Test 6 · ★ · Chores you skipped
Brother crying with a bumped chin, tripped on Lego. What should the older one do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Brother · What happens: cry, bump, trip · To what, where: Brother, Lego
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 350 «Chores you skipped» 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: Brother crying with a bumped chin, tripped on Lego.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 tripped | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | crying | cry | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 Brother | acl |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 chin | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 chin | det |
| 5 | bumped | bump | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 chin | amod |
| 6 | chin | chin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 crying | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 tripped | punct |
| 8 | tripped | trip | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 Lego | case |
| 10 | Lego | Lego | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 tripped | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 tripped | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cry speech: express | gerund | Brother not said here | with a bumped chin | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with chin=Theme | ||||
| 2 | bump | participle | vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V together»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | trip | participle · passive | Brother | Lego | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme on lego=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 should the older one do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 do | det |
| 4 | older | old | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 do | amod |
| 5 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 do | compound |
| 6 | do | do | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Say sorry and tidy up before bed from now on
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Say | xcomp |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 tidy | cc |
| 4 | tidy | tidy | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Say | conj |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 tidy | compound:prt |
| 6 | before | before | ADP | _ | 7 bed | case |
| 7 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 tidy | obl |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 now | case |
| 9 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 tidy | advmod |
| 10 | on | on | ADV | _ | 9 now | fixed |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: apologize | imperative | you not said here | sorry property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | tidy up | infinitive | you not said here | before bed | tree rules |
Option 2
Say Dad should look where he walks in the dark
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 look | nsubj |
| 3 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 look | aux |
| 4 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Say | ccomp |
| 5 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 7 walks | advmod |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 walks | nsubj |
| 7 | walks | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 look | advcl |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 dark | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 dark | det |
| 10 | dark | dark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 walks | obl |
| # | 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 clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | look | should | Dad | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | walk | present | Dad | the dark | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in dark=Trajectory |
Option 3
Laugh
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laugh | laugh | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh | imperative | you not said here | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Say the Lego isn't his
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 Lego | det |
| 3 | Lego | Lego | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Say | obj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 his | cop |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 his | advmod |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 Lego | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | the Lego | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent lego=Topic | ||||
| 2 | not is a | present | the Lego not said here | his = he | tree rules |
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