Test 9 · ★ · Accidents told too late Dad, plunger in hand: «Who broke the flush?» The boy did and is embarrassed. What should he do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Dad, boy · What happens: break, do, be · To what, where: flush
This is test 9 · ★ 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: Dad, plunger in hand: «Who broke the flush?»
nsubj punct appos case nmod punct punct nsubj det obj punct punct root Dad NOUN , PUNCT plunger NOUN in ADP hand NOUN : PUNCT « PUNCT Who PRON broke VERB the DET flush NOUN ? PUNCT » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Dad dad NOUN Number=Sing 9 broke nsubj 2 , , PUNCT _ 3 plunger punct 3 plunger plunger NOUN Number=Sing 1 Dad appos 4 in in ADP _ 5 hand case 5 hand hand NOUN Number=Sing 3 plunger nmod 6 : : PUNCT _ 9 broke punct 7 « « PUNCT _ 9 broke punct 8 Who who PRON PronType=Rel 9 broke nsubj 9 broke break VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 flush det 11 flush flush NOUN Number=Sing 9 broke obj 12 ? ? PUNCT _ 9 broke punct 13 » » PUNCT _ 9 broke punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 break in a quote past Dad the flush vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer flush=Patient
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 and is embarrassed.
det nsubj cc cop conj punct root The DET boy NOUN did VERB and CCONJ is AUX embarrassed ADJ . 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 3 did nsubj 3 did do VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 and and CCONJ _ 6 embarrassed cc 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 embarrassed cop 6 embarrassed embarrassed ADJ Degree=Pos 3 did conj 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 did punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 do past the boy vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 is present the boy not said here embarrassed property tree rules
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 Pretend to be asleep
mark cop xcomp root Pretend VERB to PART be AUX asleep ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Pretend pretend VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 to to PART _ 4 asleep mark 3 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 4 asleep cop 4 asleep asleep ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Pretend xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 pretend imperative you not said here tree rules 2 is to-infinitive you not said here asleep property tree rules
Option 2 Say it was the plumber who broke it last time
nsubj cop det ccomp nsubj acl:relcl obj amod obl:unmarked root Say VERB it PRON was AUX the DET plumber NOUN who PRON broke VERB it PRON last ADJ time NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Say say VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 plumber nsubj 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 plumber cop 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 plumber det 5 plumber plumber NOUN Number=Sing 1 Say ccomp 6 who who PRON PronType=Rel 7 broke nsubj 7 broke break VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 plumber acl:relcl 8 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 broke obj 9 last last ADJ Degree=Pos 10 time amod 10 time time NOUN Number=Sing 7 broke obl:unmarked
# 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 a past it the plumber tree rules 3 break past the plumber plumber time vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Patient
Option 3 Say it broke by itself
nsubj ccomp case obl root Say VERB it PRON broke VERB by ADP itself PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Say say VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 broke nsubj 3 broke break VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 1 Say ccomp 4 by by ADP _ 5 itself case 5 itself itself PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes 3 broke obl
# 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 break past it by itself = it vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by itself=Location
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer Own up; embarrassing things are still better told
compound:prt punct amod nsubj cop advmod parataxis cop root Own VERB up ADP ; PUNCT embarrassing ADJ things NOUN are AUX still ADV better ADJ told VERB 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 _ 8 better punct 4 embarrassing embarrassing ADJ Degree=Pos 5 things amod 5 things thing NOUN Number=Plur 8 better nsubj 6 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 better cop 7 still still ADV _ 8 better advmod 8 better good ADJ Degree=Cmp 1 Own parataxis 9 told tell VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 8 better cop
# 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 is present embarrassing things still good property tree rules
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