Test 2 · ★ · Accidents told too late Mum, lifting the rug: «WHAT is this? When did this happen??» What should the girl say?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mum, this, girl · What happens: lift, be, happen, say · To what, where: rug, this · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 343 «Accidents told too late» 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: Mum, lifting the rug: «WHAT is this?
nsubj punct det obj punct punct nsubj cop obl punct root Mum NOUN , PUNCT lifting VERB the DET rug NOUN : PUNCT « PUNCT WHAT PRON is AUX this PRON ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 3 lifting nsubj 2 , , PUNCT _ 3 lifting punct 3 lifting lift VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 rug det 5 rug rug NOUN Number=Sing 3 lifting obj 6 : : PUNCT _ 10 this punct 7 « « PUNCT _ 10 this punct 8 WHAT what PRON PronType=Int 10 this nsubj 9 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 this cop 10 this this PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 3 lifting obl 11 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 lifting punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 lift gerund Mum the rug vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rug=Theme 2 is a in a quote present this tree rules
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: When did this happen??»
advmod aux nsubj punct punct root When ADV did AUX this PRON happen VERB ?? PUNCT » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 When when ADV PronType=Int 4 happen advmod 2 did do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 happen aux 3 this this PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 4 happen nsubj 4 happen happen VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 ?? ?? PUNCT _ 4 happen punct 6 » » PUNCT _ 4 happen punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 happen past · do-support this vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Sentence 3: What should the girl say?
obj aux det nsubj punct root What PRON should AUX the DET girl NOUN say VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 5 say obj 2 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 5 say aux 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 girl det 4 girl girl NOUN Number=Sing 5 say nsubj 5 say say VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 5 say punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert should the girl vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice «The paint fell from the ceiling»
punct det nsubj case det obl punct root « PUNCT The DET paint NOUN fell VERB from ADP the DET ceiling NOUN » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 « « PUNCT _ 4 fell punct 2 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 paint det 3 paint paint NOUN Number=Sing 4 fell nsubj 4 fell fall VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 from from ADP _ 7 ceiling case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 ceiling det 7 ceiling ceiling NOUN Number=Sing 4 fell obl 8 » » PUNCT _ 4 fell punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 fall in a quote past the paint the ceiling vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from ceiling=Initial_Location
Option 2 «It was already there when I came in»
punct nsubj cop advmod advmod nsubj advcl advmod punct root « PUNCT It PRON was AUX already ADV there ADV when ADV I PRON came VERB in ADV » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 « « PUNCT _ 5 there punct 2 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 there nsubj 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 there cop 4 already already ADV _ 5 there advmod 5 there there ADV PronType=Dem root root 6 when when ADV PronType=Int 8 came advmod 7 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 8 came nsubj 8 came come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 there advcl 9 in in ADV _ 8 came advmod 10 » » PUNCT _ 5 there punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is in a quote past It there property tree rules 2 come in in a quote past I vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 3 «The dog did it»
punct det nsubj obj punct root « PUNCT The DET dog NOUN did VERB it PRON » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 « « PUNCT _ 4 did punct 2 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 dog det 3 dog dog NOUN Number=Sing 4 did nsubj 4 did do VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 did obj 6 » » PUNCT _ 4 did punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 do in a quote past the dog it vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer The truth, and offer to help scrub it
det nsubj punct cc mark xcomp xcomp obj root The DET truth NOUN , PUNCT and CCONJ offer VERB to PART help VERB scrub VERB it PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 truth det 2 truth truth NOUN Number=Sing 5 offer nsubj 3 , , PUNCT _ 5 offer punct 4 and and CCONJ _ 5 offer cc 5 offer offer VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 to to PART _ 7 help mark 7 help help VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 offer xcomp 8 scrub scrub VERB VerbForm=Inf 7 help xcomp 9 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 scrub obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 offer infinitive the truth tree rules 2 help not said to happen to-infinitive the truth not said here vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme 3 scrub not said to happen infinitive the truth not said here truth vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme
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