Test 7 · ★ · Twins and big families
★★★ Mikey's house: 5 kids each get 2 minutes in the bathroom, one after the other, starting at 7:30. Mikey goes fourth. When does his turn start?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★, Mikey · What happens: get, start, go, turn · To what, where: 7:30, start
This is test 7 · ★ 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: ★★★ Mikey's house: 5 kids each get 2 minutes in the bathroom, one after the other, starting at 7:30.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 get | nsubj |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 ★ | dep |
| 3 | ★ | ★ | ADP | _ | 6 house | case |
| 4 | Mikey | Mikey | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 house | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 Mikey | case |
| 6 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 ★ | nmod |
| 7 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 kids | punct |
| 8 | 5 | 5 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 9 kids | nummod |
| 9 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 get | nsubj |
| 10 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 get | advmod |
| 11 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 13 minutes | nummod |
| 13 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 get | obj |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 bathroom | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 bathroom | det |
| 16 | bathroom | bathroom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 minutes | nmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 one | punct |
| 18 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 13 minutes | conj |
| 19 | after | after | ADP | _ | 21 other | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 other | det |
| 21 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 one | nmod |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 starting | punct |
| 23 | starting | start | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 get | advcl |
| 24 | at | at | ADP | _ | 25 7:30 | case |
| 25 | 7:30 | 7:30 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 23 starting | obl |
| 26 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 get | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | ★ | minute | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | start | gerund | ★ not said here | 7:30 | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=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: Mikey goes fourth.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mikey | Mikey | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 goes | nsubj |
| 2 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | fourth | fourth | ADV | _ | 2 goes | advmod |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 goes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | Mikey | fourth property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Sentence 3: When does his turn start?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 turn | advmod |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 turn | aux |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 turn | nmod:poss |
| 4 | turn | turn | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | start | start | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 turn | obj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 turn | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | present · do-support | start | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent start=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
7:32
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7:32 | 7:32 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
7:40
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7:40 | 7:40 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
7:36
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7:36 | 7:36 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
7:38
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7:38 | 7:38 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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