Test 6 · ★ · Twins and big families
★★★ Seán's family: 6 chips are left, and 4 kids finish homework first. Mam cuts chips in half if needed and shares the 6 equally between the 4. How many chips does each get?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: 4 kids, Mam, many chips · What happens: leave, finish, cut, need, share, get · To what, where: 6 chips, homework, chips, half, 6
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 503 «Twins and big families» 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: ★★★ Seán's family: 6 chips are left, and 4 kids finish homework first.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 left | obl |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 ★ | dep |
| 3 | ★ | ★ | PUNCT | _ | 6 family | punct |
| 4 | Seán | Seán | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 family | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 Seán | case |
| 6 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 ★ | appos |
| 7 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 11 left | punct |
| 8 | 6 | 6 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 9 chips | nummod |
| 9 | chips | chip | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 left | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 left | aux:pass |
| 11 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 finish | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 finish | cc |
| 14 | 4 | 4 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 15 kids | nummod |
| 15 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 finish | nsubj |
| 16 | finish | finish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 left | advcl |
| 17 | homework | homework | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 finish | obj |
| 18 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 16 finish | advmod |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 left | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | present · passive | 6 chips | ★ obl | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | finish | present | 4 kids | homework | first property | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector homework=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: Mam cuts chips in half if needed and shares the 6 equally between the 4.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mam | Mam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 cuts | nsubj |
| 2 | cuts | cut | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | chips | chip | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 cuts | obj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 half | case |
| 5 | half | half | NOUN | Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 2 cuts | obl |
| 6 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 needed | mark |
| 7 | needed | need | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 cuts | advcl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 shares | cc |
| 9 | shares | share | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 cuts | conj |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 6 | det |
| 11 | 6 | 6 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 9 shares | obj |
| 12 | equally | equally | ADV | _ | 9 shares | advmod |
| 13 | between | between | ADP | _ | 15 4 | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 4 | det |
| 15 | 4 | 4 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 9 shares | obl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 cuts | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cut | present | Mam | chips | half | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chip=Product | |||
| 2 | need a condition, not said to happen | participle | Mam not said here | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot | |||||
| 3 | share | present | Mam not said here | the 6 | between the 4; equally property | tree rules |
Sentence 3: How many chips does each get?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 2 many | advmod |
| 2 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 chips | amod |
| 3 | chips | chip | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 get | nsubj |
| 4 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 get | aux |
| 5 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 get | advmod |
| 6 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 get | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present · do-support | many chips | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
One and a half
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 half | cc |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 half | det |
| 4 | half | half | NOUN | Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 1 One | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
One and a quarter
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 quarter | cc |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 quarter | det |
| 4 | quarter | quarter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 One | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
One
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Two
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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