Test 2 · ★★ · Confession, prayer and making amends at church
«I got away with a banger at the old lady's last Halloween, it worked last time, so it's fine». Is it?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, banger · What happens: get away, work, be · To what, where: last Halloween
This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 365 «Confession, prayer and making amends at church» 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: «I got away with a banger at the old lady's last Halloween, it worked last time, so it's fine».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 got | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 got | nsubj |
| 3 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | away | away | ADV | _ | 3 got | advmod |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 banger | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 banger | det |
| 7 | banger | banger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 got | obl |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 14 Halloween | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 lady | det |
| 10 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 lady | amod |
| 11 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 Halloween | nmod:poss |
| 12 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 11 lady | case |
| 13 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 Halloween | amod |
| 14 | Halloween | Halloween | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 got | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 worked | punct |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 worked | nsubj |
| 17 | worked | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 got | conj |
| 18 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 time | amod |
| 19 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 worked | obl:unmarked |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 fine | punct |
| 21 | so | so | ADV | _ | 24 fine | advmod |
| 22 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 fine | expl |
| 23 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 24 fine | cop |
| 24 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 worked | ccomp |
| 25 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 24 fine | punct |
| 26 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 got | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get away in a quote | past | I | the old lady's last Halloween | with a banger; away property | vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 2 | work in a quote | past | banger | time | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | banger 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 | banger | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, if no one caught you last time, it's fine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 caught | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 caught | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 caught | mark |
| 4 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 5 one | det |
| 5 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 caught | nsubj |
| 6 | caught | catch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 caught | obj |
| 8 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 time | amod |
| 9 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 caught | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 fine | punct |
| 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 | 6 caught | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | catch | past | no one | you | time | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | |||
| 2 | is | present | no one not said here | fine property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
No, it scared her and could have caused a fire
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 scared | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 scared | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 scared | nsubj |
| 4 | scared | scare | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 scared | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 caused | cc |
| 7 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 caused | aux |
| 8 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 caused | aux |
| 9 | caused | cause | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 scared | conj |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 fire | det |
| 11 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 caused | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | scare | past | it | her = she | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | cause | could · perfect | a fire | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition fire=Patient |
Option 3
Only if she has no dog
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 4 has | advmod |
| 2 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 4 has | mark |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 has | nsubj |
| 4 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 6 dog | det |
| 6 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 has | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | she | no dog | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Patient |
Option 4
Yes, at Halloween it's allowed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 allowed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 4 Halloween | case |
| 4 | Halloween | Halloween | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 allowed | obl |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 allowed | aux:pass |
| 7 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | allow | present · passive | it | Halloween | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary |
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