Test 7 · «Only one left!»: shops and adverts
A sign says «9 out of 10 kids love it!» Which question checks it best?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: sign, 10 kids, question · What happens: say, love, check · To what, where: 9, it · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 of lesson 441 ««Only one left!»: shops and adverts» 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 sign says «9 out of 10 kids love it!»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 sign | det |
| 2 | sign | sign | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 9 | punct |
| 5 | 9 | 9 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 10 love | obl |
| 6 | out | out | ADP | _ | 8 10 | case |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 10 | case |
| 8 | 10 | 10 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 9 kids | nummod |
| 9 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 love | nsubj |
| 10 | love | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | ccomp |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 love | obj |
| 12 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 10 love | punct |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 10 love | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: express | present | a sign | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | love in a quote | present | 10 kids | 9 | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
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: Which question checks it best?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 question | det |
| 2 | question | question | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 checks | nsubj |
| 3 | checks | check | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 checks | obj |
| 5 | best | well | ADV | Degree=Sup | 3 checks | advmod |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 checks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | check | present | which question | it | well property | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Out of how many kids, and who asked?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Out | out | ADP | _ | 5 kids | case |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 kids | case |
| 3 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 many | advmod |
| 4 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 kids | amod |
| 5 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 asked | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 asked | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 asked | cc |
| 8 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 asked | nsubj |
| 9 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 9 asked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | past | out many kids | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
What colour is the sign?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | DET | PronType=Int | 2 colour | det |
| 2 | colour | colour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sign | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 sign | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 sign | det |
| 5 | sign | sign | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 sign | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | what colour | the sign | tree rules |
Option 3
How tall is the shopkeeper?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 2 tall | advmod |
| 2 | tall | tall | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 shopkeeper | amod |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 shopkeeper | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 shopkeeper | det |
| 5 | shopkeeper | shopkeeper | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 shopkeeper | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the tall shopkeeper | tree rules |
Option 4
Is the shop open on Sunday?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 open | cop |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 shop | det |
| 3 | shop | shop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 open | nsubj |
| 4 | open | open | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 Sunday | case |
| 6 | Sunday | Sunday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 open | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 open | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the shop | sunday | open property | tree rules |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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