Test 2 · Living in a children's home
«it's like prison, man». What's more true about the rules?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: it · What happens: be
This is test 2 of lesson 520 «Living in a children's home» 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: «it's like prison, man».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 prison | punct |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 prison | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 prison | cop |
| 4 | like | like | ADP | _ | 5 prison | case |
| 5 | prison | prison | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 man | punct |
| 7 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 prison | appos |
| 8 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 7 man | punct |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 prison | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | it | like prison | 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's more true about the rules?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 true | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 true | cop |
| 3 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 true | amod |
| 4 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | about | about | ADP | _ | 7 rules | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 rules | det |
| 7 | rules | rule | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 true | obl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | about the rules; true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
They are a punishment for being in care
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 punishment | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 punishment | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 punishment | det |
| 4 | punishment | punishment | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 care | case |
| 6 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 care | cop |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 care | case |
| 8 | care | care | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 punishment | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | They | a punishment | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | gerund | for care | tree rules |
Option 2
They are there to make kids miserable
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 there | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 there | cop |
| 3 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 make | mark |
| 5 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 there | advcl |
| 6 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 make | obj |
| 7 | miserable | miserable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 make | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | They | there property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | make | to-infinitive | They not said here | kids | miserable property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset kid=Product |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
They only exist in children's homes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 exist | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 exist | advmod |
| 3 | exist | exist | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 homes | case |
| 5 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 homes | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 children | case |
| 7 | homes | home | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 exist | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | exist | present | They | children's homes | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in home=Location |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
They keep kids safe, like many family rules
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 keep | nsubj |
| 2 | keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 keep | obj |
| 4 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 keep | xcomp |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 rules | punct |
| 6 | like | like | ADP | _ | 9 rules | case |
| 7 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 rules | amod |
| 8 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 rules | compound |
| 9 | rules | rule | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 keep | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | present | They | kids | like many family rules; safe property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kid=Theme |
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