Test 4 · ★ · What fights cost at home
«a copper came round ours after the scrap by the chippy, mum went white». Why was mum so upset?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: copper, mum · What happens: come round, go, be · To what, where: ours
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 376 «What fights cost at home» 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: «a copper came round ours after the scrap by the chippy, mum went white».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 came | punct |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 copper | det |
| 3 | copper | copper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 came | nsubj |
| 4 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | round | round | ADV | _ | 4 came | advmod |
| 6 | ours | our | PRON | Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 came | obl |
| 7 | after | after | ADP | _ | 9 scrap | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 scrap | det |
| 9 | scrap | scrap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 came | obl |
| 10 | by | by | ADP | _ | 12 chippy | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 chippy | det |
| 12 | chippy | chippy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 scrap | nmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 went | punct |
| 14 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 went | nsubj |
| 15 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 came | parataxis |
| 16 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 went | xcomp |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 15 went | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 came | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come round in a quote | past | a copper | ours | after the scrap by the chippy | round property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||
| 2 | go in a quote | past | mum | white property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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: Why was mum so upset?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 upset | advmod |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 upset | cop |
| 3 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 upset | nsubj |
| 4 | so | so | ADV | _ | 5 upset | advmod |
| 5 | upset | upset | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 upset | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | mum | upset property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
She thought it was a party
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 thought | nsubj |
| 2 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 party | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 party | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 party | det |
| 6 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 thought | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | past | She | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | it | a party | tree rules |
Option 2
She didn't like the officer's hat or the way he talked to her
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 like | nsubj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 like | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 like | advmod |
| 4 | like | like | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 officer | det |
| 6 | officer | officer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 hat | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 officer | case |
| 8 | hat | hat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 like | obj |
| 9 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 11 way | cc |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 way | det |
| 11 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 hat | conj |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 talked | nsubj |
| 13 | talked | talk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 way | acl:relcl |
| 14 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 her | case |
| 15 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 talked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not like | past · do-support | She | the officer's hat or the way | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot hat=Theme | ||||
| 2 | talk | past | he | the way not said here | her = she | tree rules |
Option 3
She'd forgotten to make tea
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 forgotten | nsubj |
| 2 | 'd | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 forgotten | aux |
| 3 | forgotten | forget | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 make | mark |
| 5 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 forgotten | advcl |
| 6 | tea | tea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 make | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forget | past · perfect | She | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | make | to-infinitive | She not said here | tea | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset tea=Product |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
The fight had brought the police to the family's door
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 fight | det |
| 2 | fight | fight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 brought | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 brought | aux |
| 4 | brought | bring | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 police | det |
| 6 | police | police | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 brought | obj |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 door | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 family | det |
| 9 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 door | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 family | case |
| 11 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 brought | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring | past · perfect · passive | the fight | to the family's door | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Destination police=Theme |
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