Test 3 · ★ · Accidents told too late
Bro: «just bin the bits, Dad'll never notice the gnome's gone». What is wiser?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Dad, gnome · What happens: bin, not notice, be · To what, where: bits · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★ 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: Bro: «just bin the bits, Dad'll never notice the gnome's gone».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 bin | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 bin | punct |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 bin | advmod |
| 5 | bin | bin | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Bro | appos |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 bits | det |
| 7 | bits | bit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 bin | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 notice | punct |
| 9 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 notice | nsubj |
| 10 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 notice | aux |
| 11 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 12 notice | advmod |
| 12 | notice | notice | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 bin | conj |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 gnome | det |
| 14 | gnome | gnome | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 gone | nsubj |
| 15 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 gone | cop |
| 16 | gone | gone | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 notice | ccomp |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 bin | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Bro | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bin in a quote | infinitive | the bits | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent bit=Theme | |||||
| 2 | not notice in a quote | future | Dad | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | the gnome | gone property | 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: What is wiser?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wiser | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wiser | cop |
| 3 | wiser | wise | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wiser | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | wise property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Buy a gnome secretly and swap it in the garden
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buy | buy | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 gnome | det |
| 3 | gnome | gnome | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Buy | obj |
| 4 | secretly | secretly | ADV | _ | 1 Buy | advmod |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 swap | cc |
| 6 | swap | swap | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Buy | conj |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 swap | obj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 garden | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 garden | det |
| 10 | garden | garden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 swap | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | buy | imperative | you not said here | a gnome | secretly property | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gnome=Theme | |||
| 2 | swap | present | you not said here | gnome | the garden | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Tell Dad and say sorry; hidden bits turn up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tell | obj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 say | cc |
| 4 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Tell | conj |
| 5 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 say | xcomp |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 9 turn | punct |
| 7 | hidden | hidden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 bits | amod |
| 8 | bits | bit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 turn | nsubj |
| 9 | turn | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Tell | advcl |
| 10 | up | up | ADP | _ | 9 turn | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | Dad | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dad=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | say speech: apologize | infinitive | you not said here | sorry property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | turn up | present | hidden bits | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Bury them deeper
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bury | bury | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Bury | obj |
| 3 | deeper | deep | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 1 Bury | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bury | imperative | you not said here | them = they | deep property | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
Option 4
Blame the fox
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 fox | det |
| 3 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Blame | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | blame | imperative | you not said here | the fox | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fox=Theme |
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