Test 9 · ★ · The parent who left, and a new partner
★★★ Jordan's dad came back in January, left in February, came back in June, left in July, came back in October. How many times has he come back this year so far?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★, many times · What happens: come back, leave · To what, where: June
This is test 9 · ★ 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: ★★★ Jordan's dad came back in January, left in February, came back in June, left in July, came back in October.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 came | nsubj |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 ★ | dep |
| 3 | ★ | ★ | PUNCT | _ | 1 ★ | punct |
| 4 | Jordan | Jordan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 dad | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 Jordan | case |
| 6 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 came | nsubj |
| 7 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | back | back | ADV | _ | 7 came | advmod |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 January | case |
| 10 | January | January | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 came | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 left | punct |
| 12 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 came | conj |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 February | case |
| 14 | February | February | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 left | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 came | punct |
| 16 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 came | parataxis |
| 17 | back | back | ADV | _ | 16 came | advmod |
| 18 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 June | case |
| 19 | June | June | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 came | obl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 left | punct |
| 21 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 19 June | acl |
| 22 | in | in | ADP | _ | 23 July | case |
| 23 | July | July | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 left | obl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 came | punct |
| 25 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 came | conj |
| 26 | back | back | ADV | _ | 25 came | advmod |
| 27 | in | in | ADP | _ | 28 October | case |
| 28 | October | October | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 came | obl |
| 29 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 came | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come back | past | ★ | january | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | leave | past | ★ not said here | february | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | come back | past | june | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | leave | participle | June not said here | july | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | come back | past | october | vn escape-51.1-1 «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: How many times has he come back this year so far?
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 | 3 times | amod |
| 3 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 come | nsubj |
| 4 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 come | aux |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 come | nsubj |
| 6 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | back | back | ADV | _ | 6 come | advmod |
| 8 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 9 year | det |
| 9 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 come | obl:unmarked |
| 10 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 far | advmod |
| 11 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 6 come | advmod |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 come | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come back | present | many times | year | far property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
4
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 4 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
5
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 5 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
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 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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