Test 2 · Divorce and two homes
Ruby-Lou forgets her kit, Mrs Bell: «Again?!». What would most likely happen if she checked her list every Sunday night?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ruby Lou, Lou · What happens: forget, happen, check, list · To what, where: kit, list
This is test 2 of lesson 516 «Divorce and two homes» 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: Ruby-Lou forgets her kit, Mrs Bell: «Again?!».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruby | Ruby | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Lou | compound |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ruby | punct |
| 3 | Lou | Lou | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 forgets | nsubj |
| 4 | forgets | forget | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 kit | nmod:poss |
| 6 | kit | kit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 forgets | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 Bell | punct |
| 8 | Mrs | Mrs | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 Bell | compound |
| 9 | Bell | Bell | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 kit | appos |
| 10 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 forgets | punct |
| 11 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 12 Again | punct |
| 12 | Again | again | ADV | _ | 4 forgets | advmod |
| 13 | ?! | ?! | PUNCT | _ | 12 Again | punct |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 12 Again | punct |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 forgets | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forget | present | Ruby Lou | Lou's kit | again | tree rules |
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 would most likely happen if she checked her list every Sunday night?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 happen | aux |
| 3 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 4 likely | advmod |
| 4 | likely | likely | ADV | _ | 5 happen | advmod |
| 5 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 checked | mark |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 checked | nsubj |
| 8 | checked | check | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 happen | advcl |
| 9 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 list | nmod:poss |
| 10 | list | list | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 checked | obj |
| 11 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 13 night | det |
| 12 | Sunday | Sunday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 night | compound |
| 13 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 checked | obl:unmarked |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | would | likely property | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | check a condition, not said to happen | past | Lou | Lou's list | night | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent list=Theme | |||
| 3 | list | Lou | nom list «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
The options
Option 1
She would never need a PE kit again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 need | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 need | aux |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 need | advmod |
| 4 | need | need | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 kit | det |
| 6 | PE | pe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 kit | compound |
| 7 | kit | kit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 need | obj |
| 8 | again | again | ADV | _ | 4 need | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not need | would | She | a PE kit | again | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot kit=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Dad would move into Mum's flat to save time
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 move | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 move | aux |
| 3 | move | move | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | into | into | ADP | _ | 10 time | case |
| 5 | Mum | Mum | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 time | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 Mum | case |
| 7 | flat | flat | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 time | amod |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 save | mark |
| 9 | save | save | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 flat | xcomp |
| 10 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 move | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move | would | Dad | time | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | save | to-infinitive | Dad not said here | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Mrs Bell would stop PE for the whole class
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mrs | Mrs | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 stop | nsubj |
| 2 | Bell | Bell | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Mrs | flat |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 stop | aux |
| 4 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | PE | PE | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 stop | obj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 class | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 class | det |
| 8 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 class | amod |
| 9 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stop | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | would | Mrs | PE | for the whole class | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector pe=Eventuality |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
She'd forget things less often
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 forget | nsubj |
| 2 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 forget | aux |
| 3 | forget | forget | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 forget | obj |
| 5 | less | less | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 6 often | advmod |
| 6 | often | often | ADV | _ | 3 forget | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forget | would | She | things | often property | tree rules |
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