Test 8 · ★ · «The dog ate it»: excuses for homework
«left it at home, sir» on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday... What would happen if Kai said it on Thursday too?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Kai · What happens: leave, happen, say · To what, where: it, home · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★ 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: «left it at home, sir» on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday...
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 left | punct |
| 2 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 left | obj |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 home | case |
| 5 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 left | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 sir | punct |
| 7 | sir | sir | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 home | appos |
| 8 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 7 sir | punct |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 Monday | case |
| 10 | Monday | Monday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 left | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 Tuesday | punct |
| 12 | Tuesday | Tuesday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 Monday | conj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 Wednesday | punct |
| 14 | Wednesday | Wednesday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 Monday | conj |
| 15 | ... | ... | PUNCT | _ | 2 left | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave in a quote | past | it | home | monday | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme at home=Location |
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 would happen if Kai said it on Thursday too?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 happen | aux |
| 3 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 said | mark |
| 5 | Kai | Kai | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 said | nsubj |
| 6 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 happen | advcl |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 said | obj |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 Thursday | case |
| 9 | Thursday | Thursday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 said | obl |
| 10 | too | too | ADV | _ | 6 said | advmod |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | would | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | say speech: assert a condition, not said to happen | past | Kai | home | thursday | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
The options
Option 1
The homework would appear by itself
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 homework | det |
| 2 | homework | homework | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 appear | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 appear | aux |
| 4 | appear | appear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 itself | case |
| 6 | itself | itself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 4 appear | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | appear | would | the homework | by homework | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by itself=Location |
Option 2
The teacher would let him off forever
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 teacher | det |
| 2 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 let | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 let | aux |
| 4 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 let | obj |
| 6 | off | off | ADP | _ | 4 let | compound:prt |
| 7 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 4 let | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let off | would | the teacher | him = he | forever property | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
Option 3
Kai would get extra marks
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kai | Kai | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 get | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 get | aux |
| 3 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | extra | extra | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 marks | amod |
| 5 | marks | mark | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 get | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | would | Kai | extra marks | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mark=Stimulus |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Nobody would believe it, and the teacher would ring home
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 believe | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 believe | aux |
| 3 | believe | believe | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 believe | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 ring | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 ring | cc |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 teacher | det |
| 8 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 ring | nsubj |
| 9 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 ring | aux |
| 10 | ring | ring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 believe | conj |
| 11 | home | home | ADV | _ | 10 ring | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | believe | would | Nobody | it | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | ring | would | the teacher | home property | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location |
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