Test 11 · ★ · Screen-time rules and arguments
Mia's dad: «Are the rules still working for you?» Why is this a good question?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: rules, this · What happens: be, work · To what, where: rules, good question
This is test 11 · ★ 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: Mia's dad: «Are the rules still working for you?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mia | Mia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 dad | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Mia | case |
| 3 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 rules | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 rules | punct |
| 6 | Are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 rules | cop |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 rules | det |
| 8 | rules | rule | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 dad | appos |
| 9 | still | still | ADV | _ | 10 working | advmod |
| 10 | working | work | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 rules | acl |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 you | case |
| 12 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 working | obl |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 dad | punct |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 dad | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | the rules | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | work in a quote | gerund | the rules not said here | still | for you | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for you=Beneficiary |
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: Why is this a good question?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 question | advmod |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 question | cop |
| 3 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 question | nsubj |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 question | det |
| 5 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 question | amod |
| 6 | question | question | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 question | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | this | a good question | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
He wants Mia to make all the rules herself
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 wants | nsubj |
| 2 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Mia | Mia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 wants | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 make | mark |
| 5 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wants | xcomp |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 rules | det:predet |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 rules | det |
| 8 | rules | rule | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 make | obj |
| 9 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 5 make | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | He | Mia | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | make not said to happen | to-infinitive | Mia not said here | all rules | Mia obl | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset rule=Product |
Option 2
He has forgotten what the family rules are
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 forgotten | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 forgotten | aux |
| 3 | forgotten | forget | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 forgotten | ccomp |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 rules | det |
| 6 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 rules | compound |
| 7 | rules | rule | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 what | nsubj |
| 8 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 what | cop |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forget | present · perfect | He | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | the family rules | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Rules may need to change as kids grow
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rules | rule | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 need | nsubj |
| 2 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 need | aux |
| 3 | need | need | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 change | mark |
| 5 | change | change | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 need | xcomp |
| 6 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 8 grow | mark |
| 7 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 grow | nsubj |
| 8 | grow | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 change | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | may | Rules | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | change not said to happen | to-infinitive | Rules not said here | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | grow | present | kids | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
It is a trick to take more of her time away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 trick | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 trick | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 trick | det |
| 4 | trick | trick | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 take | mark |
| 6 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 trick | acl |
| 7 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 take | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 time | case |
| 9 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 time | nmod:poss |
| 10 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 more | obl |
| 11 | away | away | ADV | _ | 6 take | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a trick | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | take | to-infinitive | more | away property | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Theme |
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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