Test 3 · Boredom, excitement and pride
Ruby keeps chatting because the lesson is too easy for her. What is the best solution?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ruby, lesson, best solution · What happens: keep, chat, be
This is test 3 of lesson 93 «Boredom, excitement and pride» 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 keeps chatting because the lesson is too easy for her.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruby | Ruby | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 keeps | nsubj |
| 2 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | chatting | chat | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 keeps | xcomp |
| 4 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 9 easy | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 lesson | det |
| 6 | lesson | lesson | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 easy | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 easy | cop |
| 8 | too | too | ADV | _ | 9 easy | advmod |
| 9 | easy | easy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 chatting | advcl |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 her | case |
| 11 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 easy | obl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 keeps | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | present | Ruby | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | chat speech: other | gerund | Ruby not said here | vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is | present | the lesson | for Ruby; easy property | 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 is the best solution?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 solution | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 solution | amod |
| 5 | solution | solution | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the best solution | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Pretend to work while she reads a comic
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pretend | pretend | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | PART | _ | 3 work | mark |
| 3 | work | work | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Pretend | xcomp |
| 4 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 6 reads | mark |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 reads | nsubj |
| 6 | reads | read | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 work | ccomp |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 comic | det |
| 8 | comic | comic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 reads | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | to-infinitive | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | ||||||
| 2 | read | present | she | a comic | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent comic=Topic |
Option 2
Keep chatting quietly so the others in the class do not notice
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | chatting | chat | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 Keep | xcomp |
| 3 | quietly | quietly | ADV | _ | 2 chatting | advmod |
| 4 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 12 notice | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 others | det |
| 6 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 notice | nsubj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 class | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 class | det |
| 9 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 others | nmod |
| 10 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 notice | aux |
| 11 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 notice | advmod |
| 12 | notice | notice | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 chatting | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | imperative | you not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | chat speech: other | gerund | you not said here | quietly property | vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | not notice | present · do-support | the others in the class | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Ask the teacher politely if there is extra work
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 teacher | det |
| 3 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ask | obj |
| 4 | politely | politely | ADV | _ | 1 Ask | advmod |
| 5 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 is | mark |
| 6 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 7 is | expl |
| 7 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Ask | advcl |
| 8 | extra | extra | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 work | amod |
| 9 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 is | nsubj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | the teacher | politely property | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient | |||
| 2 | be a condition, not said to happen | present | extra work | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Tell the teacher the lesson is boring
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 teacher | det |
| 3 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tell | obj |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 lesson | det |
| 5 | lesson | lesson | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 boring | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 boring | cop |
| 7 | boring | boring | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Tell | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | the teacher | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | is | present | the lesson | boring property | tree rules |
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