Test 5 · ★★ · When the story falls apart
«a big kid nicked my money!!» — but there was no big kid. What could have happened to an innocent kid?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: big kid · What happens: nick, be, happen · To what, where: money · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 431 «When the story falls apart» 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: «a big kid nicked my money!!» — but there was no big kid.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 nicked | punct |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 kid | det |
| 3 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 kid | amod |
| 4 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 nicked | nsubj |
| 5 | nicked | nick | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 money | nmod:poss |
| 7 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 nicked | obj |
| 8 | !! | !! | PUNCT | _ | 5 nicked | punct |
| 9 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 nicked | punct |
| 10 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 nicked | punct |
| 11 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 13 was | cc |
| 12 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 13 was | expl |
| 13 | was | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 nicked | parataxis |
| 14 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 16 kid | det |
| 15 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 kid | amod |
| 16 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 was | nsubj |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 nicked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nick in a quote | participle | a big kid | my money | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | past | no big kid | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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 could have happened to an innocent kid?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 happened | nsubj |
| 2 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 happened | aux |
| 3 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 happened | aux |
| 4 | happened | happen | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 kid | case |
| 6 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 kid | det |
| 7 | innocent | innocent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 kid | amod |
| 8 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 happened | obl |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 happened | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | could · perfect | to a innocent kid | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1
Nothing, because made-up kids can't be blamed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 11 blamed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 kids | punct |
| 3 | because | because | ADP | ExtPos=ADP | 7 kids | case |
| 4 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 kids | amod |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 up | punct |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 made | compound:prt |
| 7 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Nothing | conj |
| 8 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 blamed | aux |
| 9 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 blamed | advmod |
| 10 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 11 blamed | aux:pass |
| 11 | blamed | blame | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make up | participle | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | not blame | can · passive | Nothing | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
He would get the money back
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 | 3 get | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 get | aux |
| 3 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 money | det |
| 5 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 get | obj |
| 6 | back | back | ADV | _ | 3 get | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get back | would | He | the money | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer money=Stimulus |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
He could have been blamed and in trouble
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 | 5 blamed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 blamed | aux |
| 3 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 blamed | aux |
| 4 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 blamed | aux:pass |
| 5 | blamed | blame | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 trouble | cc |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 trouble | case |
| 8 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 blamed | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | blame | could · perfect · passive | He | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 4
He would get a prize for being honest
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 | 3 get | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 get | aux |
| 3 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 prize | det |
| 5 | prize | prize | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 get | obj |
| 6 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 8 honest | mark |
| 7 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 honest | cop |
| 8 | honest | honest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 get | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | would | He | a prize | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer prize=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | is | gerund | He not said here | honest property | tree rules |
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