Test 4 · ★ · The broken window and other hidden accidents
Ben, scared: «I'll get expelled for a window!» What did the head actually say?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: expel, say · To what, where: I · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★ 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: Ben, scared: «I'll get expelled for a window!»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben | Ben | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 scared | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ben | punct |
| 3 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 expelled | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 9 expelled | punct |
| 6 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 expelled | nsubj |
| 7 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 expelled | aux |
| 8 | get | get | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 expelled | aux:pass |
| 9 | expelled | expel | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 scared | conj |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 window | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 window | det |
| 12 | window | window | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 expelled | obl |
| 13 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 3 scared | punct |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 scared | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | expel in a quote | future · passive | I | for a window | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: subject=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: What did the head actually say?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 say | obj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 say | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 head | det |
| 4 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 did | obj |
| 5 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 6 say | advmod |
| 6 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past · do-support | actually property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The accident is small; walking away and lying was the choice
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 accident | det |
| 2 | accident | accident | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 small | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 small | cop |
| 4 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 12 choice | punct |
| 6 | walking | walk | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 12 choice | csubj |
| 7 | away | away | ADV | _ | 6 walking | advmod |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 lying | cc |
| 9 | lying | lie | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 walking | conj |
| 10 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 choice | cop |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 choice | det |
| 12 | choice | choice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 small | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the accident | small property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | walk away | gerund | away property | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | lie | gerund | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | is a | past | walking | the choice | tree rules |
Option 2
He'd never find out who did it
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 | 4 find | nsubj |
| 2 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 find | aux |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 find | advmod |
| 4 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 4 find | compound:prt |
| 6 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 did | nsubj |
| 7 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 find | ccomp |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 did | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not find out | would | He | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | do | past | it | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
Option 3
Windows mean instant expulsion
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Windows | window | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 mean | nsubj |
| 2 | mean | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | instant | instant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 expulsion | amod |
| 4 | expulsion | expulsion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 mean | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Windows | instant expulsion | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent expulsion=Topic |
Option 4
Bounced stones are always on purpose
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bounced | bounce | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 stones | amod |
| 2 | stones | stone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 purpose | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 purpose | cop |
| 4 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 6 purpose | advmod |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 purpose | case |
| 6 | purpose | purpose | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bounce | participle | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | is | present | Bounced stones | purpose | always 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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