Test 8 · ★★ · When someone else takes your punishment
Teacher: «Interesting, I saw you walk past my window at five to nine». What is the honest answer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, you, honest answer · What happens: see, walk, be · To what, where: five · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★★ 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: Teacher: «Interesting, I saw you walk past my window at five to nine».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Teacher | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 saw | punct |
| 4 | Interesting | interesting | INTJ | _ | 7 saw | discourse |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 Interesting | punct |
| 6 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 saw | nsubj |
| 7 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Teacher | conj |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 walk | nsubj |
| 9 | walk | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 saw | ccomp |
| 10 | past | past | ADP | _ | 12 window | case |
| 11 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 window | nmod:poss |
| 12 | window | window | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 walk | obl |
| 13 | at | at | ADP | _ | 14 five | case |
| 14 | five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 walk | obl |
| 15 | to | to | ADP | _ | 16 nine | case |
| 16 | nine | nine | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 14 five | nmod |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 9 walk | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Teacher | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see in a quote | past | I | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | walk in a quote | present | you | five to nine | past my window | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme past window=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: What is the honest answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | 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
«The bus dropped me there, miss, honest»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 dropped | punct |
| 2 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 bus | det |
| 3 | bus | bus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dropped | nsubj |
| 4 | dropped | drop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 dropped | obj |
| 6 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 dropped | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 miss | punct |
| 8 | miss | miss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dropped | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 honest | punct |
| 10 | honest | honest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 miss | amod |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 dropped | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drop in a quote | past | the bus | me | there | miss obl | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme |
Option 2
«That was my twin brother you saw, miss»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 brother | punct |
| 2 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 brother | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 brother | cop |
| 4 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 brother | nmod:poss |
| 5 | twin | twin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 brother | compound |
| 6 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 saw | nsubj |
| 8 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 brother | acl:relcl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 miss | punct |
| 10 | miss | miss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 brother | conj |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 brother | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | past | That | my twin brother and miss | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | see in a quote | past | you | my twin brother and miss not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer brother=Stimulus |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
«Sorry, I dawdled. I'll be on time»
Sentence 1: «Sorry, I dawdled.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 dawdled | punct |
| 2 | Sorry | sorry | INTJ | _ | 5 dawdled | discourse |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Sorry | punct |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 dawdled | nsubj |
| 5 | dawdled | dawdle | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 dawdled | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dawdle in a quote | past | I | vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |
Sentence 2: I'll be on time»
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 | 5 time | nsubj |
| 2 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 time | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 time | cop |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 time | case |
| 5 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 time | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | future | I | on time | tree rules |
Option 4
«Your clock is wrong, it's always fast»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 wrong | punct |
| 2 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 clock | nmod:poss |
| 3 | clock | clock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 wrong | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 wrong | cop |
| 5 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 fast | punct |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 fast | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 fast | cop |
| 9 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 10 fast | advmod |
| 10 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 wrong | conj |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 10 fast | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | Your clock | wrong property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | clock | always, fast property | tree rules |
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