Test 7 · ★★ · The check that settles it Ben's little sis: «I fed the cat ages ago!» Ben checks: full bowl. What does this show?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: little sis, Ben, this · What happens: feed, check, show · To what, where: full bowl
This is test 7 · ★★ 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: Ben's little sis: «I fed the cat ages ago!»
nmod:poss case amod nsubj punct punct nsubj det compound obl:unmarked advmod punct punct root Ben PROPN 's PART little ADJ sis NOUN : PUNCT « PUNCT I PRON fed VERB the DET cat NOUN ages NOUN ago ADV ! PUNCT » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ben Ben PROPN Number=Sing 4 sis nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Ben case 3 little little ADJ Degree=Pos 4 sis amod 4 sis sis NOUN Number=Sing 8 fed nsubj 5 : : PUNCT _ 4 sis punct 6 « « PUNCT _ 8 fed punct 7 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 8 fed nsubj 8 fed feed VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 ages det 10 cat cat NOUN Number=Sing 11 ages compound 11 ages age NOUN Number=Plur 12 ago obl:unmarked 12 ago ago ADV _ 8 fed advmod 13 ! ! PUNCT _ 8 fed punct 14 » » PUNCT _ 8 fed punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 feed in a quote past Ben's little sis ago property vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent
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: Ben checks: full bowl.
nsubj punct amod obj punct root Ben PROPN checks VERB : PUNCT full ADJ bowl NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ben Ben PROPN Number=Sing 2 checks nsubj 2 checks check VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 : : PUNCT _ 5 bowl punct 4 full full ADJ Degree=Pos 5 bowl amod 5 bowl bowl NOUN Number=Sing 2 checks obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 2 checks punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 check present Ben full bowl vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bowl=Theme
Sentence 3: What does this show?
obj aux nsubj punct root What PRON does AUX this PRON show VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 show obj 2 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 show aux 3 this this PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 4 show nsubj 4 show show VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 show punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 show present · do-support this vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient
The options Option 1 Cats feed themselves
nsubj obj root Cats NOUN feed VERB themselves PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Cats cat NOUN Number=Plur 2 feed nsubj 2 feed feed VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 themselves themselves PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes 2 feed obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 feed present Cats Cats = cat vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Recipient
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Checking can prove someone right
nsubj aux obj advmod root Checking VERB can AUX prove VERB someone PRON right ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Checking check VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 3 prove nsubj 2 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 3 prove aux 3 prove prove VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 4 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 3 prove obj 5 right right ADV _ 3 prove advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 check gerund vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 2 prove can someone right property vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Theme
Option 3 Checking is only for liars
nsubj cop advmod case root Checking VERB is AUX only ADV for ADP liars NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Checking check VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 5 liars nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 liars cop 3 only only ADV _ 5 liars advmod 4 for for ADP _ 5 liars case 5 liars liar NOUN Number=Plur root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 check gerund vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 2 is present for liars tree rules
Option 4 His sister must be lying
nmod:poss nsubj aux aux root His PRON sister NOUN must AUX be AUX lying VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 His his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 sister nmod:poss 2 sister sister NOUN Number=Sing 5 lying nsubj 3 must must AUX VerbForm=Fin 5 lying aux 4 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 5 lying aux 5 lying lie VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 lie must · progressive His sister vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
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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