Test 7 · Adults who help and adults who don't
Every Friday at 3 the same lot kick off. What could a smart teacher change?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: kick off · To what, where: same lot
This is test 7 of lesson 392 «Adults who help and adults who don't» 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: Every Friday at 3 the same lot kick off.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 Friday | det |
| 2 | Friday | Friday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 kick | obl |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 4 3 | case |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 Friday | nmod |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 lot | det |
| 6 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 lot | amod |
| 7 | lot | lot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 kick | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | kick | kick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | off | off | ADP | _ | 8 kick | compound:prt |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 kick | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kick off | present | the same lot | friday | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: 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: What could a smart teacher change?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | aux |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 change | det |
| 4 | smart | smart | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 change | amod |
| 5 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 change | compound |
| 6 | change | change | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Cancel Fridays
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cancel | Cancel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Fridays | compound |
| 2 | Fridays | Friday | PROPN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The time, place, or who stands near whom
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 time | det |
| 2 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 stands | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 place | punct |
| 4 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 time | conj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 stands | punct |
| 6 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 8 stands | cc |
| 7 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 stands | nsubj |
| 8 | stands | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | near | near | ADP | _ | 10 whom | case |
| 10 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 stands | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand | present | the time and place | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent near whom=Location |
Option 3
Nothing, it's just Friday
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 Friday | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 Friday | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 Friday | cop |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 6 Friday | advmod |
| 6 | Friday | Friday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Nothing | nmod:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | Friday | tree rules |
Option 4
Give them a lot more homework so they're too busy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Give | iobj |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 lot | det |
| 4 | lot | lot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 homework | compound |
| 5 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 homework | amod |
| 6 | homework | homework | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Give | obj |
| 7 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 11 busy | mark |
| 8 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 busy | nsubj |
| 9 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 busy | cop |
| 10 | too | too | ADV | _ | 11 busy | advmod |
| 11 | busy | busy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Give | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | imperative | you not said here | lot more homework | them = they | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient homework=Theme | |||
| 2 | is | present | they | busy property | tree rules |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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