Test 8 · ★ · The broken window and other hidden accidents

Isla broke her friend's pen and slipped it back. Next day the friend looks straight at her. Best move?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Isla, friend · What happens: break, slip back, look · To what, where: pen

This is test 8 · ★ 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: Isla broke her friend's pen and slipped it back.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Isla	Isla	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 broke	nsubj
2	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 friend	nmod:poss
4	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pen	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 friend	case
6	pen	pen	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 broke	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 slipped	cc
8	slipped	slip	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 broke	conj
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 slipped	obj
10	back	back	ADV	_	8 slipped	advmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 broke	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	past	Isla	Isla's friend's pen					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pen=Patient
2	slip back	past	Isla not said here	pen					vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent it=Patient

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: Next day the friend looks straight at her.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 day	amod
2	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 looks	obl:unmarked
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 friend	det
4	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 looks	nsubj
5	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	straight	straight	ADV	_	5 looks	advmod
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 her	case
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 looks	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 looks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	present	the friend				day	at Isla; straight property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at she=Theme

Sentence 3: Best move?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	2 move	amod
2	move	move	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 move	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

«Aye, it was me, sorry, I'll get you a new one»

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 me	punct
2	Aye	aye	INTJ	_	6 me	discourse
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 me	punct
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 me	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 me	cop
6	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 get	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 me	punct
8	sorry	sorry	INTJ	_	12 get	discourse
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 sorry	punct
10	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 get	nsubj
11	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 get	aux
12	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 get	obj
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 one	det
15	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 one	amod
16	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 get	obj
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	past	it	me					tree rules
2	get in a quote	future	I	a new one	you				vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary one=Theme

Option 2

«Dunno, maybe it was already broken when I had it»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 broken	punct
2	Dunno	dunno	INTJ	_	8 broken	discourse
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Dunno	punct
4	maybe	maybe	ADV	_	8 broken	advmod
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 broken	nsubj:pass
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 broken	aux:pass
7	already	already	ADV	_	8 broken	advmod
8	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 had	advmod
10	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 had	nsubj
11	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 broken	advcl
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 had	obj
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 broken	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break in a quote	past · passive		it				maybe property	vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	have in a quote	past	I	it					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 3

Say someone else had it first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 had	nsubj
3	else	else	ADV	_	2 someone	advmod
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Say	ccomp
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 had	obj
6	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 had	advmod

#	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	have	past	someone	it				first property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Look away and say nothing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Look	look	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	away	away	ADV	_	1 Look	advmod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 say	cc
4	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Look	conj
5	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	4 say	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look away	imperative	you not said here					away property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	say speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here	nothing					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic

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