Test 8 · ★★★ · What the numbers on the box mean
«u can't play anything over 12?? ur parents are so strict». What did Jayden find out?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: u, parents, Jayden · What happens: not play, be, find out · To what, where: anything, 12
This is test 8 · ★★★ 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: «u can't play anything over 12?? ur parents are so strict».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 play | punct |
| 2 | u | you | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 play | nsubj |
| 3 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 play | aux |
| 4 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 play | advmod |
| 5 | play | play | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 5 play | obj |
| 7 | over | over | ADP | _ | 8 12 | case |
| 8 | 12 | 12 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 play | obl |
| 9 | ?? | ?? | SYM | _ | 14 strict | punct |
| 10 | ur | your | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 parents | nmod:poss |
| 11 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 strict | nsubj |
| 12 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 strict | cop |
| 13 | so | so | ADV | _ | 14 strict | advmod |
| 14 | strict | strict | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 play | parataxis |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 14 strict | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 play | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not play in a quote | can | u | anything | 12 | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Theme | |||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | ur's parents | strict 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: What did Jayden find out?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 find | obj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 find | aux |
| 3 | Jayden | Jayden | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 find | nsubj |
| 4 | find | find | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 4 find | compound:prt |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 find | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find out | past · do-support | Jayden | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Only his parents ever check, nobody else's
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 3 parents | advmod |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 parents | nmod:poss |
| 3 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 check | nsubj |
| 4 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 5 check | advmod |
| 5 | check | check | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 check | punct |
| 7 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 5 check | obj |
| 8 | else | else | ADV | _ | 7 nobody | advmod |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 nobody | case |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | check | present | his parents | nobody | ever | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nobody=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Lots of families check
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lots | lot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 check | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 3 families | case |
| 3 | families | family | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Lots | nmod |
| 4 | check | check | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | check | present | Lots of families | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Everyone else plays 18s every day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 3 plays | nsubj |
| 2 | else | else | ADV | _ | 1 Everyone | advmod |
| 3 | plays | play | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | 18s | 18 | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 plays | obj |
| 5 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 day | det |
| 6 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 plays | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play | present | Everyone | 18s | day | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 18=Theme |
Option 4
Strict parents like his are breaking the law
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Strict | strict | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 parents | amod |
| 2 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 breaking | nsubj |
| 3 | like | like | ADP | _ | 4 his | case |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 parents | nmod |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 breaking | aux |
| 6 | breaking | break | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 law | det |
| 8 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 breaking | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | present · progressive | Strict parents like his | the law | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer law=Patient |
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