Test 5 · ★ · When the police come
«I only watched, I didn't nick the bike, so nobody can say nothing to me». True?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, nobody · What happens: watch, not nick, say · To what, where: bike, nothing, me · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 384 «When the police come» 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 only watched, I didn't nick the bike, so nobody can say nothing to me».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 watched | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 watched | nsubj |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 watched | advmod |
| 4 | watched | watch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 nick | punct |
| 6 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 nick | nsubj |
| 7 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 nick | aux |
| 8 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 nick | advmod |
| 9 | nick | nick | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 watched | conj |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 bike | det |
| 11 | bike | bike | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 nick | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 say | punct |
| 13 | so | so | ADV | _ | 16 say | advmod |
| 14 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 16 say | nsubj |
| 15 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 16 say | aux |
| 16 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 nick | conj |
| 17 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 16 say | obj |
| 18 | to | to | ADP | _ | 19 me | case |
| 19 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 17 nothing | nmod |
| 20 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 watched | punct |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 watched | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | watch in a quote | past | I | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | not nick in a quote | past · do-support | I | the bike | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bike=Patient | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert in a quote | can | nobody | nothing | me | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic to i=Recipient |
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: True?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | True | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 True | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, people who only stood and watched are never asked anything
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 3 people | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 asked | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 stood | nsubj |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 stood | advmod |
| 6 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 people | acl:relcl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 watched | cc |
| 8 | watched | watch | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 stood | conj |
| 9 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 asked | aux:pass |
| 10 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 11 asked | advmod |
| 11 | asked | ask | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 12 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 11 asked | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand | past | people | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | watch | past | people not said here | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | not ask speech: ask | present · passive | people | tree rules |
Option 2
Yes, if you were laughing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 laughing | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 laughing | mark |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 laughing | nsubj |
| 5 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 laughing | aux |
| 6 | laughing | laugh | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh | past · progressive | you | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Only if you're under 18
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 6 18 | advmod |
| 2 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 18 | mark |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 18 | nsubj |
| 4 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 18 | cop |
| 5 | under | under | ADP | _ | 6 18 | case |
| 6 | 18 | 18 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | you | 18 | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Not quite — police can still question people who were there
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 question | advmod |
| 2 | quite | quite | ADV | _ | 7 question | advmod |
| 3 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 question | punct |
| 4 | police | police | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 question | nsubj |
| 5 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 question | aux |
| 6 | still | still | ADV | _ | 7 question | advmod |
| 7 | question | question | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 question | obj |
| 9 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 there | nsubj |
| 10 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 there | cop |
| 11 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 8 people | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not question speech: other | can | police | people | still | vn interrogate-37.1.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Recipient | |||
| 2 | is | past | people | there property | tree rules |
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