Test 4 · Wasting food and water
Dad: «Who's left every light in the house on?!» Best reply if it was you?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Best reply · What happens: leave on, be · To what, where: light, house, you
This is test 4 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: Dad: «Who's left every light in the house on?!»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 left | vocative |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Dad | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 left | punct |
| 4 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 left | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 left | aux:pass |
| 6 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 light | det |
| 8 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 left | obj |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 house | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 house | det |
| 11 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 left | obl |
| 12 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 left | compound:prt |
| 13 | ?! | ?! | PUNCT | _ | 6 left | punct |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 left | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave on in a quote | present · passive | every light | the house | Dad vocative | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme light=Attribute |
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 reply if it was you?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 2 reply | amod |
| 2 | reply | reply | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 you | nsubj |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 you | mark |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 you | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 you | cop |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 you | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | Best reply | you | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
«Not my lights, I didn't touch them»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 lights | punct |
| 2 | Not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 lights | advmod |
| 3 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 lights | nmod:poss |
| 4 | lights | light | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 touch | punct |
| 6 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 touch | nsubj |
| 7 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 touch | aux |
| 8 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 touch | advmod |
| 9 | touch | touch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 lights | parataxis |
| 10 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 touch | obj |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 9 touch | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not touch in a quote | past · do-support | I | lights = light | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme they=Co-Theme | ||||
| 2 | light in a quote | my | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
«Me, sorry, I'll switch them off»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 Me | punct |
| 2 | Me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 sorry | parataxis |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Me | punct |
| 4 | sorry | sorry | INTJ | _ | 8 switch | discourse |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 sorry | punct |
| 6 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 switch | nsubj |
| 7 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 switch | aux |
| 8 | switch | switch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 9 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 switch | obj |
| 10 | off | off | ADP | _ | 8 switch | compound:prt |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 switch | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | switch off in a quote | future | I | them = they | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
Option 3
«The lights turn on by themselves»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 turn | punct |
| 2 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 lights | det |
| 3 | lights | light | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 turn | nsubj |
| 4 | turn | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 turn | compound:prt |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 themselves | case |
| 7 | themselves | themselves | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 4 turn | obl |
| 8 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 turn | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn on in a quote | present | the lights | by lights = light | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
«It's cheaper to leave them on all day»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 cheaper | punct |
| 2 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 cheaper | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 cheaper | cop |
| 4 | cheaper | cheap | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 leave | mark |
| 6 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 cheaper | xcomp |
| 7 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 leave | obj |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 day | case |
| 9 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 day | det |
| 10 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 leave | obl |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 cheaper | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | It | cheap property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | leave in a quote | to-infinitive | them = they | day | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
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