Test 5 · ★ · Screen-time rules and arguments
Ruby: «ugh you're such a pain, mum». Mum: «Screen time's gone.» What would help Ruby most now?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, Mum · What happens: be, help · To what, where: pain, Ruby
This is test 5 · ★ 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: Ruby: «ugh you're such a pain, mum».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruby | Ruby | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 pain | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 9 pain | punct |
| 4 | ugh | ugh | INTJ | _ | 9 pain | discourse |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 pain | nsubj |
| 6 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 pain | cop |
| 7 | such | such | DET | PronType=Ind | 9 pain | det:predet |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 pain | det |
| 9 | pain | pain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ruby | appos |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 mum | punct |
| 11 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 pain | appos |
| 12 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 11 mum | punct |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ruby | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | you | such pain | 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: Mum: «Screen time's gone.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 gone | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 gone | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 gone | punct |
| 4 | Screen | screen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 time | compound |
| 5 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 gone | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 gone | cop |
| 7 | gone | gone | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 gone | punct |
| 9 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 7 gone | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | Mum | gone property | tree rules |
Sentence 3: What would help Ruby most now?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 help | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 help | aux |
| 3 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | Ruby | Ruby | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 help | obj |
| 5 | most | most | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 3 help | obl |
| 6 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 help | advmod |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 help | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | would | Ruby | now | most obl | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ruby=Beneficiary |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A real sorry and calmer words next time
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 sorry | det |
| 2 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 sorry | amod |
| 3 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 words | cc |
| 5 | calmer | calm | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 words | amod |
| 6 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 sorry | conj |
| 7 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 time | amod |
| 8 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sorry | obl:unmarked |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Waiting in silence for a whole month
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waiting | wait | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 3 silence | case |
| 3 | silence | silence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Waiting | obl |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 month | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 month | det |
| 6 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 month | amod |
| 7 | month | month | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Waiting | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | gerund | silence | month | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in silence=Location |
Option 3
Saying her friend's mum is nicer
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 nicer | csubj |
| 2 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 friend | nmod:poss |
| 3 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 mum | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 friend | case |
| 5 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Saying | obj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 nicer | cop |
| 7 | nicer | nice | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | gerund | her friend's mum | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent mum=Topic | |||||
| 2 | is | present | Saying | nice property | tree rules |
Option 4
Slamming the door to show how upset she is
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slamming | slam | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 is | csubj |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 door | det |
| 3 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Slamming | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 show | mark |
| 5 | show | show | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Slamming | advcl |
| 6 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 upset | advmod |
| 7 | upset | upset | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 show | ccomp |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 upset | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | 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 | slam | gerund | the door | vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient | |||||
| 2 | show | to-infinitive | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | be | present | Slamming | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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