Test 2 · ★ · Giggles, skipping and the collection plate
«took 50p off the plate last week and no one saw, it worked last time, so it's fine». Is it?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: one, p · What happens: take, see, work, be · To what, where: 50 p, plate
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 364 «Giggles, skipping and the collection plate» 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: «took 50p off the plate last week and no one saw, it worked last time, so it's fine».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 took | punct |
| 2 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | 50 | 50 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 p | nummod |
| 4 | p | p | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 took | obj |
| 5 | off | off | ADP | _ | 7 plate | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 plate | det |
| 7 | plate | plate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 took | obl |
| 8 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 week | amod |
| 9 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 took | obl:unmarked |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 saw | cc |
| 11 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 12 one | det |
| 12 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 saw | nsubj |
| 13 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 took | conj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 worked | punct |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 worked | nsubj |
| 16 | worked | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 took | conj |
| 17 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 time | amod |
| 18 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 worked | obl:unmarked |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 fine | punct |
| 20 | so | so | ADV | _ | 23 fine | advmod |
| 21 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 fine | expl |
| 22 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 23 fine | cop |
| 23 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 worked | ccomp |
| 24 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 23 fine | punct |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 took | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take in a quote | past | 50 p | the plate | week | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent p=Theme off plate=Initial_Location | |||
| 2 | see in a quote | past | no one | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | work in a quote | past | p | time | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | is in a quote | present | p 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 | p | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, if no one saw you take it then it's fine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 saw | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 saw | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 saw | mark |
| 4 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 5 one | det |
| 5 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 saw | nsubj |
| 6 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 take | nsubj |
| 8 | take | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 saw | ccomp |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 take | obj |
| 10 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 13 fine | advmod |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 fine | expl |
| 12 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 fine | cop |
| 13 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 take | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | no one | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | take | present | you | it | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 3 | is | present | you not said here | then | fine property | tree rules |
Option 2
Yes, churches have loads
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 | churches | church | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 have | nsubj |
| 4 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | loads | load | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 have | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | churches | loads | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent load=Patient |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
No, it was taken from the church; give it back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 taken | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 taken | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 taken | aux:pass |
| 5 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 church | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 church | det |
| 8 | church | church | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 taken | obl |
| 9 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 10 give | punct |
| 10 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 taken | parataxis |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 give | obj |
| 12 | back | back | ADV | _ | 10 give | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past · passive | it | the church | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: subject=Theme from church=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | give back | infinitive | church | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 4
Only if you put it in next week
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 4 put | advmod |
| 2 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 4 put | mark |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 put | nsubj |
| 4 | put | put | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 put | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 week | case |
| 7 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 week | amod |
| 8 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 put | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | present | you | it | week | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal |
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