Test 8 · Staying up, screens and coming home late
«went to the park on my own twice, Mum never knew, so it's fine». What's true?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mum · What happens: go, not know, be · To what, where: own
This is test 8 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: «went to the park on my own twice, Mum never knew, so it's fine».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 went | punct |
| 2 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 park | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 park | det |
| 5 | park | park | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 went | obl |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 own | case |
| 7 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 own | nmod:poss |
| 8 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 went | obl |
| 9 | twice | twice | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 2 went | advmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 knew | punct |
| 11 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 knew | nsubj |
| 12 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 13 knew | advmod |
| 13 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 went | parataxis |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 fine | punct |
| 15 | so | so | ADV | _ | 18 fine | advmod |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 fine | expl |
| 17 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 fine | cop |
| 18 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 knew | ccomp |
| 19 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 18 fine | punct |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 went | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go in a quote | past | my own | to the park; twice property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to park=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | not know in a quote | past | Mum | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | fine property | tree rules |
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's true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Twice is fine, three is not
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Twice | twice | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 3 fine | advmod |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fine | cop |
| 3 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 three | punct |
| 5 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 fine | parataxis |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 not | cop |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 three | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | fine, twice property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Mum needs to know where she is; not knowing isn't fine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 needs | nsubj |
| 2 | needs | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 know | mark |
| 4 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 needs | xcomp |
| 5 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 4 know | ccomp |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 where | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 where | cop |
| 8 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 13 fine | punct |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 knowing | advmod |
| 10 | knowing | know | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 13 fine | csubj |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 fine | cop |
| 12 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 fine | advmod |
| 13 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 needs | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present | Mum | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | know not said to happen | to-infinitive | Mum not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | is | present | Mum | where property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | not know | gerund | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 5 | not is | present | knowing | fine property | tree rules |
Option 3
It's fine on weekends
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 | 3 fine | expl |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fine | cop |
| 3 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 weekends | case |
| 5 | weekends | weekend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 fine | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | weekend | fine property | tree rules |
Option 4
It's fine if she was safe, nothing happened in the end
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 | 3 fine | expl |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fine | cop |
| 3 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 safe | mark |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 safe | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 safe | cop |
| 7 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 fine | advcl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 happened | punct |
| 9 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 10 happened | nsubj |
| 10 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 fine | parataxis |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 end | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 end | det |
| 13 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 happened | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | fine property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | is a condition, not said to happen | past | she | safe property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | happen | past | nothing | in the end | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in end=Location |
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