Test 6 · ★★ · Boasting cousins and made-up holidays
Isaac: «Okay, I sat in the seat when it was parked.» Why was he glad he said it?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Isaac · What happens: sit, park, be, say · To what, where: seat · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 435 «Boasting cousins and made-up holidays» 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: Isaac: «Okay, I sat in the seat when it was parked.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Isaac | Isaac | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 sat | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Isaac | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 sat | punct |
| 4 | Okay | okay | INTJ | _ | 7 sat | discourse |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 Okay | punct |
| 6 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 sat | nsubj |
| 7 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 seat | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 seat | det |
| 10 | seat | seat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sat | obl |
| 11 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 14 parked | advmod |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 parked | nsubj:pass |
| 13 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 parked | aux:pass |
| 14 | parked | park | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 sat | advcl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 sat | punct |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 7 sat | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sit in a quote | past | Isaac | the seat | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in seat=Location | ||||
| 2 | park in a quote | past · passive | seat | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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: Why was he glad he said it?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 glad | advmod |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 glad | cop |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 glad | nsubj |
| 4 | glad | glad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 said | nsubj |
| 6 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 glad | ccomp |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 said | obj |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 glad | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Isaac | glad property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | Isaac | seat | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
The options
Option 1
The pilot gave him a medal
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 pilot | det |
| 2 | pilot | pilot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gave | nsubj |
| 3 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 gave | iobj |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 medal | det |
| 6 | medal | medal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gave | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | the pilot | a medal | him = he | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient medal=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
He got to fly the plane next time
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 | 2 got | nsubj |
| 2 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 fly | mark |
| 4 | fly | fly | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 got | xcomp |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 plane | det |
| 6 | plane | plane | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fly | obj |
| 7 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 time | amod |
| 8 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fly | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | He | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | fly | to-infinitive | He not said here | the plane | time | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location plane=Theme |
Option 3
His friend's dad was angry
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 friend | nmod:poss |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dad | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 friend | case |
| 4 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 angry | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 angry | cop |
| 6 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | His friend's dad | angry property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
The true story was still cool and he felt better
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 story | det |
| 2 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 story | amod |
| 3 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 cool | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 cool | cop |
| 5 | still | still | ADV | _ | 6 cool | advmod |
| 6 | cool | cool | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 felt | cc |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 felt | nsubj |
| 9 | felt | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 cool | conj |
| 10 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 9 felt | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the true story | still | cool property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | feel | past | he | good property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
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