Test 9 · Staying up, screens and coming home late
Neighbour, stern: «I found you in my garden. Next time knock». What should the boy say?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Neighbour, boy · What happens: find, say · To what, where: you, garden · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 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: Neighbour, stern: «I found you in my garden.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neighbour | neighbour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 found | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 stern | punct |
| 3 | stern | stern | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Neighbour | conj |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 found | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 found | punct |
| 6 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 found | nsubj |
| 7 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 found | obj |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 garden | case |
| 10 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 garden | nmod:poss |
| 11 | garden | garden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 found | obl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 found | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find in a quote | past | Neighbour and stern | you | my garden | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Topic |
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: Next time knock».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 time | amod |
| 2 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 knock | compound |
| 3 | knock | knock | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 knock | punct |
| 5 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 knock | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: What should the boy say?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 say | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 say | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 boy | det |
| 4 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 say | nsubj |
| 5 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | should | the boy | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1
«You weren't in»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 in | punct |
| 2 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 in | nsubj |
| 3 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 in | cop |
| 4 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 in | advmod |
| 5 | in | in | ADV | _ | root | root |
| 6 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 in | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is in a quote | past | You | in property | tree rules |
Option 2
«The gate was open»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 open | punct |
| 2 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 gate | det |
| 3 | gate | gate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 open | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 open | cop |
| 5 | open | open | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 open | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | past | the gate | open property | tree rules |
Option 3
«It was my ball»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 ball | punct |
| 2 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 ball | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 ball | cop |
| 4 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 ball | nmod:poss |
| 5 | ball | ball | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 ball | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | past | It | my ball | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
«Sorry, I'll knock next time»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 knock | punct |
| 2 | Sorry | sorry | INTJ | _ | 6 knock | discourse |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Sorry | punct |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 knock | nsubj |
| 5 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 knock | aux |
| 6 | knock | knock | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 time | amod |
| 8 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 knock | obj |
| 9 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 knock | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | knock in a quote | future | I | time | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |
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