Test 8 · ★ · Screen-time rules and arguments Noah's mum checks her phone at dinner. Noah: «oi, no screens, that's the rule». Who is right?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: mum, that · What happens: check, be · To what, where: phone, dinner, rule
This is test 8 · ★ 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: Noah's mum checks her phone at dinner.
nmod:poss case nsubj nmod:poss obj case obl punct root Noah PROPN 's PART mum NOUN checks VERB her PRON phone NOUN at ADP dinner NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Noah Noah PROPN Number=Sing 3 mum nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Noah case 3 mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 4 checks nsubj 4 checks check VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 phone nmod:poss 6 phone phone NOUN Number=Sing 4 checks obj 7 at at ADP _ 8 dinner case 8 dinner dinner NOUN Number=Sing 4 checks obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 checks punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 check present Noah's mum mum's phone dinner vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent phone=Theme
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: Noah: «oi, no screens, that's the rule».
nsubj punct punct punct det appos punct nsubj cop det appos punct punct root Noah PROPN : PUNCT « PUNCT oi NOUN , PUNCT no DET screens NOUN , PUNCT that PRON 's AUX the DET rule NOUN » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Noah Noah PROPN Number=Sing 4 oi nsubj 2 : : PUNCT _ 4 oi punct 3 « « PUNCT _ 4 oi punct 4 oi oi NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 7 screens punct 6 no no DET PronType=Neg 7 screens det 7 screens screen NOUN Number=Plur 4 oi appos 8 , , PUNCT _ 12 rule punct 9 that that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 12 rule nsubj 10 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 12 rule cop 11 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 12 rule det 12 rule rule NOUN Number=Sing 4 oi appos 13 » » PUNCT _ 12 rule punct 14 . . PUNCT _ 4 oi punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a in a quote present that the rule tree rules
Sentence 3: Who is right?
nsubj cop punct root Who PRON is AUX right ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Who who PRON PronType=Rel 3 right nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 right cop 3 right right ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 right punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present right property tree rules
The options Option 1 Mum, if the message is from work or the school
punct mark det nsubj cop case nmod cc det conj root Mum NOUN , PUNCT if SCONJ the DET message NOUN is AUX from ADP work NOUN or CCONJ the DET school NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mum mum NOUN Number=Sing root root 2 , , PUNCT _ 8 work punct 3 if if SCONJ _ 8 work mark 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 message det 5 message message NOUN Number=Sing 8 work nsubj 6 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 work cop 7 from from ADP _ 8 work case 8 work work NOUN Number=Sing 1 Mum nmod 9 or or CCONJ _ 11 school cc 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 school det 11 school school NOUN Number=Sing 8 work conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present the message work or the school tree rules
Option 2 Mum, rules are only for children
compound punct nsubj cop advmod case root Mum NOUN , PUNCT rules NOUN are AUX only ADV for ADP children NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 3 rules compound 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Mum punct 3 rules rule NOUN Number=Plur 7 children nsubj 4 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 children cop 5 only only ADV _ 7 children advmod 6 for for ADP _ 7 children case 7 children child NOUN Number=Plur root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present Mum rules for children tree rules
Option 3 Nobody, phones are not screens
compound punct nsubj cop advmod root Nobody PRON , PUNCT phones NOUN are AUX not PART screens NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Nobody nobody PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 3 phones compound 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Nobody punct 3 phones phone NOUN Number=Plur 6 screens nsubj 4 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 screens cop 5 not not PART Polarity=Neg 6 screens advmod 6 screens screen NOUN Number=Plur root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not is a present Nobody phones screens tree rules
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Noah, the rule is for everyone, Mum too
punct det nsubj cop case appos punct conj advmod root Noah PROPN , PUNCT the DET rule NOUN is AUX for ADP everyone PRON , PUNCT Mum NOUN too ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Noah Noah PROPN Number=Sing root root 2 , , PUNCT _ 7 everyone punct 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 rule det 4 rule rule NOUN Number=Sing 7 everyone nsubj 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 everyone cop 6 for for ADP _ 7 everyone case 7 everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 1 Noah appos 8 , , PUNCT _ 9 Mum punct 9 Mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 7 everyone conj 10 too too ADV _ 7 everyone advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present the rule for everyone tree rules
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