Test 8 · ★ · Copying and peeking in tests
Next morning Max is still sulking. What helps most?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Max · What happens: sulk, help
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 340 «Copying and peeking in tests» 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: Next morning Max is still sulking.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 morning | amod |
| 2 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sulking | obl:unmarked |
| 3 | Max | Max | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 sulking | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 sulking | aux |
| 5 | still | still | ADV | _ | 6 sulking | advmod |
| 6 | sulking | sulk | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 sulking | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sulk | present · progressive | Max | still; morning | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
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 helps most?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 helps | nsubj |
| 2 | helps | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 2 helps | advmod |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 helps | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | present | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1
Breaking the project
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Breaking | break | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 project | det |
| 3 | project | project | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Breaking | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | gerund | the project | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer project=Patient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Saying sorry and making his own project
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Saying | obj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 making | cc |
| 4 | making | make | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Saying | conj |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 project | nmod:poss |
| 6 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 project | amod |
| 7 | project | project | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 making | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | gerund | sorry | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent sorry=Topic | |||||
| 2 | make | gerund | his own project | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset project=Product | |||||
| 3 | project | his = he | nom project «act transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
Not speaking to Mum for a week
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 2 speaking | advmod |
| 2 | speaking | speak | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 Mum | case |
| 4 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 speaking | obl |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 week | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 week | det |
| 7 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 speaking | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not speak speech: other | gerund | week | to Mum | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to mum=Co-Agent |
Option 4
Asking Dad to give the console back secretly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asking | ask | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Asking | obj |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 give | mark |
| 4 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Asking | xcomp |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 console | det |
| 6 | console | console | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 give | obj |
| 7 | back | back | ADV | _ | 4 give | advmod |
| 8 | secretly | secretly | ADV | _ | 4 give | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | gerund | Dad | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent dad=Recipient clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | give back not said to happen | to-infinitive | the console | secretly property | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent console=Theme |
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