Test 7 · ★ · Accidents told too late Mum: «The fish is floating on its side. Have you been changing the water?» What's the honest answer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: fish, you, honest answer · What happens: float, change, be · To what, where: side, water
This is test 7 · ★ 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: «The fish is floating on its side.
punct punct det nsubj aux conj case nmod:poss obl punct root Mum NOUN : PUNCT « PUNCT The DET fish NOUN is AUX floating VERB on ADP its PRON side NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mum mum NOUN Number=Sing root root 2 : : PUNCT _ 7 floating punct 3 « « PUNCT _ 7 floating punct 4 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 fish det 5 fish fish NOUN Number=Sing 7 floating nsubj 6 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 floating aux 7 floating float VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 1 Mum conj 8 on on ADP _ 10 side case 9 its its PRON Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 10 side nmod:poss 10 side side NOUN Number=Sing 7 floating obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 1 Mum punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 float in a quote present · progressive the fish fish's side vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on side=Trajectory
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: Have you been changing the water?»
aux nsubj aux det obj punct punct root Have AUX you PRON been AUX changing VERB the DET water NOUN ? PUNCT » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Have have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 changing aux 2 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 4 changing nsubj 3 been be AUX Tense=Past VerbForm=Part 4 changing aux 4 changing change VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 water det 6 water water NOUN Number=Sing 4 changing obj 7 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 changing punct 8 » » PUNCT _ 4 changing punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 change present · perfect · progressive you the water vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient
Sentence 3: What's the honest answer?
cop det amod nsubj punct root What PRON 's AUX the DET honest ADJ answer NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int root root 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 What cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 answer det 4 honest honest ADJ Degree=Pos 5 answer amod 5 answer answer NOUN Number=Sing 1 What nsubj 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 What punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present the honest answer tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice «Every day, I promise»
punct det obl:unmarked punct nsubj punct root « PUNCT Every DET day NOUN , PUNCT I PRON promise VERB » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 « « PUNCT _ 6 promise punct 2 Every every DET PronType=Tot 3 day det 3 day day NOUN Number=Sing 6 promise obl:unmarked 4 , , PUNCT _ 3 day punct 5 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 6 promise nsubj 6 promise promise VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 » » PUNCT _ 6 promise punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 promise speech: promise in a quote present I day vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
Option 2 «It just got old»
punct nsubj advmod xcomp punct root « PUNCT It PRON just ADV got VERB old ADJ » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 « « PUNCT _ 4 got punct 2 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 got nsubj 3 just just ADV _ 4 got advmod 4 got get VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 4 got xcomp 6 » » PUNCT _ 4 got punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 get in a quote past It old property vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
Option 3 «Fish do that»
punct nsubj obj punct root « PUNCT Fish NOUN do VERB that PRON » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 « « PUNCT _ 3 do punct 2 Fish fish NOUN Number=Plur 3 do nsubj 3 do do VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 that that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 3 do obj 5 » » PUNCT _ 3 do punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 do in a quote present Fish that vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer «No, I didn't. I'm sorry»
Sentence 1: «No, I didn't.
punct discourse punct nsubj advmod punct root « PUNCT No INTJ , PUNCT I PRON did VERB n't PART . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 « « PUNCT _ 5 did punct 2 No no INTJ Polarity=Neg 5 did discourse 3 , , PUNCT _ 5 did punct 4 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 5 did nsubj 5 did do VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 5 did advmod 7 . . PUNCT _ 5 did punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not do in a quote past I vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Sentence 2: I'm sorry»
nsubj cop punct root I PRON 'm AUX sorry ADJ » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 3 sorry nsubj 2 'm be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 sorry cop 3 sorry sorry ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 » » PUNCT _ 3 sorry punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present I sorry property tree rules
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