Test 3 · ★★ · The favourite, the black sheep, covering for each other an… Mam has 6 mugs. One is broken, and Cari says, «the cat did it». The family has no cat. What does Mam know for certain?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mam, Cari, cat, family · What happens: have, break, say, do, know · To what, where: 6 mugs, One, it, cat · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 509 «The favourite, the black sheep, covering for each other and hand-me-downs» 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: Mam has 6 mugs.
nsubj nummod obj punct root Mam PROPN has VERB 6 NUM mugs NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mam Mam PROPN Number=Sing 2 has nsubj 2 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 6 6 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 4 mugs nummod 4 mugs mug NOUN Number=Plur 2 has obj 5 . . PUNCT _ 2 has punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 have present Mam 6 mugs vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mug=Patient
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: One is broken, and Cari says, «the cat did it».
nsubj:pass aux:pass punct cc nsubj parataxis punct punct det nsubj ccomp obj punct punct root One NUM is AUX broken VERB , PUNCT and CCONJ Cari PROPN says VERB , PUNCT « PUNCT the DET cat NOUN did VERB it PRON » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 One one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 3 broken nsubj:pass 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 broken aux:pass 3 broken break VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 7 says punct 5 and and CCONJ _ 7 says cc 6 Cari Cari PROPN Number=Sing 7 says nsubj 7 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 broken parataxis 8 , , PUNCT _ 12 did punct 9 « « PUNCT _ 12 did punct 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 cat det 11 cat cat NOUN Number=Sing 12 did nsubj 12 did do VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 says ccomp 13 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 12 did obj 14 » » PUNCT _ 12 did punct 15 . . PUNCT _ 3 broken punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 break present · passive One vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient 2 say speech: assert present Cari vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 do in a quote past the cat it vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
Sentence 3: The family has no cat.
det nsubj det obj punct root The DET family NOUN has VERB no DET cat NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 family det 2 family family NOUN Number=Sing 3 has nsubj 3 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 no no DET PronType=Neg 5 cat det 5 cat cat NOUN Number=Sing 3 has obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 3 has punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 have present the family no cat vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Patient
Sentence 4: What does Mam know for certain?
obj aux nsubj case obl punct root What PRON does AUX Mam PROPN know VERB for ADP certain ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 know obj 2 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 know aux 3 Mam Mam PROPN Number=Sing 4 know nsubj 4 know know VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 for for ADP _ 6 certain case 6 certain certain ADJ Degree=Pos 4 know obl 7 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 know punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 know present · do-support Mam for certain vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus
The options Option 1 · ✓ the right answer Cari's story isn't true
nmod:poss case nsubj cop advmod root Cari PROPN 's PART story NOUN is AUX n't PART true ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Cari Cari PROPN Number=Sing 3 story nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Cari case 3 story story NOUN Number=Sing 6 true nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 true cop 5 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 6 true advmod 6 true true ADJ Degree=Pos root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not is present Cari's story true property tree rules
Option 2 Cari broke the mug herself
nsubj det obj obl root Cari PROPN broke VERB the DET mug NOUN herself PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Cari Cari PROPN Number=Sing 2 broke nsubj 2 broke break VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 mug det 4 mug mug NOUN Number=Sing 2 broke obj 5 herself herself PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes 2 broke obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 break past Cari the mug Cari obl vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mug=Patient
Option 3 The mug broke on its own
det nsubj case nmod:poss obl root The DET mug NOUN broke VERB on ADP its PRON own ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 mug det 2 mug mug NOUN Number=Sing 3 broke nsubj 3 broke break VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 on on ADP _ 6 own case 5 its its PRON Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 own nmod:poss 6 own own ADJ Degree=Pos 3 broke obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 break past the mug mug's own vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on own=Location
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice A neighbour's cat came in
det nmod:poss case nsubj advmod root A DET neighbour NOUN 's PART cat NOUN came VERB in ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 neighbour det 2 neighbour neighbour NOUN Number=Sing 4 cat nmod:poss 3 's 's PART _ 2 neighbour case 4 cat cat NOUN Number=Sing 5 came nsubj 5 came come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 in in ADV _ 5 came advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 come in past a neighbour's cat vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
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