Test 7 · ★★ · Minding the little ones: «you're the oldest»
«Tomasz rang his mum, what a baby, he should sort it himself». What does the lesson say?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Tomasz, mum, lesson · What happens: ring, baby, sort, say · To what, where: mum, baby · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 502 «Minding the little ones: «you're the oldest»» 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: «Tomasz rang his mum, what a baby, he should sort it himself».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 rang | punct |
| 2 | Tomasz | Tomasz | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 rang | nsubj |
| 3 | rang | ring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 mum | nmod:poss |
| 5 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 rang | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 baby | punct |
| 7 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 9 baby | nsubj |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 baby | det |
| 9 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 mum | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 sort | punct |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 sort | nsubj |
| 12 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 sort | aux |
| 13 | sort | sort | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 rang | conj |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 sort | obj |
| 15 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 13 sort | obl |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 13 sort | punct |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 rang | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ring in a quote | past | Tomasz | Tomasz's mum and a baby | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location mum=Theme | ||||
| 2 | baby in a quote | Tomasz's mum and a baby | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | sort in a quote | should | Tomasz | baby | Tomasz obl | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
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
He should have made his sister stop on her own
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 made | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 made | aux |
| 3 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 made | aux |
| 4 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 stop | nmod:poss |
| 6 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 stop | compound |
| 7 | stop | stop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 made | obj |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 own | case |
| 9 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 own | nmod:poss |
| 10 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 made | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | should · perfect | He | his sister stop | her own | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stop=Product | |||
| 2 | stop | his = he | nom stop «event transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2
Phoning your mum means you've failed the job
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phoning | phone | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 means | csubj |
| 2 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 mum | nmod:poss |
| 3 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Phoning | obj |
| 4 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 failed | nsubj |
| 6 | 've | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 failed | aux |
| 7 | failed | fail | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 means | ccomp |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 job | det |
| 9 | job | job | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 failed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | phone | gerund | your mum | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient | |||||
| 2 | mean | present | Phoning | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | fail | present · perfect | you | the job | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Eventuality |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Calling a grown-up when you're stuck is smart
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Calling | call | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 11 smart | csubj |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 grown | det |
| 3 | grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 1 Calling | obj |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 up | punct |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 3 grown | compound:prt |
| 6 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 9 stuck | advmod |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 stuck | nsubj |
| 8 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 stuck | cop |
| 9 | stuck | stuck | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 grown | advcl |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 smart | cop |
| 11 | smart | smart | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | gerund | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | grow up | participle | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | is | present | you | stuck property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | is | present | Calling | smart property | tree rules |
Option 4
A big brother must solve everything alone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 brother | det |
| 2 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 brother | amod |
| 3 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 solve | nsubj |
| 4 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 solve | aux |
| 5 | solve | solve | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 5 solve | obj |
| 7 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 5 solve | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | solve | must | a big brother | everything | alone property | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Topic |
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