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Test 5 · ★ · Stories that change

Teacher: «You were at the library? Both of you? Which book?» Why ask them separately?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Teacher, you · What happens: be, ask · To what, where: library, them

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 449 «Stories that change» 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: Teacher: «You were at the library?

nsubjpunctpunctnsubjcopcasedetpunctrootTeacherNOUN:PUNCT«PUNCTYouPRONwereAUXatADPtheDETlibraryNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TeacherteacherNOUNNumber=Sing8 librarynsubj
2::PUNCT_1 Teacherpunct
3««PUNCT_8 librarypunct
4YouyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs8 librarynsubj
5werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 librarycop
6atatADP_8 librarycase
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 librarydet
8librarylibraryNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
9??PUNCT_8 librarypunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is in a quotepastTeacherthe librarytree 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: Both of you?

nsubjcasepunctrootBothDETofADPyouPRON?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1BothbothDETPronType=Tot3 younsubj
2ofofADP_3 youcase
3youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prsrootroot
4??PUNCT_3 youpunct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 3: Which book?»

detpunctpunctrootWhichDETbookNOUN?PUNCT»PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhichwhichDETPronType=Int2 bookdet
2bookbookNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
3??PUNCT_2 bookpunct
4»»PUNCT_2 bookpunct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 4: Why ask them separately?

advmodiobjadvmodpunctrootWhyADVaskVERBthemPRONseparatelyADV?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhywhyADVPronType=Int2 askadvmod
2askaskVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
3themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs2 askiobj
4separatelyseparatelyADV_2 askadvmod
5??PUNCT_2 askpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ask speech: askimperativeyou not said herethem = theyseparately propertyvn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Real memories match on small details

amodnsubjcaseamodoblrootRealADJmemoriesNOUNmatchVERBonADPsmallADJdetailsNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1RealrealADJDegree=Pos2 memoriesamod
2memoriesmemoryNOUNNumber=Plur3 matchnsubj
3matchmatchVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4ononADP_6 detailscase
5smallsmallADJDegree=Pos6 detailsamod
6detailsdetailNOUNNumber=Plur3 matchobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1matchpresentReal memoriessmall detailsvn amalgamate-22.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 2

To make them miss their lunch as a punishment

markobjxcompnmod:possobjcasedetoblrootToPARTmakeVERBthemPRONmissVERBtheirPRONlunchNOUNasADPaDETpunishmentNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TotoPART_2 makemark
2makemakeVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
3themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs2 makeobj
4missmissVERBVerbForm=Inf2 makexcomp
5theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs6 lunchnmod:poss
6lunchlunchNOUNNumber=Sing4 missobj
7asasADP_9 punishmentcase
8aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art9 punishmentdet
9punishmentpunishmentNOUNNumber=Sing4 missobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1maketo-infinitivethem = theytree rules
2missinfinitivethem = they not said heretheir lunchas a punishmentvn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lunch=Stimulus

Option 3

So they can't hear the answer

advmodnsubjauxadvmoddetobjrootSoADVtheyPRONcaAUXn'tPARThearVERBtheDETanswerNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SosoADV_5 hearadvmod
2theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs5 hearnsubj
3cacanAUXVerbForm=Fin5 hearaux
4n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg5 hearadvmod
5hearhearVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 answerdet
7answeranswerNOUNNumber=Sing5 hearobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not hearcantheythe answervn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer answer=Stimulus

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Because teachers like books

casecasenmodrootBecauseADPteachersNOUNlikeADPbooksNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1BecausebecauseADPExtPos=ADP2 teacherscase
2teachersteacherNOUNNumber=Plurrootroot
3likelikeADP_4 bookscase
4booksbookNOUNNumber=Plur2 teachersnmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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