Test 10 · ★ · The parent who left, and a new partner
★★★ Corey says, «Dad didn't ring on my 9th or my 10th, but he rang at Christmas between them.» How many of those three days did Dad ring?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★, Dad, many · What happens: say, not ring, ring · To what, where: 9th, Christmas · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 517 «The parent who left, and a new partner» 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: ★★★ Corey says, «Dad didn't ring on my 9th or my 10th, but he rang at Christmas between them.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 says | nsubj |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 ★ | dep |
| 3 | ★ | ★ | ADP | _ | 4 Corey | case |
| 4 | Corey | Corey | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 ★ | nmod |
| 5 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 ring | punct |
| 7 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 11 ring | punct |
| 8 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 ring | nsubj |
| 9 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 ring | aux |
| 10 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 ring | advmod |
| 11 | ring | ring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 says | ccomp |
| 12 | on | on | ADP | _ | 14 9th | case |
| 13 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 9th | nmod:poss |
| 14 | 9th | 9th | NOUN | Number=Sing NumForm=Combi NumType=Ord | 11 ring | obl |
| 15 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 17 10th | cc |
| 16 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 10th | nmod:poss |
| 17 | 10th | 10th | NOUN | Number=Sing NumForm=Combi NumType=Ord | 14 9th | conj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 rang | punct |
| 19 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 21 rang | cc |
| 20 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 rang | nsubj |
| 21 | rang | ring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 says | advcl |
| 22 | at | at | ADP | _ | 23 Christmas | case |
| 23 | Christmas | Christmas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 rang | obl |
| 24 | between | between | ADP | _ | 25 them | case |
| 25 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 rang | obl |
| 26 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 says | punct |
| 27 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | ★ ★ Corey | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | not ring in a quote | past · do-support | Dad | my 9th or my 10th | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on 9th=Location | ||||
| 3 | ring in a quote | past | Dad | Christmas | between them = they | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at christmas=Location |
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: How many of those three days did Dad ring?
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 | 9 ring | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 days | case |
| 4 | those | that | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 6 days | det |
| 5 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 days | nummod |
| 6 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 many | nmod |
| 7 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 ring | aux |
| 8 | Dad | Dad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 ring | nsubj |
| 9 | ring | ring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 9 ring | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ring | past · do-support | many of that three days | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
3
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
1
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
0
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
2
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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