Test 9 · Wasting food and water
lunch helper sees you bin a full sandwich and says «that's a waste, love». What's the honest response?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: lunch helper, you, that, honest response · What happens: see, bin, say, be · To what, where: full sandwich, waste · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 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: lunch helper sees you bin a full sandwich and says «that's a waste, love».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lunch | lunch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 helper | compound |
| 2 | helper | helper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sees | nsubj |
| 3 | sees | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 bin | nsubj |
| 5 | bin | bin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 sees | ccomp |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 sandwich | det |
| 7 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 sandwich | amod |
| 8 | sandwich | sandwich | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bin | obj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 says | cc |
| 10 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 bin | conj |
| 11 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 15 waste | punct |
| 12 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 15 waste | nsubj |
| 13 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 waste | cop |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 waste | det |
| 15 | waste | waste | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 says | ccomp |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 love | punct |
| 17 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 waste | vocative |
| 18 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 15 waste | punct |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 sees | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | present | lunch helper | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | bin | present | you | a full sandwich | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent sandwich=Theme | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | present | you not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | is a in a quote | present | that | a waste | love vocative | 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: What's the honest response?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 response | det |
| 4 | honest | honest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 response | amod |
| 5 | response | response | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the honest response | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
«I'm feeding the bin»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 feeding | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 feeding | nsubj |
| 3 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 feeding | aux |
| 4 | feeding | feed | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 bin | det |
| 6 | bin | bin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 feeding | obj |
| 7 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 feeding | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feed in a quote | present · progressive | I | the bin | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bin=Recipient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
«Sorry, I don't like the crusts»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 like | punct |
| 2 | Sorry | sorry | INTJ | _ | 7 like | discourse |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Sorry | punct |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 like | nsubj |
| 5 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 like | aux |
| 6 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 like | advmod |
| 7 | like | like | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 crusts | det |
| 9 | crusts | crust | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 like | obj |
| 10 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 7 like | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not like in a quote | present · do-support | I | the crusts | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot crust=Theme |
Option 3
«Mind your own business, it's my sandwich»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 Mind | punct |
| 2 | Mind | mind | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 sandwich | csubj |
| 3 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 business | nmod:poss |
| 4 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 business | amod |
| 5 | business | business | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Mind | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Mind | punct |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 sandwich | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 sandwich | cop |
| 9 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 sandwich | nmod:poss |
| 10 | sandwich | sandwich | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 10 sandwich | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mind in a quote | infinitive | your own business | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent business=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | it | my sandwich | tree rules |
Option 4
«Not mine»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 mine | punct |
| 2 | Not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 3 mine | advmod |
| 3 | mine | my | PRON | Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | root | root |
| 4 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 mine | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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