Test 1 · ★★★ · Breaking things and hiding the pieces

Mrs Reid's dog won't come out from under the bed. «It was only a banger, mate» says an older boy. What's true?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: dog, banger · What happens: not come out, be, say · To what, where: bed, banger, older boy · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 342 «Breaking things and hiding the pieces» 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: Mrs Reid's dog won't come out from under the bed.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mrs	Mrs	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 dog	nmod:poss
2	Reid	Reid	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Mrs	flat
3	's	's	PART	_	1 Mrs	case
4	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 come	nsubj
5	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 come	aux
6	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 come	advmod
7	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	out	out	ADV	_	7 come	advmod
9	from	from	ADP	_	12 bed	case
10	under	under	ADP	_	12 bed	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 bed	det
12	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 come	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 come	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not come out	future	Mrs's dog			the bed		out property	vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=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: «It was only a banger, mate» says an older boy.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 banger	punct
2	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 banger	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 banger	cop
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 banger	advmod
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 banger	det
6	banger	banger	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 says	nsubj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 mate	punct
8	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 banger	conj
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 banger	punct
10	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 boy	det
12	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	13 boy	amod
13	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 says	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	past	dog	a banger and mate					tree rules
2	say speech: assert	present	a banger and mate	a older boy					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent boy=Topic

Sentence 3: What's true?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 true	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						true property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

Dogs like loud bangs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 like	nsubj
2	like	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 bangs	amod
4	bangs	bang	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 like	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	like	present	Dogs	loud bangs					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot bang=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It badly scared a lady and her dog and damaged her porch

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 scared	nsubj
2	badly	badly	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 scared	advmod
3	scared	scare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 lady	det
5	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 scared	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 dog	cc
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 dog	nmod:poss
8	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lady	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 damaged	cc
10	damaged	damage	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 scared	conj
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 porch	nmod:poss
12	porch	porch	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 damaged	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scare	past	It	a lady and her dog				badly property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus lady=Experiencer
2	damage	past		dog's porch					vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent porch=Patient

Option 3

It was harmless fun, a banger is only a noise and it's over in a second

The tree, 17 words

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 fun	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 fun	cop
3	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 fun	amod
4	fun	fun	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 noise	punct
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 banger	det
7	banger	banger	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 noise	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 noise	cop
9	only	only	ADV	_	11 noise	advmod
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 noise	det
11	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fun	conj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 over	cc
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 over	nsubj
14	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 over	cop
15	over	over	ADV	_	4 fun	conj
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 second	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 second	det
18	second	second	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 over	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	harmless fun and a noise			tree rules
2	is a	present	a banger	a noise			tree rules
3	is	present	banger		second	over property	tree rules

Option 4

Only fireworks harm anyone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 fireworks	advmod
2	fireworks	firework	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 harm	nsubj
3	harm	harm	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 harm	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	harm	present	fireworks	anyone					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus anyone=Experiencer

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