punct conj obj advmod advmod cc conj xcomp root Own VERB up ADP , PUNCT pay VERB it PRON all ADV back ADV and CCONJ say VERB sorry ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Own own VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 up up ADP _ 1 Own compound:prt 3 , , PUNCT _ 4 pay punct 4 pay pay VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 1 Own conj 5 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 pay obj 6 all all ADV _ 7 back advmod 7 back back ADV _ 4 pay advmod 8 and and CCONJ _ 9 say cc 9 say say VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 1 Own conj 10 sorry sorry ADJ Degree=Pos 9 say xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 own up imperative you not said here vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot 2 pay infinitive you not said here it vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Asset 3 say speech: apologize infinitive you not said here sorry property vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
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