Test 6 · ★ · The big sister: bossy, protective, borrowing your stuff
«big sis bought me cocoa every Sat and now she's stopped, so unfair». What does the lesson say?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: big sis, lesson · What happens: buy, stop, say · To what, where: cocoa, me, sis · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 500 «The big sister: bossy, protective, borrowing your stuff» 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: «big sis bought me cocoa every Sat and now she's stopped, so unfair».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 bought | punct |
| 2 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 sis | amod |
| 3 | sis | sis | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 bought | nsubj |
| 4 | bought | buy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 bought | iobj |
| 6 | cocoa | cocoa | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 bought | obj |
| 7 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 Sat | det |
| 8 | Sat | Saturday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 bought | obj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 stopped | cc |
| 10 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 13 stopped | advmod |
| 11 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 stopped | nsubj |
| 12 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 stopped | aux:pass |
| 13 | stopped | stop | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 Sat | conj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 unfair | punct |
| 15 | so | so | ADV | _ | 16 unfair | advmod |
| 16 | unfair | unfair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 bought | parataxis |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 16 unfair | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 bought | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | buy in a quote | past | big sis | cocoa | me | saturday | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary cocoa=Theme | ||
| 2 | stop in a quote | present · passive | sis | now | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality |
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 does the lesson say?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 say | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 say | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 lesson | det |
| 4 | lesson | lesson | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 say | nsubj |
| 5 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present · do-support | the lesson | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1
She has to keep buying it forever
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem 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 keep | mark |
| 4 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 has | xcomp |
| 5 | buying | buy | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 keep | xcomp |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 buying | obj |
| 7 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 5 buying | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | She | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | keep | to-infinitive | She not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | buy | gerund | She not said here | it | forever property | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A treat is a gift, not a rule
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 treat | det |
| 2 | treat | treat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 gift | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 gift | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 gift | det |
| 5 | gift | gift | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 rule | punct |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 rule | advmod |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 rule | det |
| 9 | rule | rule | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 gift | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a treat | a gift and a rule | tree rules |
Option 3
Sulk until she buys two next week
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sulk | sulk | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 4 buys | mark |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 buys | nsubj |
| 4 | buys | buy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Sulk | acl:relcl |
| 5 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 week | nummod |
| 6 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 week | amod |
| 7 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 buys | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | buy | present | she | Sulk not said here | week | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sulk=Theme |
Option 4
Tell Mum to make her pay up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tell | obj |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 make | mark |
| 4 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Tell | ccomp |
| 5 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 make | obj |
| 6 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 make | xcomp |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 6 pay | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | Mum | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | make not said to happen | to-infinitive | her = she | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | pay up not said to happen | infinitive | her = she not said here | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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