Test 3 · Maddie the tomboy
«get down from that tree NOW, tea's on the table!!» Why did Maddie take ages?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Maddie · What happens: get down, take · To what, where: tree, ages
This is test 3 of lesson 378 «Maddie the tomboy» 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: «get down from that tree NOW, tea's on the table!!»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 get | punct |
| 2 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | down | down | ADV | _ | 2 get | advmod |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 tree | case |
| 5 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 tree | det |
| 6 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 get | obl |
| 7 | NOW | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 2 get | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 tea | punct |
| 9 | tea | tea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 get | obl |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 tea | case |
| 11 | on | on | ADP | _ | 13 table | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 table | det |
| 13 | table | table | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 get | obl |
| 14 | !! | !! | PUNCT | _ | 2 get | punct |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 get | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get down in a quote | imperative | you not said here | that tree | now | 's tea; on the table; down property | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient |
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 did Maddie take ages?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 take | advmod |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 take | aux |
| 3 | Maddie | Maddie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 take | nsubj |
| 4 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ages | age | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 take | obj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 take | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past · do-support | Maddie | ages | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent age=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
She loved the view from the top
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 loved | nsubj |
| 2 | loved | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 view | det |
| 4 | view | view | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 loved | obj |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 top | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 top | det |
| 7 | top | top | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 loved | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | love | past | She | the view | the top | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer view=Stimulus |
Option 2
She didn't like her name
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 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 name | nmod:poss |
| 6 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 like | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not like | past · do-support | She | her name | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot name=Theme | ||||
| 2 | name | her = she | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
She'd lost her shoe
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 lost | nsubj |
| 2 | 'd | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 lost | aux |
| 3 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 shoe | nmod:poss |
| 5 | shoe | shoe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lost | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | past · perfect | She | her shoe | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shoe=Eventuality |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
She had fallen asleep up there in the sun
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 fallen | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 fallen | aux |
| 3 | fallen | fall | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | asleep | asleep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 fallen | xcomp |
| 5 | up | up | ADV | _ | 6 there | advmod |
| 6 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 fallen | advmod |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 sun | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 sun | det |
| 9 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fallen | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall | past · perfect | She | the sun; there | asleep property | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in sun=Location |
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