Test 8 · ★ · Chores you skipped
Teacher, after the concert: «I could tell you hadn't practised». What's the best answer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: I, you, best answer · What happens: tell, not practise, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★ 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: Teacher, after the concert: «I could tell you hadn't practised».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 concert | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 concert | punct |
| 3 | after | after | ADP | _ | 5 concert | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 concert | det |
| 5 | concert | concert | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 tell | punct |
| 7 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 10 tell | punct |
| 8 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 tell | nsubj |
| 9 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 tell | aux |
| 10 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 concert | parataxis |
| 11 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 14 practised | nsubj |
| 12 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 practised | aux |
| 13 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 practised | advmod |
| 14 | practised | practise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 10 tell | ccomp |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 10 tell | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 concert | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert in a quote | could | I | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | not practise in a quote | past · perfect | you | 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 the best answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 answer | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 answer | amod |
| 5 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the best answer | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
«Sorry, I'll practise more for next time»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 practise | punct |
| 2 | Sorry | sorry | INTJ | _ | 6 practise | discourse |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Sorry | punct |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 practise | nsubj |
| 5 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 practise | aux |
| 6 | practise | practise | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 practise | obj |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 time | case |
| 9 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 time | amod |
| 10 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 more | obl |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 practise | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | practise in a quote | future | I | more | tree rules |
Option 2
«The recorder was broken, it squeaks on its own»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 broken | punct |
| 2 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 recorder | det |
| 3 | recorder | recorder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 broken | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 broken | aux:pass |
| 5 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 squeaks | advcl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 broken | punct |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 squeaks | nsubj |
| 8 | squeaks | squeak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 own | case |
| 10 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 own | nmod:poss |
| 11 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 squeaks | obl |
| 12 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 squeaks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break in a quote | past · passive | the recorder | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 2 | squeak in a quote | present | recorder | recorder's own | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on own=Location |
Option 3
«It's too hard»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 hard | punct |
| 2 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 hard | expl |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 hard | cop |
| 4 | too | too | ADV | _ | 5 hard | advmod |
| 5 | hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 hard | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | hard property | tree rules |
Option 4
«Everyone was out of tune»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 tune | punct |
| 2 | Everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 6 tune | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 tune | cop |
| 4 | out | out | ADP | _ | 6 tune | case |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 tune | case |
| 6 | tune | tune | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 tune | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | past | Everyone | tune | tree rules |
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