Test 6 · ★ · When the police come
Teacher: «Jake, what do you say to Mr Patel about his oranges?» Best answer?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Jake · What happens: say · To what, where: Teacher, Mr · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★ 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: Teacher: «Jake, what do you say to Mr Patel about his oranges?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 say | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 9 say | punct |
| 4 | Jake | Jake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 say | nsubj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 say | punct |
| 6 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 9 say | obj |
| 7 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 say | aux |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 say | nsubj |
| 9 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Teacher | acl:relcl |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 Mr | case |
| 11 | Mr | Mr | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 say | obl |
| 12 | Patel | Patel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 Mr | flat |
| 13 | about | about | ADP | _ | 15 oranges | case |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 oranges | nmod:poss |
| 15 | oranges | orange | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 say | obl |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Teacher | punct |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 1 Teacher | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert in a quote | present · do-support | Jake | Teacher | Mr | about Jake's oranges | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Topic to mr=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: Best answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 2 answer | amod |
| 2 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 answer | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
He shouldn't put stands outside
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 put | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 put | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 put | advmod |
| 4 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | stands | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 put | ccomp |
| 6 | outside | outside | ADV | _ | 4 put | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not put | should | He | outside property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | stand | present | He not said here | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Sorry — I'll help clear up and pay my share
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sorry | sorry | INTJ | _ | 5 help | discourse |
| 2 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 1 Sorry | punct |
| 3 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 help | nsubj |
| 4 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 help | aux |
| 5 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | clear | clear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 help | xcomp |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 6 clear | compound:prt |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 pay | cc |
| 9 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 help | conj |
| 10 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 share | nmod:poss |
| 11 | share | share | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 pay | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | future | I | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | clear up | infinitive | I not said here | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP.Source V»: agent=Source | |||||
| 3 | pay | infinitive | I not said here | my share | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent share=Asset | ||||
| 4 | share | my | nom share «possession transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
Oranges are cheap anyway
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oranges | orange | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 cheap | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 cheap | cop |
| 3 | cheap | cheap | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | anyway | anyway | ADV | _ | 3 cheap | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Oranges | anyway, cheap property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
It wasn't me, it was the other lad who knocked it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 me | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 me | cop |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 me | advmod |
| 4 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 lad | punct |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 lad | nsubj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 lad | cop |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 lad | det |
| 9 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 lad | amod |
| 10 | lad | lad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 me | conj |
| 11 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 knocked | nsubj |
| 12 | knocked | knock | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 lad | acl:relcl |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 knocked | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is a | past | It | me | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a | past | it | the other lad | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | knock | past | the other lad | lad | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
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