Test 7 · ★ · «It was HIM!»: siblings blaming each other
Ruby got Euan to take the blame and then broke the deal. How many wrongs is that?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ruby, Euan, many wrongs · What happens: get, take, break, be · To what, where: Euan, blame, deal
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 432 ««It was HIM!»: siblings blaming each other» 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: Ruby got Euan to take the blame and then broke the deal.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruby | Ruby | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 got | nsubj |
| 2 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Euan | Euan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 got | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 take | mark |
| 5 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 got | xcomp |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 blame | det |
| 7 | blame | blame | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 take | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 broke | cc |
| 9 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 10 broke | advmod |
| 10 | broke | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 got | conj |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 deal | det |
| 12 | deal | deal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 broke | obj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 got | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | Ruby | Euan | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | take | to-infinitive | Euan not said here | the blame | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blame=Theme | ||||
| 3 | break | past | Ruby not said here | the deal | then | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer deal=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: How many wrongs is that?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 wrongs | amod |
| 3 | wrongs | wrong | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 How | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 How | cop |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 1 How | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 How | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | many wrongs | how property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Three: the cup, the tears and the chores
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 cup | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 cup | det |
| 4 | cup | cup | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Three | appos |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 tears | punct |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 tears | det |
| 7 | tears | tear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 cup | conj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 chores | cc |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 chores | det |
| 10 | chores | chore | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 tears | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
One: only the cup
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 cup | punct |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 cup | advmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 cup | det |
| 5 | cup | cup | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 One | parataxis |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
None, because he agreed to it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | None | none | PRON | PronType=Neg | 5 agreed | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 agreed | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 5 agreed | mark |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 agreed | nsubj |
| 5 | agreed | agree | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 it | case |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 agreed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | agree speech: agree | past | None | it | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Two: the blame and the broken promise
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 blame | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 blame | det |
| 4 | blame | blame | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Two | appos |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 promise | cc |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 promise | det |
| 7 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 promise | amod |
| 8 | promise | promise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 blame | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | participle | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
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