Test 6 · Peeking at presents and secrets
peeked at my presents last year and nobody knew, «it worked last time, so it's fine». Is it?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: nobody, it · What happens: peek, know, work, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 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: peeked at my presents last year and nobody knew, «it worked last time, so it's fine».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | peeked | peek | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 4 presents | case |
| 3 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 presents | nmod:poss |
| 4 | presents | present | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 peeked | obl |
| 5 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 year | amod |
| 6 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 presents | nmod:unmarked |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 knew | cc |
| 8 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 9 knew | nsubj |
| 9 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 peeked | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 worked | punct |
| 11 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 13 worked | punct |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 worked | nsubj |
| 13 | worked | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 knew | ccomp |
| 14 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 time | amod |
| 15 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 worked | obj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 fine | punct |
| 17 | so | so | ADV | _ | 20 fine | advmod |
| 18 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 fine | expl |
| 19 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 fine | cop |
| 20 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 worked | advcl |
| 21 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 20 fine | punct |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 peeked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | peek | participle | at my presents last year | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at present=Theme | |||||
| 2 | know | past | nobody | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | work in a quote | past | it | time | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | 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 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, if nobody knew last time then it's fine again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 knew | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 knew | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 knew | mark |
| 4 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 5 knew | nsubj |
| 5 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 fine | advcl |
| 6 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 time | amod |
| 7 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 knew | obj |
| 8 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 11 fine | advmod |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 fine | expl |
| 10 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 fine | cop |
| 11 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 12 | again | again | ADV | _ | 11 fine | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know a condition, not said to happen | past | nobody | time | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | is | present | then; again | fine property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
No, it still spoils the surprise and breaks trust
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 spoils | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 spoils | nsubj |
| 4 | still | still | ADV | _ | 5 spoils | advmod |
| 5 | spoils | spoil | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 surprise | det |
| 7 | surprise | surprise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 spoils | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 breaks | cc |
| 9 | breaks | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 spoils | conj |
| 10 | trust | trust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 breaks | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spoil | present | it | the surprise | still | tree rules | |||
| 2 | break | present | trust | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer trust=Patient |
Option 3
Only if you act surprised
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 4 act | advmod |
| 2 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 4 act | mark |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 act | nsubj |
| 4 | act | act | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | surprised | surprised | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 act | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | act | present | you | surprised property | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Yes, presents are yours anyway
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 yours | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | presents | present | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 yours | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 yours | cop |
| 5 | yours | your | PRON | Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | root | root |
| 6 | anyway | anyway | ADV | _ | 5 yours | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | presents | yours | anyway property | tree rules |
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