Test 8 · Forgiving
Kirsty's bro: «I broke the lamp, Mam, sorry.» Right away. What happens in their house?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I · What happens: break, happen · To what, where: lamp, house
This is test 8 of lesson 454 «Forgiving» 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: Kirsty's bro: «I broke the lamp, Mam, sorry.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kirsty | Kirsty | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 bro | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Kirsty | case |
| 3 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 broke | vocative |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 3 bro | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 broke | punct |
| 6 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 broke | nsubj |
| 7 | broke | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 lamp | det |
| 9 | lamp | lamp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 broke | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 Mam | punct |
| 11 | Mam | Mam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 lamp | appos |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 sorry | punct |
| 13 | sorry | sorry | INTJ | _ | 7 broke | discourse |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 broke | punct |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 7 broke | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break in a quote | past | I | the lamp | Kirsty's bro vocative | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lamp=Patient |
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: Right away.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Right | right | ADV | _ | 2 away | advmod |
| 2 | away | away | ADV | _ | root | root |
| 3 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 away | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: What happens in their house?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 happens | nsubj |
| 2 | happens | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 house | case |
| 4 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 house | nmod:poss |
| 5 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 happens | obl |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 happens | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | present | their house | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in house=Location |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Double the trouble for owning up to it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Double | double | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 trouble | det |
| 3 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Double | obj |
| 4 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 5 owning | mark |
| 5 | owning | own | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Double | advcl |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 owning | compound:prt |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 it | case |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 owning | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | double | imperative | you not said here | the trouble | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent trouble=Patient | ||||
| 2 | own up | gerund | you not said here | trouble | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Half the trouble — he helps clean up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Half | half | DET | NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind | 3 trouble | det:predet |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 trouble | det |
| 3 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 helps | punct |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 helps | nsubj |
| 6 | helps | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 trouble | acl:relcl |
| 7 | clean | clean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 helps | xcomp |
| 8 | up | up | ADP | _ | 7 clean | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | present | he | half trouble not said here | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent trouble=Beneficiary clause=Theme | ||||
| 2 | clean up | infinitive | half trouble not said here | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 3
He has to move out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 has | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 move | mark |
| 4 | move | move | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 has | xcomp |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 4 move | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | He | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | move out | to-infinitive | He not said here | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Nothing, because lamps are dead cheap
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 cheap | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 7 cheap | mark |
| 4 | lamps | lamp | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 cheap | nsubj |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 cheap | cop |
| 6 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 cheap | amod |
| 7 | cheap | cheap | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Nothing | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | lamps | cheap property | tree rules |
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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