Test 7 · ★ · Grandparents abroad and grandparents you never met
Babcia: «Again next week!» after the pierogi turned out like soggy slippers. What's the point of trying again?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Babcia, point · What happens: turn out, be, try
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 513 «Grandparents abroad and grandparents you never met» 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: Babcia: «Again next week!» after the pierogi turned out like soggy slippers.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Babcia | Babcia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 turned | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 Again | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 Again | punct |
| 4 | Again | again | ADV | _ | 1 Babcia | advmod |
| 5 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 week | amod |
| 6 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 Again | obl:unmarked |
| 7 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 1 Babcia | punct |
| 8 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 1 Babcia | punct |
| 9 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 12 turned | mark |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 pierogi | det |
| 11 | pierogi | pierogi | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 turned | nsubj |
| 12 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | out | out | ADP | _ | 12 turned | compound:prt |
| 14 | like | like | ADP | _ | 16 slippers | case |
| 15 | soggy | soggy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 slippers | amod |
| 16 | slippers | slipper | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 turned | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 turned | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn out | past | Babcia | like soggy slippers | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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's the point of trying again?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 point | det |
| 4 | point | point | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 6 trying | mark |
| 6 | trying | try | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 point | acl |
| 7 | again | again | ADV | _ | 6 trying | advmod |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the point | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | try | gerund | the point not said here | again | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
The options
Option 1
Using up all the flour in the house
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Using | use | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | root | root |
| 2 | up | up | ADP | _ | 1 Using | compound:prt |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 flour | det:predet |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 flour | det |
| 5 | flour | flour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Using | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 house | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 house | det |
| 8 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Using | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use up | gerund | all flour | the house | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flour=Patient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Keeping the family recipe alive
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keeping | keep | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 recipe | det |
| 3 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 recipe | compound |
| 4 | recipe | recipe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Keeping | obj |
| 5 | alive | alive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Keeping | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | gerund | the family recipe | alive property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent recipe=Theme |
Option 3
Making Babcia stop laughing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Making | make | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 stop | csubj |
| 2 | Babcia | Babcia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Making | obj |
| 3 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | laughing | laugh | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 stop | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | gerund | Babcia | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset babcia=Product | |||||
| 2 | stop | imperative | you not said here | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | laugh | gerund | you not said here | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Winning a cooking competition
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Winning | win | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 competition | det |
| 3 | cooking | cooking | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 competition | compound |
| 4 | competition | competition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Winning | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | win | gerund | a cooking competition | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent competition=Eventuality |
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