Test 11 · ★★ · The check that settles it
Dad looks in the garage. It's tidy. «Champion, son!» What does Dad mean?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Dad, garage · What happens: look, be, mean
This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 451 «The check that settles it» 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: Dad looks in the garage.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 looks | nsubj |
| 2 | looks | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 garage | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 garage | det |
| 5 | garage | garage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 looks | obl |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 looks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | present | Dad | in the garage | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in garage=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: It's tidy.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 tidy | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 tidy | cop |
| 3 | tidy | tidy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 tidy | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | garage | tidy property | tree rules |
Sentence 3: «Champion, son!»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 Champion | punct |
| 2 | Champion | champion | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 son | punct |
| 4 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Champion | conj |
| 5 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 2 Champion | punct |
| 6 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 Champion | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 4: What does Dad mean?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 mean | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 mean | aux |
| 3 | Dad | Dad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 mean | nsubj |
| 4 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 mean | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present · do-support | Dad | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1
Go to bed now
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 3 bed | case |
| 3 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Go | obl |
| 4 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 1 Go | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | imperative | you not said here | bed | now | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to bed=Initial_Location |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Excellent
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Excellent | excellent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
You're a boxer
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 boxer | nsubj |
| 2 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 boxer | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 boxer | det |
| 4 | boxer | boxer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | You | a boxer | tree rules |
Option 4
You won a race
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 won | nsubj |
| 2 | won | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 race | det |
| 4 | race | race | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 won | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | win | past | You | a race | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent race=Eventuality |
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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