Test 6 · ★ · Accidents told too late Little kid at after-school club, crying: «Who smashed our tower?» The boy did, cross. What should he do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Little kid, boy · What happens: cry, smash, cross, do · To what, where: tower · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★ 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: Little kid at after-school club, crying: «Who smashed our tower?»
amod nsubj case case punct compound nmod punct punct punct nsubj conj nmod:poss obj punct punct root Little ADJ kid NOUN at ADP after ADP - PUNCT school NOUN club NOUN , PUNCT crying VERB : PUNCT « PUNCT Who PRON smashed VERB our PRON tower NOUN ? PUNCT » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Little little ADJ Degree=Pos 2 kid amod 2 kid kid NOUN Number=Sing 9 crying nsubj 3 at at ADP _ 7 club case 4 after after ADP _ 7 club case 5 - - PUNCT _ 4 after punct 6 school school NOUN Number=Sing 7 club compound 7 club club NOUN Number=Sing 2 kid nmod 8 , , PUNCT _ 9 crying punct 9 crying cry VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 10 : : PUNCT _ 13 smashed punct 11 « « PUNCT _ 13 smashed punct 12 Who who PRON PronType=Rel 13 smashed nsubj 13 smashed smash VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 9 crying conj 14 our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 15 tower nmod:poss 15 tower tower NOUN Number=Sing 13 smashed obj 16 ? ? PUNCT _ 9 crying punct 17 » » PUNCT _ 9 crying punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 cry speech: express gerund Little kid at school club vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 smash in a quote past our tower vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tower=Theme
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: The boy did, cross.
det nsubj aux punct punct root The DET boy NOUN did AUX , PUNCT cross VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 boy det 2 boy boy NOUN Number=Sing 5 cross nsubj 3 did do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 cross aux 4 , , PUNCT _ 5 cross punct 5 cross cross VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 . . PUNCT _ 5 cross punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 cross past · do-support the boy vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Sentence 3: What should he do?
obj aux nsubj punct root What PRON should AUX he PRON do VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 do obj 2 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 do aux 3 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 do nsubj 4 do do VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 do punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 do should boy vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Own up, say sorry and help rebuild it
compound:prt punct conj xcomp cc conj xcomp obj root Own VERB up ADP , PUNCT say VERB sorry ADJ and CCONJ help VERB rebuild VERB it PRON 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 _ 4 say punct 4 say say VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 1 Own conj 5 sorry sorry ADJ Degree=Pos 4 say xcomp 6 and and CCONJ _ 7 help cc 7 help help VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 1 Own conj 8 rebuild rebuild VERB VerbForm=Inf 7 help xcomp 9 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 rebuild obj
# 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 say speech: apologize infinitive you not said here sorry property vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 3 help infinitive you not said here vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme 4 rebuild infinitive you not said here it vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Result
Option 2 Say towers are boring
nsubj cop ccomp root Say VERB towers NOUN are AUX boring ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Say say VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 towers tower NOUN Number=Plur 4 boring nsubj 3 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 boring cop 4 boring boring ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Say ccomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert imperative you not said here vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 is present towers boring property tree rules
Option 3 Walk away
advmod root Walk VERB away ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Walk walk VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 away away ADV _ 1 Walk advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 walk away imperative you not said here away property vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Option 4 Say a big kid did it and ran off outside
det amod nsubj ccomp obj cc conj compound:prt advmod root Say VERB a DET big ADJ kid NOUN did VERB it PRON and CCONJ ran VERB off ADP outside ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Say say VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 kid det 3 big big ADJ Degree=Pos 4 kid amod 4 kid kid NOUN Number=Sing 5 did nsubj 5 did do VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 1 Say ccomp 6 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 did obj 7 and and CCONJ _ 8 ran cc 8 ran run VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 did conj 9 off off ADP _ 8 ran compound:prt 10 outside outside ADV _ 8 ran advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert imperative you not said here vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 do past a big kid it vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality 3 run off past a big kid not said here outside property vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
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