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Test 2 · ★★★ · Breaking things and hiding the pieces

Neighbour, holding a ball: «This has JAMIE written on it. Know anything about my window?» What should Jamie do?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Jamie · What happens: hold, write, know, do · To what, where: ball, Neighbour, anything

This is test 2 · ★★★ 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: Neighbour, holding a ball: «This has JAMIE written on it.

nsubj:passpunctconjdetobjpunctpunctnsubjauxobjcaseoblpunctrootNeighbourNOUN,PUNCTholdingVERBaDETballNOUN:PUNCT«PUNCTThisPRONhasAUXJAMIEPROPNwrittenVERBonADPitPRON.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NeighbourneighbourNOUNNumber=Sing11 writtennsubj:pass
2,,PUNCT_3 holdingpunct
3holdingholdVERBVerbForm=Ger1 Neighbourconj
4aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art5 balldet
5ballballNOUNNumber=Sing3 holdingobj
6::PUNCT_9 haspunct
7««PUNCT_9 haspunct
8ThisthisPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem9 hasnsubj
9hashaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin11 writtenaux
10JAMIEJAMIEPROPNNumber=Sing9 hasobj
11writtenwriteVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
12ononADP_13 itcase
13ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs11 writtenobl
14..PUNCT_11 writtenpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1holdgerunda ballvn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ball=Theme
2write in a quotepresent · perfect · passiveNeighbourballvn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on it=Destination

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: Know anything about my window?»

objcasenmod:possnmodpunctpunctrootKnowVERBanythingPRONaboutADPmyPRONwindowNOUN?PUNCT»PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1KnowknowVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2anythinganythingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Ind1 Knowobj
3aboutaboutADP_5 windowcase
4mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs5 windownmod:poss
5windowwindowNOUNNumber=Sing2 anythingnmod
6??PUNCT_1 Knowpunct
7»»PUNCT_1 Knowpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1knowimperativeyou not said hereanythingabout my windowvn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer anything=Stimulus

Sentence 3: What should Jamie do?

objauxnsubjpunctrootWhatPRONshouldAUXJamiePROPNdoVERB?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int4 doobj
2shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin4 doaux
3JamieJamiePROPNNumber=Sing4 donsubj
4dodoVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5??PUNCT_4 dopunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1doshouldJamievn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1

Say someone stole his ball last week

nsubjccompnmod:possobjamodobl:unmarkedrootSayVERBsomeonePRONstoleVERBhisPRONballNOUNlastADJweekNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SaysayVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2someonesomeonePRONNumber=Sing PronType=Ind3 stolensubj
3stolestealVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin1 Sayccomp
4hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs5 ballnmod:poss
5ballballNOUNNumber=Sing3 stoleobj
6lastlastADJDegree=Pos7 weekamod
7weekweekNOUNNumber=Sing3 stoleobl:unmarked
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertimperativeyou not said herevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2stealpastsomeonehis ballweekvn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location ball=Theme

Option 2

Say the wind must have blown the ball

detnsubj:passauxauxccompdetobjrootSayVERBtheDETwindNOUNmustAUXhaveAUXblownVERBtheDETballNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SaysayVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 winddet
3windwindNOUNNumber=Sing6 blownnsubj:pass
4mustmustAUXVerbForm=Fin6 blownaux
5havehaveAUXVerbForm=Inf6 blownaux
6blownblowVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass1 Sayccomp
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 balldet
8ballballNOUNNumber=Sing6 blownobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertimperativeyou not said herevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2blowmust · perfect · passivethe windvn build-26.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP PP»: subject=Beneficiary ball=Product

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Own up, say sorry and help pay

compound:prtpunctconjxcompccconjxcomprootOwnVERBupADP,PUNCTsayVERBsorryADJandCCONJhelpVERBpayVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1OwnownVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2upupADP_1 Owncompound:prt
3,,PUNCT_4 saypunct
4saysayVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin1 Ownconj
5sorrysorryADJDegree=Pos4 sayxcomp
6andandCCONJ_7 helpcc
7helphelpVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin1 Ownconj
8paypayVERBVerbForm=Inf7 helpxcomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1own upimperativeyou not said herevn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot
2say speech: apologizeinfinitiveyou not said heresorry propertyvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3helpinfinitiveyou not said herevn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4payinfinitiveyou not said herevn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Hide upstairs until the man goes away

advmodmarkdetnsubjadvcladvmodrootHideVERBupstairsADVuntilSCONJtheDETmanNOUNgoesVERBawayADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HidehideVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2upstairsupstairsADV_1 Hideadvmod
3untiluntilSCONJ_6 goesmark
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 mandet
5manmanNOUNNumber=Sing6 goesnsubj
6goesgoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Hideadvcl
7awayawayADV_6 goesadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1hideimperativeyou not said hereupstairs propertyvn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2go awaypresentthe manaway propertyvn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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