Test 4 · ★ · Time, routines and sleep

What would most likely happen if you started a big science project the night before it was due?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, project · What happens: happen, start, be · To what, where: big science project

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 39 «Time, routines and sleep» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 happen	aux
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 likely	advmod
4	likely	likely	ADV	_	5 happen	advmod
5	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 started	mark
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 started	nsubj
8	started	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 happen	advcl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 project	det
10	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 project	amod
11	science	science	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 project	compound
12	project	project	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 started	obj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 night	det
14	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 happen	obl:unmarked
15	before	before	SCONJ	_	18 due	mark
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 due	nsubj
17	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 due	cop
18	due	due	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	5 happen	advcl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	happen	would			night	likely property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	start a condition, not said to happen	past	you	a big science project			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent project=Eventuality
3	is	past	project			due property	tree rules

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.

The options

Option 1

You would always do your best work

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 do	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 do	aux
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 do	advmod
4	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 work	nmod:poss
6	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 work	amod
7	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 do	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	would	You	your best work				always property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality
2	work		your						nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

You would rush and probably do a poor job

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 rush	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 rush	aux
3	rush	rush	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 do	cc
5	probably	probably	ADV	_	6 do	advmod
6	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 rush	conj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 job	det
8	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 job	amod
9	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 do	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rush	would	You						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	do	infinitive	You not said here	a poor job				probably property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Eventuality

Option 3

The teacher would give you an extra day or two

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 teacher	det
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 give	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 give	aux
4	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 give	iobj
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 day	det
7	extra	extra	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 day	amod
8	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 give	obl:unmarked
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 two	cc
10	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 day	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	would	the teacher		you		day		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

The project would take less time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 project	det
2	project	project	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 take	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 take	aux
4	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	less	less	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 time	amod
6	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 take	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	would	the project				time		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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