Test 6 · ★★ · Big kids, little kids and the truth at home
Dad: «Where's your sister?» Charlie knows she sneaked out. What's an honest thing to say?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Dad, Charlie · What happens: be, know, sneak out, say · To what, where: sister, honest thing · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 433 «Big kids, little kids and the truth at home» 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: Dad: «Where's your sister?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sister | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 sister | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 sister | punct |
| 4 | Where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 7 sister | advmod |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 sister | cop |
| 6 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 sister | nmod:poss |
| 7 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 sister | punct |
| 9 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 7 sister | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | Dad | your sister | tree rules |
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: Charlie knows she sneaked out.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charlie | Charlie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 knows | nsubj |
| 2 | knows | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 sneaked | nsubj |
| 4 | sneaked | sneak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 knows | ccomp |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 4 sneaked | compound:prt |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 knows | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | present | Charlie | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | sneak out | past | Charlie | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Sentence 3: What's an honest thing to say?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 thing | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 thing | cop |
| 3 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 thing | det |
| 4 | honest | honest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 thing | amod |
| 5 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 say | mark |
| 7 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 thing | acl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 thing | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a honest thing | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | to-infinitive | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
«In the shower, Dad»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 shower | punct |
| 2 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 shower | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 shower | det |
| 4 | shower | shower | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 Dad | punct |
| 6 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shower | conj |
| 7 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 shower | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
«She went to Gran's for tea»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 went | punct |
| 2 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 went | nsubj |
| 3 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 Gran | case |
| 5 | Gran | Gran | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 went | obl |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 Gran | case |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 tea | case |
| 8 | tea | tea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 went | obl |
| 9 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 went | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go in a quote | past | She | Gran | for tea | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to gran=Initial_Location |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
«I don't know, ask her» or the truth
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 know | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 know | nsubj |
| 3 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 know | aux |
| 4 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 know | advmod |
| 5 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 ask | punct |
| 7 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 know | conj |
| 8 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 ask | iobj |
| 9 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 know | punct |
| 10 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 12 truth | cc |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 truth | det |
| 12 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 know | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not know in a quote | present · do-support | I | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask in a quote | infinitive | I not said here | her = she | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient |
Option 4
«She's asleep upstairs, don't wake her»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 asleep | punct |
| 2 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 asleep | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 asleep | cop |
| 4 | asleep | asleep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 wake | csubj |
| 5 | upstairs | upstairs | ADV | _ | 4 asleep | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 asleep | punct |
| 7 | do | do | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 wake | aux |
| 8 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 wake | advmod |
| 9 | wake | wake | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 10 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 wake | obj |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 9 wake | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | She | asleep, upstairs property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not wake in a quote | imperative · do-support | you not said here | her = she | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent she=Patient |
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