Test 7 · ★ · Taking too much
my sister hid the best chocolates last christmas and «it worked last time, so it's fine». Is it?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: sister, it · What happens: hide, work, be · To what, where: best chocolates
This is test 7 · ★ 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: my sister hid the best chocolates last christmas and «it worked last time, so it's fine».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 sister | nmod:poss |
| 2 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hid | nsubj |
| 3 | hid | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 chocolates | det |
| 5 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 6 chocolates | amod |
| 6 | chocolates | chocolate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 hid | obj |
| 7 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 christmas | amod |
| 8 | christmas | Christmas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 hid | obl:unmarked |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 worked | cc |
| 10 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 12 worked | punct |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 worked | nsubj |
| 12 | worked | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 hid | conj |
| 13 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 time | amod |
| 14 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 worked | obj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 fine | punct |
| 16 | so | so | ADV | _ | 19 fine | advmod |
| 17 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 fine | expl |
| 18 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 fine | cop |
| 19 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 worked | advcl |
| 20 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 19 fine | punct |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 hid | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | past | my sister | the best chocolates | last christmas obl:unmarked | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chocolate=Patient | |||
| 2 | work in a quote | past | it | time | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | fine property | 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: Is it?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Is | nsubj |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Is | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | present | it | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1
Yes, if it worked once it's fine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 worked | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 worked | mark |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 worked | nsubj |
| 5 | worked | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | once | once | SCONJ | _ | 9 fine | mark |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 fine | expl |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 fine | cop |
| 9 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 worked | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | past | it | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | fine property | tree rules |
Option 2
Only if she eats them quickly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 4 eats | advmod |
| 2 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 4 eats | mark |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 eats | nsubj |
| 4 | eats | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 eats | obj |
| 6 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 4 eats | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | present | she | them = they | quickly property | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, it's still unfair, and next time she may be found out
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 unfair | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 unfair | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 unfair | cop |
| 5 | still | still | ADV | _ | 6 unfair | advmod |
| 6 | unfair | unfair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 found | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 found | cc |
| 9 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 time | amod |
| 10 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 found | obl:unmarked |
| 11 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 found | nsubj |
| 12 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 found | aux |
| 13 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 14 found | aux:pass |
| 14 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 unfair | conj |
| 15 | out | out | ADP | _ | 14 found | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | it | still | unfair property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | find out | may · passive | she | time | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
Option 4
Yes, hiding is allowed at Christmas, everyone does it with sweets
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 3 hiding | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 hiding | punct |
| 3 | hiding | hide | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 allowed | csubj:pass |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 allowed | aux:pass |
| 5 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 Christmas | case |
| 7 | Christmas | Christmas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 allowed | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 does | punct |
| 9 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 10 does | nsubj |
| 10 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 allowed | conj |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 does | obj |
| 12 | with | with | ADP | _ | 13 sweets | case |
| 13 | sweets | sweet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 does | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | gerund | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | allow | present · passive | hiding | Christmas | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S_ING» | ||||
| 3 | do | present | everyone | it | with sweets | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
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