Test 2 · ★ · Spoiling and losing things
Mum: «Who left the fridge open? The milk's off!» It was you. Best reply?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mum, off · What happens: leave, be · To what, where: fridge, you
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 361 «Spoiling and losing things» 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: Mum: «Who left the fridge open?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 left | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 left | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 left | punct |
| 4 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 left | nsubj |
| 5 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 fridge | det |
| 7 | fridge | fridge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 left | obj |
| 8 | open | open | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 left | xcomp |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 left | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave in a quote | past | Mum | the fridge | open property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fridge=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: The milk's off!»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 milk | det |
| 2 | milk | milk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 off | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 milk | case |
| 4 | off | off | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 4 off | punct |
| 6 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 off | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: It was you.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 you | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 you | cop |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | root | root |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 you | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | off | you | tree rules |
Sentence 4: Best reply?
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 | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 reply | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
«Ask Dad»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 Ask | punct |
| 2 | Ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Dad | Dad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Ask | obj |
| 4 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 Ask | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask in a quote | imperative | you not said here | Dad | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dad=Recipient |
Option 2
«The milk was old anyway»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 old | punct |
| 2 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 milk | det |
| 3 | milk | milk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 old | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 old | cop |
| 5 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | anyway | anyway | ADV | _ | 5 old | advmod |
| 7 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 old | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | past | the milk | anyway, old property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
«The fridge always does that by itself»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 does | punct |
| 2 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 fridge | det |
| 3 | fridge | fridge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 does | nsubj |
| 4 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 5 does | advmod |
| 5 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 does | obj |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 itself | case |
| 8 | itself | itself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 5 does | obl |
| 9 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 does | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do in a quote | present | the fridge | that | by fridge; always property | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
«Me, sorry, I'll close it properly»
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 close | discourse |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 sorry | punct |
| 6 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 close | nsubj |
| 7 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 close | aux |
| 8 | close | close | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 close | obj |
| 10 | properly | properly | ADV | _ | 8 close | advmod |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 close | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | close in a quote | future | I | it | properly property | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
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