Test 2 · Peeking at presents and secrets
sis left her diary on the sofa, «go on, just one page». Best move?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: sis · What happens: leave, go on · To what, where: diary, sofa · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 of lesson 356 «Peeking at presents and secrets» 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: sis left her diary on the sofa, «go on, just one page».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sis | sis | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 left | nsubj |
| 2 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 diary | nmod:poss |
| 4 | diary | diary | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 left | obj |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 sofa | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 sofa | det |
| 7 | sofa | sofa | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 left | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 go | punct |
| 9 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 10 go | punct |
| 10 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 left | parataxis |
| 11 | on | on | ADV | _ | 10 go | advmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 page | punct |
| 13 | just | just | ADV | _ | 15 page | advmod |
| 14 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 15 page | nummod |
| 15 | page | page | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 go | parataxis |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 15 page | punct |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 left | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | past | sis | sis's diary | the sofa | tree rules | |||
| 2 | go on in a quote | infinitive | vn function-105.2.1 «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: 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
Take a photo of the pages for later
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Take | take | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 photo | det |
| 3 | photo | photo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Take | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 pages | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 pages | det |
| 6 | pages | page | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 photo | nmod |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 later | case |
| 8 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 1 Take | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | imperative | you not said here | a photo of the pages | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent photo=Theme for late=Beneficiary |
Option 2
Read it and tell her about it later
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Read | read | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Read | obj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 tell | cc |
| 4 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Read | conj |
| 5 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 tell | iobj |
| 6 | about | about | ADP | _ | 7 it | case |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 tell | obl |
| 8 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 4 tell | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | read | imperative | you not said here | it | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | ||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | infinitive | you not said here | her = she | about it; late property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent she=Recipient about it=Topic |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Don't read it, it's private
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 read | aux |
| 2 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 3 read | advmod |
| 3 | read | read | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 read | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 private | punct |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 private | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 private | cop |
| 8 | private | private | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 read | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not read | imperative · do-support | you not said here | it | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | ||||
| 2 | is | present | it | private property | tree rules |
Option 4
Read only one page, because one page doesn't count
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Read | read | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 one | advmod |
| 3 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 page | nummod |
| 4 | page | page | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Read | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 count | punct |
| 6 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 11 count | mark |
| 7 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 page | nummod |
| 8 | page | page | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 count | nsubj |
| 9 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 count | aux |
| 10 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 count | advmod |
| 11 | count | count | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Read | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | read | imperative | you not said here | one page | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent page=Topic | ||||
| 2 | not count | present · do-support | one page | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
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