Test 4 · ★ · Maddie and Chloe's plaits
«why's chloe walking round by the bins every day, weirdo». What's the likely reason?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: chloe, likely reason · What happens: walk, be
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 380 «Maddie and Chloe's plaits» 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: «why's chloe walking round by the bins every day, weirdo».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 walking | punct |
| 2 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 walking | advmod |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 walking | aux |
| 4 | chloe | chloe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 walking | nsubj |
| 5 | walking | walk | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | round | round | ADV | _ | 5 walking | advmod |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 bins | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 bins | det |
| 9 | bins | bin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 walking | obl |
| 10 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 day | det |
| 11 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 walking | obl:unmarked |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 weirdo | punct |
| 13 | weirdo | weirdo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 day | appos |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 13 weirdo | punct |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 walking | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walk in a quote | present · progressive | chloe | day | by the bins; round property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by bin=Trajectory |
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's the likely reason?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 reason | det |
| 4 | likely | likely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 reason | amod |
| 5 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the likely reason | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
She's training for a race at sports day
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 training | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 training | aux |
| 3 | training | train | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 race | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 race | det |
| 6 | race | race | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 training | nmod |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 day | case |
| 8 | sports | sport | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 day | compound |
| 9 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 training | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | train | present · progressive | She | day | for a race | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
She's avoiding the girl who hurt her
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 avoiding | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 avoiding | aux |
| 3 | avoiding | avoid | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 girl | det |
| 5 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 avoiding | obj |
| 6 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 hurt | nsubj |
| 7 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 girl | acl:relcl |
| 8 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 hurt | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | avoid | present · progressive | She | the girl | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent girl=Location | ||||
| 2 | hurt | past | the girl | girl | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Patient |
Option 3
She likes the smell of the bins
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 likes | nsubj |
| 2 | likes | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 smell | det |
| 4 | smell | smell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 likes | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 bins | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 bins | det |
| 7 | bins | bin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 smell | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | like | present | She | the smell of the bins | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot smell=Theme | ||||
| 2 | smell | the bins | nom smell «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |
Option 4
She's lost something round there
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 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 lost | aux:pass |
| 3 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 3 lost | obj |
| 5 | round | round | ADV | _ | 6 there | advmod |
| 6 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 lost | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | present · passive | She | there | tree rules |
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