Test 3 · Putting the blame on someone else
Mum: «Paw prints with laces? Clever dog.» What is she saying?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: dog · What happens: say · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 of lesson 344 «Putting the blame on someone else» 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: «Paw prints with laces?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 prints | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 prints | punct |
| 4 | Paw | paw | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 prints | compound |
| 5 | prints | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Mum | conj | |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 laces | case |
| 7 | laces | lace | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 prints | nmod |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Mum | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: Clever dog.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clever | clever | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 dog | amod |
| 2 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 dog | punct |
| 4 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 dog | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: What is she saying?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 saying | obj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 saying | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 saying | nsubj |
| 4 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 saying | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present · progressive | dog | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1
She believes his story
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 believes | nsubj |
| 2 | believes | believe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 story | nmod:poss |
| 4 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 believes | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | believe | present | She | his story | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer story=Stimulus |
Option 2
The dog wore shoes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 dog | det |
| 2 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wore | nsubj |
| 3 | wore | wear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | shoes | shoe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 wore | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wear | past | the dog | shoes | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent shoe=Theme |
Option 3
She thinks the dog is very clever
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 thinks | nsubj |
| 2 | thinks | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 dog | det |
| 4 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 clever | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 clever | cop |
| 6 | very | very | ADV | _ | 7 clever | advmod |
| 7 | clever | clever | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 thinks | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | present | She | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | the dog | clever property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
She knows the prints are his trainers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 knows | nsubj |
| 2 | knows | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 prints | det |
| 4 | prints | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 trainers | nsubj | |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 trainers | cop |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 trainers | nmod:poss |
| 7 | trainers | trainer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 knows | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | present | She | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | the prints | his trainers | tree rules |
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