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Test 11 · ★ · The broken window and other hidden accidents

Owen's mum paid for the glass from his birthday money. Why is that fair?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mum, that · What happens: pay, be · To what, where: birthday money

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 428 «The broken window and other hidden accidents» 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: Owen's mum paid for the glass from his birthday money.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Owen	Owen	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 mum	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Owen	case
3	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 paid	nsubj
4	paid	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 glass	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 glass	det
7	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 paid	obl
8	from	from	ADP	_	11 money	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 money	nmod:poss
10	birthday	birthday	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 money	compound
11	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 paid	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 paid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	past	Owen's mum			Owen's birthday money		for the glass	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for glass=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: Why is that fair?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 fair	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fair	cop
3	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 fair	nsubj
4	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 fair	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	that					fair property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He caused the damage, so he helps pay

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 caused	nsubj
2	caused	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 damage	det
4	damage	damage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 caused	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 helps	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	8 helps	advmod
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 helps	nsubj
8	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 caused	conj
9	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 helps	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	past	He	the damage					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition damage=Patient
2	help	present	he						vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	pay	infinitive	he not said here						vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It wasn't fair, it was an accident

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	4 fair	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 fair	cop
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 fair	advmod
4	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 accident	punct
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 accident	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 accident	cop
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 accident	det
9	accident	accident	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fair	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	past	It					fair property	tree rules
2	is a	past	it	a accident					tree rules

Option 3

Mums always want birthday money for themselves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mums	mum	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 want	nsubj
2	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	3 want	advmod
3	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	birthday	birthday	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 money	compound
5	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 want	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 themselves	case
7	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	3 want	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	Mums	birthday money				for Mums = mum; always property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot money=Theme

Option 4

Mr Patel asked for a present

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mr	Mr	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 asked	nsubj
2	Patel	Patel	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Mr	flat
3	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 present	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 present	det
6	present	present	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 asked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	Mr					for a present	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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