Test 3 · Wasting food and water
binned my lunch all last month and no one noticed, «it worked last time, so it's fine». Is it?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: one, lunch · What happens: bin, notice, work, be · To what, where: lunch · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 of lesson 360 «Wasting food and water» 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: binned my lunch all last month and no one noticed, «it worked last time, so it's fine».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | binned | bin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 lunch | nmod:poss |
| 3 | lunch | lunch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 binned | obj |
| 4 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 month | det |
| 5 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 month | amod |
| 6 | month | month | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 binned | obl:unmarked |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 noticed | cc |
| 8 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 9 one | det |
| 9 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 noticed | nsubj |
| 10 | noticed | notice | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 binned | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 worked | punct |
| 12 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 14 worked | punct |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 worked | nsubj |
| 14 | worked | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 noticed | ccomp |
| 15 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 time | amod |
| 16 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 worked | obj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 fine | punct |
| 18 | so | so | ADV | _ | 21 fine | advmod |
| 19 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 fine | expl |
| 20 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 fine | cop |
| 21 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 worked | advcl |
| 22 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 21 fine | punct |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 binned | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bin | past | my lunch | month | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent lunch=Theme | ||||
| 2 | notice | past | no one | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | work in a quote | past | lunch | time | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | is in a quote | present | lunch not said here | 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 | lunch | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, bins are for lunch
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 lunch | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | bins | bin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 lunch | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 lunch | cop |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 lunch | case |
| 6 | lunch | lunch | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | bins | for lunch | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
No, the food was still wasted and you went hungry
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 wasted | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 food | det |
| 4 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 wasted | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 wasted | aux:pass |
| 6 | still | still | ADV | _ | 7 wasted | advmod |
| 7 | wasted | waste | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 went | cc |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 went | nsubj |
| 10 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 wasted | conj |
| 11 | hungry | hungry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 went | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | waste | past · passive | the food | still | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 2 | go | past | you | hungry property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Only on Fridays
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 3 Fridays | advmod |
| 2 | on | on | ADP | _ | 3 Fridays | case |
| 3 | Fridays | Friday | PROPN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Yes, if no one noticed last month then it's fine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 noticed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 noticed | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 noticed | mark |
| 4 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 5 one | det |
| 5 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 noticed | nsubj |
| 6 | noticed | notice | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 month | amod |
| 8 | month | month | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 noticed | obl:unmarked |
| 9 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 12 fine | advmod |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 fine | expl |
| 11 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 fine | cop |
| 12 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 noticed | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | notice | past | no one | month | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | is | present | no one not said here | then | fine property | tree rules |
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