Test 2 · ★ · Neighbours who don't speak and the friendly shopkeeper
«it's only a Mars bar, shops don't even notice». Is it OK?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: it, shops, bar · What happens: be, not notice · To what, where: Mars bar
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 483 «Neighbours who don't speak and the friendly shopkeeper» 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: «it's only a Mars bar, shops don't even notice».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 bar | punct |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 bar | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 bar | cop |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 bar | advmod |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 bar | det |
| 6 | Mars | Mars | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 bar | compound |
| 7 | bar | bar | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 notice | punct |
| 9 | shops | shop | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 notice | nsubj |
| 10 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 notice | aux |
| 11 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 notice | advmod |
| 12 | even | even | ADV | _ | 13 notice | advmod |
| 13 | notice | notice | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 bar | parataxis |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 13 notice | punct |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 bar | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | it | a Mars bar | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not notice in a quote | present · do-support | shops | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: 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: Is it OK?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 OK | cop |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 OK | nsubj |
| 3 | OK | ok | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 OK | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | bar | ok property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, if it's under a pound
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 8 pound | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 pound | mark |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 pound | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 pound | cop |
| 6 | under | under | ADP | _ | 8 pound | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 pound | det |
| 8 | pound | pound | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | it | a pound | tree rules |
Option 2
No, only stealing crisps counts
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 stealing | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 stealing | advmod |
| 4 | stealing | steal | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 counts | csubj |
| 5 | crisps | crisp | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 stealing | obj |
| 6 | counts | count | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | steal | gerund | crisps | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location crisp=Theme | |||||
| 2 | count | present | stealing | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
No, it's still stealing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 stealing | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 stealing | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 stealing | aux |
| 5 | still | still | ADV | _ | 6 stealing | advmod |
| 6 | stealing | steal | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | steal | present · progressive | it | still | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Yes, big shops don't mind
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 mind | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 shops | amod |
| 4 | shops | shop | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 mind | nsubj |
| 5 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 mind | aux |
| 6 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 mind | advmod |
| 7 | mind | mind | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not mind | present · do-support | big shops | vn care-88.1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
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