Test 11 · Homework, practice and the team counting on you
«Mum took my phone for a week cos of the bins, she just hates me». Which is closer to the truth?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mum · What happens: take, hate, be · To what, where: phone, me
This is test 11 of lesson 351 «Homework, practice and the team counting on you» 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: «Mum took my phone for a week cos of the bins, she just hates me».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 took | punct |
| 2 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 took | nsubj |
| 3 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 phone | nmod:poss |
| 5 | phone | phone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 took | obj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 cos | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 cos | det |
| 8 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 cos | compound |
| 9 | cos | cos | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 took | obl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 bins | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 bins | det |
| 12 | bins | bin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 cos | nmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 hates | punct |
| 14 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 hates | nsubj |
| 15 | just | just | ADV | _ | 16 hates | advmod |
| 16 | hates | hate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 took | parataxis |
| 17 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 16 hates | obj |
| 18 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 16 hates | punct |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 took | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take in a quote | past | Mum | my phone | for a week cos of the bins | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent phone=Theme for cos=Beneficiary | |||
| 2 | hate in a quote | present | Mum | me | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus |
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: Which is closer to the truth?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 closer | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 closer | cop |
| 3 | closer | close | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 truth | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 truth | det |
| 6 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 closer | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 closer | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | to the truth; close property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
It's a random punishment
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 punishment | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 punishment | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 punishment | det |
| 4 | random | random | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 punishment | amod |
| 5 | punishment | punishment | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a random punishment | tree rules |
Option 2
Phones are always taken on bin day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phones | phone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 taken | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 taken | aux:pass |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 4 taken | advmod |
| 4 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 day | case |
| 6 | bin | bin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 day | compound |
| 7 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 taken | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | present · passive | Phones | day | always property | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
She took it to use it herself while he was at school
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 took | nsubj |
| 2 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 took | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 use | mark |
| 5 | use | use | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 took | advcl |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 use | obj |
| 7 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 5 use | obl |
| 8 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 12 school | mark |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 school | nsubj |
| 10 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 school | cop |
| 11 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 school | case |
| 12 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 use | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past | She | it | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | use | to-infinitive | She not said here | it | herself = she obl | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | |||
| 3 | is | past | he | school | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
It's a consequence of the skipped job, not hate
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 | 4 consequence | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 consequence | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 consequence | det |
| 4 | consequence | consequence | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 job | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 job | det |
| 7 | skipped | skip | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 job | amod |
| 8 | job | job | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 consequence | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 hate | punct |
| 10 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 hate | advmod |
| 11 | hate | hate | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 4 consequence | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a consequence | of the skipped job | tree rules | |||
| 2 | skip | participle | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | not hate | infinitive | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer |
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