Test 9 · Lag, crashes and blaming the wifi
«my sister's downloading a massive update, this is sabotage». Fair fix?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: sister · What happens: download, be · To what, where: massive update, sabotage
This is test 9 of lesson 409 «Lag, crashes and blaming the wifi» 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: «my sister's downloading a massive update, this is sabotage».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 downloading | punct |
| 2 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 sister | nmod:poss |
| 3 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 downloading | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 downloading | aux |
| 5 | downloading | download | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 update | det |
| 7 | massive | massive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 update | amod |
| 8 | update | update | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 downloading | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 sabotage | punct |
| 10 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 12 sabotage | det |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 sabotage | cop |
| 12 | sabotage | sabotage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 update | appos |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 12 sabotage | punct |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 downloading | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | download in a quote | present · progressive | my sister | a massive update | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | this sabotage | 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: Fair fix?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 fix | amod |
| 2 | fix | fix | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 fix | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
Unplug her tablet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unplug | unplug | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 tablet | nmod:poss |
| 3 | tablet | tablet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Unplug | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | unplug | imperative | you not said here | her tablet | tree rules |
Option 2
Download something bigger back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Download | download | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 something | compound |
| 2 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | root | root |
| 3 | bigger | big | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 something | amod |
| 4 | back | back | ADV | _ | 3 bigger | advmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Delete her update while she isn't looking
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Delete | delete | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 update | nmod:poss |
| 3 | update | update | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Delete | obj |
| 4 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 8 looking | mark |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 looking | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 looking | aux |
| 7 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 looking | advmod |
| 8 | looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Delete | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | delete | imperative | you not said here | her update | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent update=Theme | ||||
| 2 | not look | present · progressive | she | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | update | her = she | nom update «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Agree times for big downloads at home
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Agree | agree | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Agree | obl:unmarked |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 downloads | case |
| 4 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 downloads | amod |
| 5 | downloads | download | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Agree | obl |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 home | case |
| 7 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 downloads | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | agree speech: agree | imperative | you not said here | time | for big downloads at home | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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