Test 4 · The only child: a quiet house
«Matilda's got her own room, bet she's never jealous of anyone». What happened at the sleepover?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Matilda, you · What happens: get, bet, not be, happen · To what, where: own room, sleepover · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 of lesson 498 «The only child: a quiet house» 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: «Matilda's got her own room, bet she's never jealous of anyone».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 got | punct |
| 2 | Matilda | Matilda | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 got | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 got | aux |
| 4 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 9 bet | csubj |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 room | nmod:poss |
| 6 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 room | amod |
| 7 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 got | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 got | punct |
| 9 | bet | bet | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 10 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 jealous | nsubj |
| 11 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 jealous | cop |
| 12 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 13 jealous | advmod |
| 13 | jealous | jealous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 bet | ccomp |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 anyone | case |
| 15 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 13 jealous | obl |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 13 jealous | punct |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 bet | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get in a quote | present · passive | Matilda | Matilda's own room | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer room=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | bet in a quote | imperative | you not said here | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | not is in a quote | present | Matilda | of anyone; jealous property | tree rules |
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 happened at the sleepover?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 happened | nsubj |
| 2 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 sleepover | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 sleepover | det |
| 5 | sleepover | sleepover | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 happened | obl |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 happened | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | past | the sleepover | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at sleepover=Location |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Matilda was happy with no one to talk to
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matilda | Matilda | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 happy | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 happy | cop |
| 3 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 one | case |
| 5 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 6 one | det |
| 6 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 happy | obl |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 talk | mark |
| 8 | talk | talk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 happy | advcl |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 talk | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Matilda | with no one; happy property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | talk | to-infinitive | Matilda not said here | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Shaniqua wished she had more sisters
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shaniqua | Shaniqua | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 wished | nsubj |
| 2 | wished | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 had | nsubj |
| 4 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 wished | ccomp |
| 5 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 sisters | amod |
| 6 | sisters | sister | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 had | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wish | past | Shaniqua | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | have | past | Shaniqua | more sisters | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sister=Patient |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Each girl was jealous of the other
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 girl | det |
| 2 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 jealous | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 jealous | cop |
| 4 | jealous | jealous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 other | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 other | det |
| 7 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 jealous | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | each girl | of the other; jealous property | tree rules |
Option 4
Neither of them noticed anything
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neither | neither | DET | PronType=Neg | 4 noticed | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 3 them | case |
| 3 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Neither | nmod |
| 4 | noticed | notice | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 4 noticed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | notice | past | Neither | anything | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer anything=Stimulus |
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