Test 11 · Staying up, screens and coming home late
«sweets now, dinner's ages away». Mum said wait. What's wise?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mum · What happens: say, wait, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 of lesson 348 «Staying up, screens and coming home 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: «sweets now, dinner's ages away».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 sweets | punct |
| 2 | sweets | sweet | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 2 sweets | advmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 now | punct |
| 5 | dinner | dinner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 ages | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 dinner | case |
| 7 | ages | age | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 away | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | away | away | ADV | _ | 3 now | conj |
| 9 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 away | punct |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 sweets | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: Mum said wait.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 said | nsubj |
| 2 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 said | ccomp |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | Mum | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | wait | infinitive | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Sentence 3: What's wise?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wise | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wise | cop |
| 3 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wise | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | wise property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Wait and eat dinner first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 eat | cc |
| 3 | eat | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Wait | conj |
| 4 | dinner | dinner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 eat | obj |
| 5 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 3 eat | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | eat | present | you not said here | dinner | first property | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dinner=Patient |
Option 2
Hide them in your sleeve
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hide | hide | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Hide | obj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 sleeve | case |
| 4 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 sleeve | nmod:poss |
| 5 | sleeve | sleeve | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Hide | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | imperative | you not said here | them = they | your sleeve | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Patient in sleeve=Location |
Option 3
Eat a few quickly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eat | eat | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 few | det |
| 3 | few | few | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Eat | obj |
| 4 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 1 Eat | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | imperative | you not said here | a few | quickly property | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent few=Patient |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Eat them and skip dinner
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eat | eat | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Eat | obj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 skip | cc |
| 4 | skip | skip | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Eat | conj |
| 5 | dinner | dinner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 skip | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | imperative | you not said here | them = they | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | ||||
| 2 | skip | infinitive | you not said here | dinner | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dinner=Agent |
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