Test 2 · ★ · «The dog ate it»: excuses for homework
«miss the wifi was down» — but the quiz site says you logged in at 8. What does the teacher know?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: wifi, quiz site, you, teacher · What happens: miss, be, say, log in, know · To what, where: 8 · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 426 ««The dog ate it»: excuses for homework» 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: «miss the wifi was down» — but the quiz site says you logged in at 8.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 miss | punct |
| 2 | miss | miss | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 says | ccomp |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 wifi | det |
| 4 | wifi | wifi | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 down | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 down | cop |
| 6 | down | down | ADV | _ | 2 miss | ccomp |
| 7 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 miss | punct |
| 8 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 13 says | punct |
| 9 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 13 says | cc |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 site | det |
| 11 | quiz | quiz | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 site | compound |
| 12 | site | site | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 says | nsubj |
| 13 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 15 logged | nsubj |
| 15 | logged | log | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 says | ccomp |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 logged | compound:prt |
| 17 | at | at | ADP | _ | 18 8 | case |
| 18 | 8 | 8 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 15 logged | obl |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | miss in a quote | infinitive | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 2 | is in a quote | past | the wifi | down property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | present | the quiz site | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | log in | past | you | 8 | vn berry-13.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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: What does the teacher know?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 know | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 know | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 teacher | det |
| 4 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 know | nsubj |
| 5 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 know | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | present · do-support | the teacher | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
That the website is broken and shows wrong times
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 website | det |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 website | det |
| 3 | website | website | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 broken | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 broken | aux:pass |
| 5 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 shows | cc |
| 7 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 broken | conj |
| 8 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 times | amod |
| 9 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 shows | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | present · passive | that website | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 2 | show | present | time | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
That the WiFi went down at 9
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 WiFi | det |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 WiFi | det |
| 3 | WiFi | wifi | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 went | nsubj |
| 4 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | down | down | ADV | _ | 4 went | advmod |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 9 | case |
| 7 | 9 | 9 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 went | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go down | past | that WiFi | 9 | down property | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at 9=Location |
Option 3
Nothing, websites keep no records
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 websites | compound |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | websites | website | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 keep | nsubj |
| 4 | keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 6 records | det |
| 6 | records | record | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 keep | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | present | Nothing websites | no records | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent record=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
That you were online and the excuse is false
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 online | nsubj |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 online | nsubj |
| 3 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 online | cop |
| 4 | online | online | ADV | _ | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 false | cc |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 excuse | det |
| 7 | excuse | excuse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 false | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 false | cop |
| 9 | false | false | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 online | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | That | online property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | the excuse | false property | tree rules |
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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