Test 3 · The ball over the fence and the grumpy old man next door
Connor: «I smashed his greenhouse and legged it, if I stay hid nobody'll know». What should he do?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, Connor, nobody · What happens: smash, leg, stay, hide, know, do · To what, where: greenhouse · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 of lesson 473 «The ball over the fence and the grumpy old man next door» 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: Connor: «I smashed his greenhouse and legged it, if I stay hid nobody'll know».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Connor | Connor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 hid | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 smashed | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 smashed | punct |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 smashed | nsubj |
| 5 | smashed | smash | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Connor | acl:relcl |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 greenhouse | nmod:poss |
| 7 | greenhouse | greenhouse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 smashed | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 legged | cc |
| 9 | legged | leg | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 smashed | conj |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 legged | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 stay | punct |
| 12 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 14 stay | mark |
| 13 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 14 stay | nsubj |
| 14 | stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 legged | parataxis |
| 15 | hid | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 16 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 18 know | nsubj |
| 17 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 18 know | aux |
| 18 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 hid | ccomp |
| 19 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 18 know | punct |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 hid | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | smash in a quote | past | I | Connor's greenhouse | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent greenhouse=Theme | ||||
| 2 | leg in a quote | past | I not said here | greenhouse | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | stay a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | I | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | hide in a quote | past | Connor | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | know in a quote | future | nobody | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
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 should he do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | Connor | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
Blame Kieran for it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blame | blame | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | Kieran | Kieran | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Blame | appos |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 it | case |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Blame | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Stay under the bed till it's forgotten
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | under | under | ADP | _ | 4 bed | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 bed | det |
| 4 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Stay | obl |
| 5 | till | till | SCONJ | _ | 8 forgotten | mark |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 forgotten | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 forgotten | aux:pass |
| 8 | forgotten | forget | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Stay | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | imperative | you not said here | the bed | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under bed=Location | ||||
| 2 | forget | present · passive | bed | tree rules |
Option 3
Break another pane so it looks like wind
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Break | break | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 3 pane | det |
| 3 | pane | pane | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Break | obj |
| 4 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 looks | advmod |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 looks | nsubj |
| 6 | looks | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Break | advcl |
| 7 | like | like | ADP | _ | 8 wind | case |
| 8 | wind | wind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 looks | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | imperative | you not said here | another pane | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pane=Patient | ||||
| 2 | look | present | pane | like wind | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Go back, own up and say sorry
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | back | back | ADV | _ | 1 Go | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 own | punct |
| 4 | own | own | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Go | conj |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 own | compound:prt |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 say | cc |
| 7 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Go | conj |
| 8 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 say | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go back | imperative | you not said here | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 2 | own up | infinitive | you not said here | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | |||||
| 3 | say speech: apologize | infinitive | you not said here | sorry property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
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