Test 9 · Homework, practice and the team counting on you
Your little sister tells Mum: «He's not made his bed all week AND his room stinks». She is right. What now?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: little sister, room · What happens: tell, not make, stink, be · To what, where: Mum, He · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 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: Your little sister tells Mum: «He's not made his bed all week AND his room stinks».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 sister | nmod:poss |
| 2 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 sister | amod |
| 3 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 tells | nsubj |
| 4 | tells | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 tells | obj |
| 6 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 tells | punct |
| 7 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 11 made | punct |
| 8 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 made | nsubj |
| 9 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 made | aux:pass |
| 10 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 made | advmod |
| 11 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 tells | parataxis |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 bed | nmod:poss |
| 13 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 made | obj |
| 14 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 15 week | det |
| 15 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 made | obl:unmarked |
| 16 | AND | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 stinks | cc |
| 17 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 room | nmod:poss |
| 18 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 stinks | nsubj |
| 19 | stinks | stink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 made | conj |
| 20 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 19 stinks | punct |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 tells | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | present | Your little sister | Mum | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | not make in a quote | present · passive | He | week | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary bed=Product | ||||
| 3 | stink in a quote | present | his room | vn smell_emission-43.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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: She is right.
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 | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | room | right property | tree rules |
Sentence 3: What now?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 1 What | advmod |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Admit it and tidy up properly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Admit | admit | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Admit | obj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 tidy | cc |
| 4 | tidy | tidy | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Admit | conj |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 tidy | compound:prt |
| 6 | properly | properly | ADV | _ | 4 tidy | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | admit speech: other | imperative | you not said here | it | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | tidy up | infinitive | you not said here | properly property | tree rules |
Option 2
Lock the door so that nobody looks inside
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lock | lock | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 door | det |
| 3 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Lock | obj |
| 4 | so | so | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 7 looks | mark |
| 5 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 4 so | fixed |
| 6 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 7 looks | nsubj |
| 7 | looks | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Lock | advcl |
| 8 | inside | inside | ADV | _ | 7 looks | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lock | imperative | you not said here | the door | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient | ||||
| 2 | look | present | nobody | inside property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Tidy only the bit Mum can see from the door
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tidy | tidy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 see | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 Mum | advmod |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Mum | det |
| 4 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 Mum | compound |
| 5 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tidy | nmod |
| 6 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 see | aux |
| 7 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 10 door | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 door | det |
| 10 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 see | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | can | Tidy the bit Mum | the door | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4
Tell Mum she's lying about the mess
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tell | obj |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 lying | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 lying | aux |
| 5 | lying | lie | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Tell | ccomp |
| 6 | about | about | ADP | _ | 8 mess | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 mess | det |
| 8 | mess | mess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 lying | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | Mum | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | lie | present · progressive | she | about the mess | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent about mess=Location |
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