Test 6 · Jake and the head teacher
Jake's dad, after school calls: «that's half a day's wages gone». What does Jake learn?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: that, Jake · What happens: be, learn
This is test 6 of lesson 373 «Jake and the head teacher» 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: Jake's dad, after school calls: «that's half a day's wages gone».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jake | Jake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 dad | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Jake | case |
| 3 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 calls | punct |
| 5 | after | after | ADP | _ | 7 calls | case |
| 6 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 calls | compound |
| 7 | calls | call | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 dad | conj |
| 8 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 17 gone | punct |
| 9 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 17 gone | punct |
| 10 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 17 gone | nsubj |
| 11 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 gone | cop |
| 12 | half | half | DET | NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind | 16 wages | det:predet |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 day | det |
| 14 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 wages | nmod:poss |
| 15 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 14 day | case |
| 16 | wages | wage | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 gone | nsubj |
| 17 | gone | gone | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 dad | parataxis |
| 18 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 17 gone | punct |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 dad | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | that | gone 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: What does Jake learn?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 learn | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 learn | aux |
| 3 | Jake | Jake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 learn | nsubj |
| 4 | learn | learn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 learn | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | learn | present · do-support | Jake | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
His dad is just in a bad mood about something at work
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 dad | nmod:poss |
| 2 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 mood | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 mood | cop |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 8 mood | advmod |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 mood | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 mood | det |
| 7 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 mood | amod |
| 8 | mood | mood | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | about | about | ADP | _ | 10 something | case |
| 10 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 8 mood | nmod |
| 11 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 work | case |
| 12 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 something | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | His dad | a bad mood | about something | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
His choices cost his family too
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 choices | nmod:poss |
| 2 | choices | choice | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 cost | nsubj |
| 3 | cost | cost | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 family | nmod:poss |
| 5 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 cost | obj |
| 6 | too | too | ADV | _ | 3 cost | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cost | past | His choices | his family | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme family=Value |
Option 3
School should pay his dad
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | School | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pay | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 pay | aux |
| 3 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 dad | nmod:poss |
| 5 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pay | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay | should | School | School's dad | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dad=Asset |
Option 4
Work doesn't matter
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 matter | nsubj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 matter | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 matter | advmod |
| 4 | matter | matter | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not matter | present · do-support | Work | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
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