Test 8 · Wasting food and water
left my coat at the park, «mum'll just buy another». What's fairer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mum · What happens: leave, buy, be · To what, where: coat, park, another
This is test 8 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: left my coat at the park, «mum'll just buy another».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | left | leave | 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 coat | nmod:poss |
| 3 | coat | coat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 left | obj |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 park | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 park | det |
| 6 | park | park | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 left | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 buy | punct |
| 8 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 12 buy | punct |
| 9 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 buy | nsubj |
| 10 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 buy | aux |
| 11 | just | just | ADV | _ | 12 buy | advmod |
| 12 | buy | buy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 left | advcl |
| 13 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 12 buy | obj |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 12 buy | punct |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 left | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | past | my coat | the park | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent coat=Theme at park=Location | ||||
| 2 | buy in a quote | future | mum | another | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent another=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: What's fairer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 fairer | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fairer | cop |
| 3 | fairer | fair | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 fairer | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | fair property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Help pay for it and look after the next one
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 pay | compound |
| 2 | pay | pay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 it | case |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 pay | obl |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 look | cc |
| 6 | look | look | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 pay | conj |
| 7 | after | after | ADP | _ | 10 one | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 one | det |
| 9 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 one | amod |
| 10 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 look | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay | imperative | you not said here | for it | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | look | infinitive | you not said here | after the next one | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 2
Blame your friend for not reminding you to take it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blame | blame | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 friend | nmod:poss |
| 3 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Blame | obj |
| 4 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 6 reminding | mark |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 reminding | advmod |
| 6 | reminding | remind | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Blame | advcl |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 reminding | obj |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 take | mark |
| 9 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 reminding | advcl |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 take | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | blame | imperative | you not said here | your friend | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Theme | ||||
| 2 | not remind speech: other | gerund | you not said here | you | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | take | to-infinitive | you not said here | friend | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 3
Ask for a dearer one
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 one | case |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 one | det |
| 4 | dearer | dear | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 one | amod |
| 5 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ask | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | for a dearer one | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Say it was stolen
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 stolen | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 stolen | aux:pass |
| 4 | stolen | steal | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Say | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | steal | past · passive | it | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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