Test 5 · ★ · Spoiling and losing things
tore pages from my book last term and nobody noticed, «it worked last time, so it's fine». Is it?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: tore pages, term · What happens: notice, work, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★ 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: tore pages from my book last term and nobody noticed, «it worked last time, so it's fine».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tore | tore | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 pages | compound |
| 2 | pages | page | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 noticed | nsubj |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 book | case |
| 4 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 book | nmod:poss |
| 5 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 pages | nmod |
| 6 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 term | amod |
| 7 | term | term | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 book | nmod:unmarked |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 noticed | cc |
| 9 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 10 noticed | nsubj |
| 10 | noticed | notice | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 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 | _ | 10 noticed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | notice | past | tore pages from my book last term | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | work in a quote | past | term | time | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | term 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 | term | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, you were lucky, and the work was still lost
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 lucky | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 lucky | punct |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 lucky | nsubj |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 lucky | cop |
| 5 | lucky | lucky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 lost | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 lost | cc |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 work | det |
| 9 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 lost | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 lost | aux:pass |
| 11 | still | still | ADV | _ | 12 lost | advmod |
| 12 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 lucky | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | you | lucky property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | lose | past · passive | the work | still | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
Option 2
Yes, books have spare pages
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 have | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | books | book | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 have | nsubj |
| 4 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | spare | spare | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 pages | amod |
| 6 | pages | page | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 have | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | books | spare pages | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent page=Patient |
Option 3
Only in maths books
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 3 maths | advmod |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 3 maths | case |
| 3 | maths | math | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 books | compound |
| 4 | books | book | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Yes, if nobody noticed last term then it's fine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 noticed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 noticed | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 noticed | mark |
| 4 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 5 noticed | nsubj |
| 5 | noticed | notice | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 term | amod |
| 7 | term | term | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 noticed | obj |
| 8 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 11 fine | advmod |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 fine | expl |
| 10 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 fine | cop |
| 11 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 noticed | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | notice | past | nobody | last term | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer term=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | is | present | nobody not said here | then | fine property | tree rules |
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