Test 6 · ★★★ · What the numbers on the box mean
«ratings are just grown-ups being bossy». Noah's dad turns the box over. What does he point to?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ratings, dad · What happens: grow, be, turn over, point · To what, where: box
This is test 6 · ★★★ of lesson 400 «What the numbers on the box mean» 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: «ratings are just grown-ups being bossy».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 9 bossy | punct |
| 2 | ratings | rating | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 bossy | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 bossy | cop |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 9 bossy | advmod |
| 5 | grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 ups | amod |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 ups | punct |
| 7 | ups | up | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 bossy | nsubj |
| 8 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 bossy | cop |
| 9 | bossy | bossy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 10 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 9 bossy | punct |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 bossy | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow in a quote | participle | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | ratings | bossy 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.
Sentence 2: Noah's dad turns the box over.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noah | Noah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 dad | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Noah | case |
| 3 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 turns | nsubj |
| 4 | turns | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 box | det |
| 6 | box | box | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 turns | obj |
| 7 | over | over | ADP | _ | 4 turns | compound:prt |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 turns | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn over | present | Noah's dad | the box | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent box=Theme |
Sentence 3: What does he point to?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 point | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 point | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 point | nsubj |
| 4 | point | point | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 point | obl |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 point | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | point | present · do-support | dad | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
The pictures saying what's inside
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 pictures | det |
| 2 | pictures | picture | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 saying | nsubj |
| 3 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 saying | obj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 what | cop |
| 6 | inside | inside | ADV | _ | 4 what | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | gerund | the pictures | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | inside property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
The barcode and the price on the back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 barcode | det |
| 2 | barcode | barcode | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 price | cc |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 price | det |
| 5 | price | price | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 barcode | conj |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 back | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 back | det |
| 8 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 price | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
The shop's own sticker on the front
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 shop | det |
| 2 | shop | shop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sticker | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 shop | case |
| 4 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 sticker | amod |
| 5 | sticker | sticker | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 front | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 front | det |
| 8 | front | front | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sticker | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
The name of the company
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 name | det |
| 2 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 company | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 company | det |
| 5 | company | company | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 name | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | name | the company | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient |
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