Test 1 · ★★★ · Too many details, too few
Bro: «got to Jake's 4:15, left 6:02, pasta red sauce, 3–2 Arsenal». Mum, dry: «Very precise.» Why is she suspicious?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Bro · What happens: get, leave, be · To what, where: 6:02
This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 450 «Too many details, too few» 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: Bro: «got to Jake's 4:15, left 6:02, pasta red sauce, 3–2 Arsenal».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 got | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 got | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 got | punct |
| 4 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 4:15 | case |
| 6 | Jake | Jake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 4:15 | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 Jake | case |
| 8 | 4:15 | 4:15 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 got | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 left | punct |
| 10 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 got | conj |
| 11 | 6:02 | 6:02 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 10 left | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 sauce | punct |
| 13 | pasta | pasta | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 sauce | compound |
| 14 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 sauce | amod |
| 15 | sauce | sauce | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 left | obj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 3 | punct |
| 17 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 15 sauce | appos |
| 18 | – | – | SYM | ExtPos=ADP | 19 2 | case |
| 19 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 20 Arsenal | nummod |
| 20 | Arsenal | arsenal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 3 | nmod:unmarked |
| 21 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 17 3 | punct |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 got | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get in a quote | past | Bro | to Jake's 4:15 result | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to 4:15=Result | ||||
| 2 | leave in a quote | past | Bro not said here | 6:02 | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent 6:02=Theme sauce=Attribute |
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: Mum, dry: «Very precise.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 dry | compound |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Mum | punct |
| 3 | dry | dry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 precise | advcl |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 precise | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 precise | punct |
| 6 | Very | very | ADV | _ | 7 precise | advmod |
| 7 | precise | precise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 precise | punct |
| 9 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 7 precise | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: Why is she suspicious?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 suspicious | advmod |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 suspicious | cop |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 suspicious | nsubj |
| 4 | suspicious | suspicious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 suspicious | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Bro | suspicious property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Nobody remembers an afternoon to the minute
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 2 remembers | nsubj |
| 2 | remembers | remember | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 afternoon | det |
| 4 | afternoon | afternoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 remembers | obj |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 minute | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 minute | det |
| 7 | minute | minute | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 remembers | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | remember | present | Nobody | afternoon; minute | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Jake doesn't have a house with a TV in it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jake | Jake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 have | nsubj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 have | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 have | advmod |
| 4 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 house | det |
| 6 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 have | obj |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 TV | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 TV | det |
| 9 | TV | TV | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 have | obl |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 it | case |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 have | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not have | present · do-support | Jake | a house | TV | with a TV | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Patient |
Option 3
Arsenal never wins 3–2
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arsenal | Arsenal | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 wins | nsubj |
| 2 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 3 wins | advmod |
| 3 | wins | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 wins | obj |
| 5 | – | – | SYM | ExtPos=ADP | 6 2 | case |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 3 | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not win | present | Arsenal | 3 | – 2 | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 3=Eventuality |
Option 4
Pasta never has red sauce on a weekday
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pasta | Pasta | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 has | nsubj |
| 2 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 3 has | advmod |
| 3 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 sauce | amod |
| 5 | sauce | sauce | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 has | obj |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 weekday | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 weekday | det |
| 8 | weekday | weekday | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sauce | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not have | present | Pasta | red sauce | a weekday | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sauce=Patient |
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