Test 5 · Staying up, screens and coming home late
Dad: «How many times have I told you? Off the sofa!» It's the third time. What's right?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: many times, I, sofa · What happens: have, tell, be · To what, where: you, third time · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 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: Dad: «How many times have I told you?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 have | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 have | punct |
| 4 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 many | advmod |
| 5 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 times | amod |
| 6 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 have | nsubj |
| 7 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Dad | parataxis |
| 8 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 told | nsubj |
| 9 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 have | ccomp |
| 10 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 told | iobj |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Dad | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have in a quote | present | many times | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert in a quote | past | I | you | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient |
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: Off the sofa!»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Off | off | ADP | _ | 3 sofa | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 sofa | det |
| 3 | sofa | sofa | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 3 sofa | punct |
| 5 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 sofa | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: It's the third time.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 time | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 time | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 time | det |
| 4 | third | third | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 5 time | amod |
| 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 a | present | sofa | the third time | tree rules |
Sentence 4: What's right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Jump once more
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jump | jump | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 3 more | advmod |
| 3 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 1 Jump | advmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Say the sofa is fine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 sofa | det |
| 3 | sofa | sofa | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 fine | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 fine | cop |
| 5 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Say | ccomp |
| # | 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 | present | the sofa | fine property | tree rules |
Option 3
Say «in a minute»
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 | _ | 5 minute | punct |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 minute | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 minute | det |
| 5 | minute | minute | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Say | obj |
| 6 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 minute | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | minute | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Get down and play outside instead
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Get | get | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | down | down | ADV | _ | 1 Get | advmod |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 play | cc |
| 4 | play | play | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Get | conj |
| 5 | outside | outside | ADV | _ | 4 play | advmod |
| 6 | instead | instead | ADV | _ | 4 play | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get down | imperative | you not said here | down property | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 2 | play | infinitive | you not said here | instead, outside property | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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