Test 2 · «I did brush my teeth»: little lies at home
Kid: «just wet the brush, mum never knows lol». What is wrong with this plan?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Kid, mum · What happens: wet, not know, be · To what, where: brush
This is test 2 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: Kid: «just wet the brush, mum never knows lol».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 wet | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Kid | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 wet | punct |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 wet | advmod |
| 5 | wet | wet | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 brush | det |
| 7 | brush | brush | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 wet | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 knows | punct |
| 9 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 knows | nsubj |
| 10 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 11 knows | advmod |
| 11 | knows | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 wet | parataxis |
| 12 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 11 knows | discourse |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 11 knows | punct |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 wet | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wet in a quote | infinitive | Kid | the brush | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent brush=Patient | ||||
| 2 | not know in a quote | present | mum | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
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 is wrong with this plan?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrong | cop |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 plan | case |
| 5 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 plan | det |
| 6 | plan | plan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wrong | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wrong | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | with this plan; wrong property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Mum always smells the brush to check it's been used
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 smells | nsubj |
| 2 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 3 smells | advmod |
| 3 | smells | smell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 brush | det |
| 5 | brush | brush | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 smells | obj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 check | mark |
| 7 | check | check | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 smells | advcl |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 used | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 used | aux |
| 10 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 11 used | aux:pass |
| 11 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 check | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | smell | present | Mum | the brush | always property | vn see-30.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer brush=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | check | to-infinitive | Mum not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | use | present · passive | brush | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 2
Wet brushes break
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wet | wet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 brushes | amod |
| 2 | brushes | brush | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 break | nsubj |
| 3 | break | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | present | Wet brushes | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
It's a great plan with no problem
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 plan | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 plan | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 plan | det |
| 4 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 plan | amod |
| 5 | plan | plan | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 problem | case |
| 7 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 8 problem | det |
| 8 | problem | problem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 plan | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a great plan | with no problem | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Your teeth still decay and the dentist will see
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 teeth | nmod:poss |
| 2 | teeth | tooth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 decay | nsubj |
| 3 | still | still | ADV | _ | 4 decay | advmod |
| 4 | decay | decay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 see | cc |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 dentist | det |
| 7 | dentist | dentist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 see | nsubj |
| 8 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 see | aux |
| 9 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 decay | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | decay | present | Your teeth | still | vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 2 | see | future | the dentist | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
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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