Test 1 · ★★ · When someone else takes your punishment
Rory, quiet: «I missed footie for your chalk, you know». What would put it right?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, you · What happens: miss, know, put · To what, where: footie
This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 345 «When someone else takes your punishment» 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: Rory, quiet: «I missed footie for your chalk, you know».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rory | Rory | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 quiet | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 quiet | punct |
| 3 | quiet | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 missed | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 missed | punct |
| 6 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 missed | nsubj |
| 7 | missed | miss | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 quiet | conj |
| 8 | footie | footie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 missed | obj |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 chalk | case |
| 10 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 chalk | nmod:poss |
| 11 | chalk | chalk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 missed | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 know | punct |
| 13 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 14 know | nsubj |
| 14 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 quiet | parataxis |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 14 know | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 quiet | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | miss in a quote | past | I | footie | for your chalk | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer footie=Stimulus for chalk=Attribute | |||
| 2 | know in a quote | present | you | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
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 would put it right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 put | obj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 put | aux |
| 3 | put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 put | obj |
| 5 | right | right | ADV | _ | 3 put | advmod |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | would | footie | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent what=Asset it=Goal |
The options
Option 1
Say «thanks mate» and nothing else
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 thanks | punct |
| 3 | thanks | thanks | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Say | obj |
| 4 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 thanks | nmod:unmarked |
| 5 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 thanks | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 nothing | cc |
| 7 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 thanks | conj |
| 8 | else | else | ADV | _ | 7 nothing | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | thanks mate | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent thanks=Topic |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Say Rory should've said something
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | Rory | Rory | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 said | nsubj |
| 3 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 said | aux |
| 4 | 've | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 said | aux |
| 5 | said | say | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 1 Say | ccomp |
| 6 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 5 said | obj |
| # | 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 | say speech: assert | should · perfect | Rory | something | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent something=Topic |
Option 3
Buy Rory sweets every day for a week and stay quiet about it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buy | buy | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | Rory | Rory | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 sweets | compound |
| 3 | sweets | sweet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Buy | obj |
| 4 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 day | det |
| 5 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Buy | obl:unmarked |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 week | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 week | det |
| 8 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Buy | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 stay | cc |
| 10 | stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Buy | conj |
| 11 | quiet | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 stay | xcomp |
| 12 | about | about | ADP | _ | 13 it | case |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 stay | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | buy | imperative | you not said here | Rory sweets | day; week | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sweet=Theme | |||
| 2 | stay | infinitive | you not said here | about it; quiet property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about it=Location |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Tell the teacher it was him and say sorry to Rory
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 teacher | det |
| 3 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tell | obj |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 him | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 him | cop |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 teacher | nmod |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 say | cc |
| 8 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Tell | conj |
| 9 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 say | xcomp |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 Rory | case |
| 11 | Rory | Rory | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 sorry | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | the teacher | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | is a | past | teacher | him = he | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | say speech: apologize | infinitive | you not said here | sorry property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
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