Test 3 · ★ · Worry and sadness
A boy in Glasgow has a tummy ache every Monday before school. What might it show?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy, ache · What happens: have, show · To what, where: tummy ache
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 91 «Worry and sadness» 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: A boy in Glasgow has a tummy ache every Monday before school.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 boy | det |
| 2 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 has | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Glasgow | case |
| 4 | Glasgow | Glasgow | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 boy | nmod |
| 5 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 ache | det |
| 7 | tummy | tummy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 ache | compound |
| 8 | ache | ache | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 has | obj |
| 9 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 Monday | det |
| 10 | Monday | Monday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 has | advcl |
| 11 | before | before | ADP | _ | 12 school | case |
| 12 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 Monday | nmod |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 has | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | a boy in Glasgow | a tummy ache | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ache=Patient |
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 might it show?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 show | obj |
| 2 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 show | aux |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 show | nsubj |
| 4 | show | show | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 show | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | might | ache | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
He is only pretending to be ill to stay home
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 pretending | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 pretending | aux |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 pretending | advmod |
| 4 | pretending | pretend | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 ill | mark |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 ill | cop |
| 7 | ill | ill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 pretending | xcomp |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 stay | mark |
| 9 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 ill | xcomp |
| 10 | home | home | ADV | _ | 9 stay | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pretend | present · progressive | He | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | is | to-infinitive | He not said here | ill property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | stay | to-infinitive | He not said here | home property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
He may be worried about something at school
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 worried | nsubj |
| 2 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 worried | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 worried | cop |
| 4 | worried | worried | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | about | about | ADP | _ | 6 something | case |
| 6 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 4 worried | obl |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 school | case |
| 8 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 something | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | may | He | about something; worried property | tree rules |
Option 3
His breakfast is always exactly the same on Mondays
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 breakfast | nmod:poss |
| 2 | breakfast | breakfast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 same | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 same | cop |
| 4 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 7 same | advmod |
| 5 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 7 same | advmod |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 same | det |
| 7 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 Mondays | case |
| 9 | Mondays | Monday | PROPN | Number=Plur | 7 same | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | His breakfast | monday | always, exactly, same property | tree rules |
Option 4
He must be allergic to Mondays and to school
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 allergic | nsubj |
| 2 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 allergic | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 allergic | cop |
| 4 | allergic | allergic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 Mondays | case |
| 6 | Mondays | monday | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 allergic | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 school | cc |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 school | case |
| 9 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 Mondays | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | must | He | to Mondays and school; allergic property | tree rules |
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