Test 10 · «I did brush my teeth»: little lies at home
Mum: «what happened in the chapter?» Aisha: «um, stuff... with a dragon». The book is about a pony. What should Aisha do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mum, book, Aisha · What happens: happen, be, do · To what, where: chapter
This is test 10 of lesson 427 ««I did brush my teeth»: little lies at home» 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: Mum: «what happened in the chapter?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 happened | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Mum | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 happened | punct |
| 4 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 happened | nsubj |
| 5 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 chapter | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 chapter | det |
| 8 | chapter | chapter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 happened | obl |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 happened | punct |
| 10 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 happened | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen in a quote | past | Mum | the chapter | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in chapter=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: Aisha: «um, stuff... with a dragon».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aisha | Aisha | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 um | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 um | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 um | punct |
| 4 | um | um | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 stuff | punct |
| 6 | stuff | stuff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 um | conj |
| 7 | ... | ... | PUNCT | _ | 10 dragon | punct |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 dragon | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 dragon | det |
| 10 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 um | appos |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 10 dragon | punct |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 um | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: The book is about a pony.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 book | det |
| 2 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 pony | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 pony | cop |
| 4 | about | about | ADP | _ | 6 pony | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 pony | det |
| 6 | pony | pony | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 pony | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the book | about a pony | tree rules |
Sentence 4: What should Aisha do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | Aisha | Aisha | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | Aisha | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Say Mum is wrong
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wrong | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 wrong | cop |
| 4 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Say | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | Mum | wrong property | tree rules |
Option 2
Say the pony turns into a dragon
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 pony | det |
| 3 | pony | pony | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 turns | nsubj |
| 4 | turns | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Say | ccomp |
| 5 | into | into | ADP | _ | 7 dragon | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 dragon | det |
| 7 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 turns | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | turn | present | the pony | into a dragon result | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into dragon=Result |
Option 3
Say she read a different book
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 read | nsubj |
| 3 | read | read | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Say | ccomp |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 book | det |
| 5 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 book | amod |
| 6 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 read | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | read | infinitive | she | a different book | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Topic |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Admit it and read the chapter
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Admit | admit | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Admit | obj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 read | cc |
| 4 | read | read | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Admit | conj |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 chapter | det |
| 6 | chapter | chapter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 read | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | admit speech: other | imperative | you not said here | it | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | read | infinitive | you not said here | the chapter | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chapter=Topic |
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