Test 5 · ★ · Taking too much
Teacher: «Who's got all the felt tips? Half the class has none!» Isla has them in her tray. Best move?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Teacher, class, Isla · What happens: get, have · To what, where: felt tips, none, tips, tray
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 352 «Taking too much» 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: «Who's got all the felt tips?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 got | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 got | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 got | punct |
| 4 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 got | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 got | aux |
| 6 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 tips | det:predet |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 tips | det |
| 9 | felt | felt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 tips | compound |
| 10 | tips | tip | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 got | obj |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 got | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get in a quote | present · passive | Teacher | all felt tips | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tip=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: Half the class has none!»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Half | half | DET | NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind | 3 class | det:predet |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 class | det |
| 3 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 has | nsubj |
| 4 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | none | none | PRON | PronType=Neg | 4 has | obj |
| 6 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 4 has | punct |
| 7 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 has | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | half class | none | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent none=Patient |
Sentence 3: Isla has them in her tray.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Isla | Isla | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 has | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 has | obj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 tray | case |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 tray | nmod:poss |
| 6 | tray | tray | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 has | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 has | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | Isla | tips = tip | Isla's tray | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
Sentence 4: Best move?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 2 move | amod |
| 2 | move | move | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 move | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
Blame the boy sitting next to her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blame | blame | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 boy | det |
| 3 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Blame | obj |
| 4 | sitting | sit | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 boy | acl |
| 5 | next | next | ADV | _ | 4 sitting | advmod |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 her | case |
| 7 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 sitting | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | blame | imperative | you not said here | the boy | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Theme | ||||
| 2 | sit | gerund | the boy not said here | her = she | next property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Put them back and say sorry
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Put | obj |
| 3 | back | back | ADV | _ | 1 Put | advmod |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 say | cc |
| 5 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Put | conj |
| 6 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 say | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put back | imperative | you not said here | them = they | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent they=Goal | ||||
| 2 | say speech: apologize | infinitive | you not said here | sorry property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Hide them in her bag until home time
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hide | hide | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Hide | obj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 bag | case |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 bag | nmod:poss |
| 5 | bag | bag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Hide | obl |
| 6 | until | until | ADP | _ | 8 time | case |
| 7 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 time | compound |
| 8 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Hide | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | imperative | you not said here | them = they | her bag | time | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Patient in bag=Location |
Option 4
Say the felt tips were hers all along
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 | 4 tips | det |
| 3 | felt | felt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 tips | compound |
| 4 | tips | tip | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Say | obj |
| 5 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 hers | cop |
| 6 | hers | her | PRON | Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 tips | nmod |
| 7 | all | all | ADV | _ | 8 along | advmod |
| 8 | along | along | ADV | _ | 1 Say | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | the felt tips | along property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent tip=Topic | |||
| 2 | is a | past | hers = she | tree rules |
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