Test 1 · Mistakes, asking for help and saying no A girl in Vancouver scratches a neighbour's car with her bike. Nobody saw. What should she do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl, Nobody · What happens: scratch, see, do · To what, where: car
This is test 1 of lesson 99 «Mistakes, asking for help and saying no» 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 girl in Vancouver scratches a neighbour's car with her bike.
det nsubj case nmod det nmod:poss case obj case nmod:poss obl punct root A DET girl NOUN in ADP Vancouver PROPN scratches VERB a DET neighbour NOUN 's PART car NOUN with ADP her PRON bike NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 girl det 2 girl girl NOUN Number=Sing 5 scratches nsubj 3 in in ADP _ 4 Vancouver case 4 Vancouver Vancouver PROPN Number=Sing 2 girl nmod 5 scratches scratch VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 neighbour det 7 neighbour neighbour NOUN Number=Sing 9 car nmod:poss 8 's 's PART _ 7 neighbour case 9 car car NOUN Number=Sing 5 scratches obj 10 with with ADP _ 12 bike case 11 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 12 bike nmod:poss 12 bike bike NOUN Number=Sing 5 scratches obl 13 . . PUNCT _ 5 scratches punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 scratch present a girl in Vancouver a neighbour's car with girl's bike vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent car=Patient with bike=Instrument
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: Nobody saw.
nsubj punct root Nobody PRON saw VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Nobody nobody PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 2 saw nsubj 2 saw see VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 . . PUNCT _ 2 saw punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 see past Nobody vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
Sentence 3: What should she do?
obj aux nsubj punct root What PRON should AUX she PRON do VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 do obj 2 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 do aux 3 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 do nsubj 4 do do VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 do punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 do should girl vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Wait and see whether the neighbour ever finds the scratch
cc conj mark det nsubj advmod ccomp det obj root Wait VERB and CCONJ see VERB whether SCONJ the DET neighbour NOUN ever ADV finds VERB the DET scratch NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Wait wait VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 2 and and CCONJ _ 3 see cc 3 see see VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Wait conj 4 whether whether SCONJ _ 8 finds mark 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 neighbour det 6 neighbour neighbour NOUN Number=Sing 8 finds nsubj 7 ever ever ADV PronType=Ind 8 finds advmod 8 finds find VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 see ccomp 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 scratch det 10 scratch scratch NOUN Number=Sing 8 finds obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 wait imperative you not said here vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 see infinitive you not said here vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus 3 find present the neighbour the scratch ever vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scratch=Topic
Option 2 Say a different child did it
det amod nsubj ccomp obj root Say VERB a DET different ADJ child NOUN did VERB it PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Say say VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 child det 3 different different ADJ Degree=Pos 4 child amod 4 child child NOUN Number=Sing 5 did nsubj 5 did do VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 1 Say ccomp 6 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 did obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert imperative you not said here vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 do past a different child it vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer Tell her parents and the neighbour, and say sorry
nmod:poss obj cc det conj punct cc conj obj root Tell VERB her PRON parents NOUN and CCONJ the DET neighbour NOUN , PUNCT and CCONJ say VERB sorry ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Tell tell VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 3 parents nmod:poss 3 parents parent NOUN Number=Plur 1 Tell obj 4 and and CCONJ _ 6 neighbour cc 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 neighbour det 6 neighbour neighbour NOUN Number=Sing 3 parents conj 7 , , PUNCT _ 9 say punct 8 and and CCONJ _ 9 say cc 9 say say VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 1 Tell conj 10 sorry sorry ADJ Degree=Pos 9 say obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tell speech: assert imperative you not said here her parents and the neighbour vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient 2 say speech: assert infinitive you not said here sorry vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent sorry=Topic
Option 4 Ride away quickly before anyone notices
advmod advmod mark nsubj advcl root Ride VERB away ADV quickly ADV before SCONJ anyone PRON notices VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ride ride VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 away away ADV _ 1 Ride advmod 3 quickly quickly ADV _ 1 Ride advmod 4 before before SCONJ _ 6 notices mark 5 anyone anyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 6 notices nsubj 6 notices notice VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Ride advcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 ride away imperative you not said here away, quickly property vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent 2 notice present anyone vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
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