Test 2 · ★★ · The forged signature and how it always ends
Ms Rivera: «Paper always goes home in the end.» What does she mean?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ms Rivera, Rivera · What happens: go, mean · To what, where: end
This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 429 «The forged signature and how it always ends» 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: Ms Rivera: «Paper always goes home in the end.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ms | Ms | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Rivera | compound |
| 2 | Rivera | Rivera | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 goes | nsubj |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 goes | punct |
| 4 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 goes | punct |
| 5 | Paper | paper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 goes | nsubj |
| 6 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 7 goes | advmod |
| 7 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | home | home | ADV | _ | 7 goes | advmod |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 end | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 end | det |
| 11 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 goes | obl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 goes | punct |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 7 goes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go in a quote | present | Ms Rivera | in the end | always, home property | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in end=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: What does she mean?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 mean | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 mean | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 mean | nsubj |
| 4 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 mean | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present · do-support | Rivera | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1
Paper is always sent home by post
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paper | paper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sent | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 sent | aux:pass |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 4 sent | advmod |
| 4 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | home | home | ADV | _ | 4 sent | advmod |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 post | case |
| 7 | post | post | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sent | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | present · passive | post | Paper | always, home property | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
Option 2
Notes always get lost on the way home
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Notes | note | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 lost | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 4 lost | advmod |
| 3 | get | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 lost | aux:pass |
| 4 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 way | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 way | det |
| 7 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lost | obl |
| 8 | home | home | ADV | _ | 7 way | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | present · passive | Notes | the way | always property | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Faked papers reach the real parents sooner or later
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Faked | fake | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 papers | amod |
| 2 | papers | paper | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 reach | nsubj |
| 3 | reach | reach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 parents | det |
| 5 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 parents | amod |
| 6 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 sooner | obl:unmarked |
| 7 | sooner | soon | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 3 reach | advmod |
| 8 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 9 later | cc |
| 9 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 7 sooner | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fake | participle | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | reach | present | Faked papers | soon property | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Homework should never be left at school overnight
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Homework | homework | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 left | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 left | aux |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 left | advmod |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 left | aux:pass |
| 5 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 school | case |
| 7 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 left | obl |
| 8 | overnight | overnight | ADV | _ | 5 left | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not leave | should · passive | Homework | school | overnight property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme at school=Location |
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