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?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 library | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Teacher | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 library | punct |
| 4 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 library | nsubj |
| 5 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 library | cop |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 library | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 library | det |
| 8 | library | library | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 library | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | past | Teacher | the library | 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: Both of you?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 you | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 3 you | case |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 you | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: Which book?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 book | det |
| 2 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 book | punct |
| 4 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 book | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 4: Why ask them separately?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 2 ask | advmod |
| 2 | ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 ask | iobj |
| 4 | separately | separately | ADV | _ | 2 ask | advmod |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 ask | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | them = they | separately property | vn 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 memories | amod |
| 2 | memories | memory | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 match | nsubj |
| 3 | match | match | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 details | case |
| 5 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 details | amod |
| 6 | details | detail | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 match | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | match | present | Real memories | small details | vn amalgamate-22.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |
Option 2
To make them miss their lunch as a punishment
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 make | mark |
| 2 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 make | obj |
| 4 | miss | miss | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 make | xcomp |
| 5 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 lunch | nmod:poss |
| 6 | lunch | lunch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 miss | obj |
| 7 | as | as | ADP | _ | 9 punishment | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 punishment | det |
| 9 | punishment | punishment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 miss | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | to-infinitive | them = they | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | miss | infinitive | them = they not said here | their lunch | as a punishment | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lunch=Stimulus |
Option 3
So they can't hear the answer
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | So | so | ADV | _ | 5 hear | advmod |
| 2 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 hear | nsubj |
| 3 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 hear | aux |
| 4 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 hear | advmod |
| 5 | hear | hear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 answer | det |
| 7 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 hear | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not hear | can | they | the answer | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer answer=Stimulus |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Because teachers like books
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Because | because | ADP | ExtPos=ADP | 2 teachers | case |
| 2 | teachers | teacher | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | like | like | ADP | _ | 4 books | case |
| 4 | books | book | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 teachers | nmod |
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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