Test 4 · ★★ · The check that settles it
Text: «hi mum new number broke my phone send £50 pls». What's the fastest check?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: mum, fastest check · What happens: break, send, be · To what, where: phone
This is test 4 · ★★ 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: Text: «hi mum new number broke my phone send £50 pls».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Text | text | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 broke | compound |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Text | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 broke | punct |
| 4 | hi | hi | INTJ | _ | 8 broke | discourse |
| 5 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 broke | nsubj |
| 6 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 number | amod |
| 7 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 mum | conj |
| 8 | broke | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 phone | nmod:poss |
| 10 | phone | phone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 broke | obj |
| 11 | send | send | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 broke | xcomp |
| 12 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 11 send | obj |
| 13 | 50 | 50 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 14 pls | nummod |
| 14 | pls | pl | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 £ | nmod |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 11 send | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 broke | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break in a quote | past | mum and new number | my phone | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | send in a quote | infinitive | mum and new number not said here | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent £=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: What's the fastest check?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 check | det |
| 4 | fastest | fast | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 check | amod |
| 5 | check | check | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the fastest check | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Send it, it's your child
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Send | send | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Send | obj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 child | punct |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 child | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 child | cop |
| 6 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 child | nmod:poss |
| 7 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Send | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | imperative | you not said here | it | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | it | your child | tree rules |
Option 2
Send £25 to be safe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Send | send | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 1 Send | obj |
| 3 | 25 | 25 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 £ | nummod |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 safe | mark |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 safe | cop |
| 6 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Send | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | imperative | you not said here | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent £=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is | to-infinitive | you not said here | safe property | tree rules |
Option 3
Reply asking what happened and which hospital it is
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reply | reply | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | asking | ask | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Reply | xcomp |
| 3 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 happened | nsubj |
| 4 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 asking | ccomp |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 hospital | cc |
| 6 | which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 7 hospital | det |
| 7 | hospital | hospital | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 happened | conj |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 happened | obl |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 asking | aux |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reply speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | present · progressive | you not said here | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | happen | past | hospital | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Ring the old number or look for your kid
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ring | ring | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 number | det |
| 3 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 number | amod |
| 4 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ring | obj |
| 5 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 6 look | cc |
| 6 | look | look | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Ring | conj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 kid | case |
| 8 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 kid | nmod:poss |
| 9 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 look | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ring | imperative | you not said here | the old number | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location number=Theme | ||||
| 2 | look | infinitive | you not said here | for your kid | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for kid=Theme |
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