Test 7 · ★★★ · Breaking things and hiding the pieces
Head teacher: «The whole class stays in until someone owns up about the window.» What would a fair pupil who did it do?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: whole class, someone, fair pupil · What happens: stay in, own up, do · To what, where: Head teacher
This is test 7 · ★★★ 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: Head teacher: «The whole class stays in until someone owns up about the window.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 teacher | compound |
| 2 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 stays | punct |
| 4 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 stays | punct |
| 5 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 class | det |
| 6 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 class | amod |
| 7 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 stays | nsubj |
| 8 | stays | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 teacher | acl:relcl |
| 9 | in | in | ADV | _ | 8 stays | advmod |
| 10 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 12 owns | mark |
| 11 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 12 owns | nsubj |
| 12 | owns | own | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 stays | advcl |
| 13 | up | up | ADP | _ | 12 owns | compound:prt |
| 14 | about | about | ADP | _ | 16 window | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 window | det |
| 16 | window | window | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 owns | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 teacher | punct |
| 18 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 teacher | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay in in a quote | present | the whole class | Head teacher not said here | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme teacher=Location | ||||
| 2 | own up in a quote | present | someone | about the window | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |
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 would a fair pupil who did it do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 9 do | obj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 do | aux |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 pupil | det |
| 4 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 pupil | amod |
| 5 | pupil | pupil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 do | nsubj |
| 6 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 do | nsubj |
| 7 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 do | aux |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 do | nsubj |
| 9 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 9 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | would · do-support | a fair pupil | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
Keep quiet, it's only one short break
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | quiet | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Keep | xcomp |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 break | punct |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 break | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 break | cop |
| 6 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 one | advmod |
| 7 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 break | nummod |
| 8 | short | short | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 break | amod |
| 9 | break | break | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Keep | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | imperative | you not said here | quiet property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | it | one short break | tree rules |
Option 2
Ask his friends to own up for him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 friends | nmod:poss |
| 3 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Ask | iobj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 own | mark |
| 5 | own | own | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Ask | xcomp |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 own | compound:prt |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 him | case |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 own | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | his friends | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | own up not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | for him = he | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Blame the caretaker for leaving it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blame | blame | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 caretaker | det |
| 3 | caretaker | caretaker | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Blame | obj |
| 4 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 5 leaving | mark |
| 5 | leaving | leave | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Blame | advcl |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 leaving | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | blame | imperative | you not said here | the caretaker | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent caretaker=Theme | ||||
| 2 | leave | gerund | you not said here | caretaker | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Own up, so the others don't pay
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 | _ | 9 pay | punct |
| 4 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 pay | advmod |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 others | det |
| 6 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 pay | nsubj |
| 7 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 pay | aux |
| 8 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 pay | advmod |
| 9 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Own | conj |
| # | 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 | not pay | present · do-support | the others | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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