Test 1 · ★ · Screen-time rules and arguments
«MUM just 5 more mins!!» «you said that 20 min ago». What would most likely stop this nightly row?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: say, stop · To what, where: nightly row · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 421 «Screen-time rules and arguments» 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: «MUM just 5 more mins!!»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 mins | punct |
| 2 | MUM | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 mins | nsubj |
| 3 | just | just | ADV | _ | 4 5 | advmod |
| 4 | 5 | 5 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 mins | nummod |
| 5 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 mins | amod |
| 6 | mins | minute | NOUN | Abbr=Yes Number=Plur | root | root |
| 7 | !! | !! | PUNCT | _ | 6 mins | punct |
| 8 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 mins | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: «you said that 20 min ago».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 said | punct |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 said | nsubj |
| 3 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 7 ago | mark |
| 5 | 20 | 20 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 min | nummod |
| 6 | min | minute | NOUN | Abbr=Yes Number=Plur | 7 ago | obl:unmarked |
| 7 | ago | ago | ADV | _ | 3 said | ccomp |
| 8 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 said | punct |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert in a quote | past | you | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Sentence 3: What would most likely stop this nightly row?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 stop | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 stop | aux |
| 3 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 4 likely | advmod |
| 4 | likely | likely | ADV | _ | 5 stop | advmod |
| 5 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 row | det |
| 7 | nightly | nightly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 row | amod |
| 8 | row | row | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stop | obj |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 stop | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | would | this nightly row | likely property | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality row=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Rules made together, with a warning before the end
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rules | rule | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Rules | acl |
| 3 | together | together | ADV | _ | 2 made | advmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 warning | punct |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 warning | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 warning | det |
| 7 | warning | warning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Rules | nmod |
| 8 | before | before | ADP | _ | 10 end | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 end | det |
| 10 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 warning | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | participle | Rules with a warning before the end not said here | together property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
Option 2
Taking the console apart every evening
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taking | take | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 console | det |
| 3 | console | console | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Taking | obj |
| 4 | apart | apart | ADV | _ | 1 Taking | advmod |
| 5 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 evening | det |
| 6 | evening | evening | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Taking | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | gerund | the console | evening | apart property | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent console=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Letting Kai play as long as he likes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Letting | let | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 likes | csubj |
| 2 | Kai | Kai | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 play | nsubj |
| 3 | play | play | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Letting | xcomp |
| 4 | as | as | ADV | _ | 5 long | advmod |
| 5 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 8 likes | advmod |
| 6 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 8 likes | mark |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 likes | nsubj |
| 8 | likes | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | gerund | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | play | infinitive | Kai | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | like | present | Kai | long property | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot |
Option 4
Shouting louder until one person gives up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shouting | shout | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 gives | csubj |
| 2 | louder | loud | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 1 Shouting | xcomp |
| 3 | until | until | ADP | _ | 5 person | case |
| 4 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 person | nummod |
| 5 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Shouting | obl |
| 6 | gives | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 6 gives | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | gerund | until one person | loud property | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | give up | present | Shouting | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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