Test 11 · ★ · The copier and the one who competes at everything
Lily wrote her idea in her book with the date. Why does that help?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Lily, that · What happens: write, help · To what, where: idea, book
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 469 «The copier and the one who competes at everything» 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: Lily wrote her idea in her book with the date.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lily | Lily | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 wrote | nsubj |
| 2 | wrote | write | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 idea | nmod:poss |
| 4 | idea | idea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wrote | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 book | case |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 book | nmod:poss |
| 7 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wrote | obl |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 date | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 date | det |
| 10 | date | date | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 book | nmod |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 wrote | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | past | Lily | Lily's idea | Lily's book with the date | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent idea=Theme in book=Destination |
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: Why does that help?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 help | advmod |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 help | aux |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 help | nsubj |
| 4 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 help | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | present · do-support | that | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Teachers love neat books
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Teachers | teacher | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 love | nsubj |
| 2 | love | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | neat | neat | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 books | amod |
| 4 | books | book | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 love | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | love | present | Teachers | neat books | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer book=Stimulus |
Option 2
Dates make stories better
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dates | date | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 make | nsubj |
| 2 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | stories | story | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 make | obj |
| 4 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 make | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | Dates | stories | good property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset story=Product |
Option 3
It stops Grace reading
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 | 2 stops | nsubj |
| 2 | stops | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Grace | Grace | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 reading | compound |
| 4 | reading | reading | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 stops | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | present | It | Grace reading | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality reading=Eventuality |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
It shows when the idea was hers
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 | 2 shows | nsubj |
| 2 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 hers | advmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 idea | det |
| 5 | idea | idea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 hers | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 hers | cop |
| 7 | hers | her | PRON | Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 shows | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | It | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | the idea | hers = she | tree rules |
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