Test 5 · Learning through the ages: schools, universities, librarie…
Grandma Rosa's grandmother worked on the farm from age seven. Why was that normal then?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: grandmother · What happens: work, be
This is test 5 of lesson 64 «Learning through the ages: schools, universities, libraries and science» of the history 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: Grandma Rosa's grandmother worked on the farm from age seven.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grandma | Grandma | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Rosa | compound |
| 2 | Rosa | Rosa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 grandmother | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 Rosa | case |
| 4 | grandmother | grandmother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 worked | nsubj |
| 5 | worked | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 farm | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 farm | det |
| 8 | farm | farm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 worked | obl |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 10 age | case |
| 10 | age | age | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 worked | obl |
| 11 | seven | seven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 age | flat |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 worked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | past | Grandma Rosa's grandmother | from age | on the farm | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on farm=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: Why was that normal then?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 normal | advmod |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 normal | cop |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 4 normal | mark |
| 4 | normal | normal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 normal | advmod |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 normal | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | then | normal property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Children liked farm work more than they liked lessons
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 work | nsubj |
| 2 | liked | like | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Children | acl |
| 3 | farm | farm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 liked | obj |
| 4 | work | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 4 work | advmod |
| 6 | than | than | SCONJ | _ | 8 liked | mark |
| 7 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 liked | nsubj |
| 8 | liked | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 work | advcl |
| 9 | lessons | lesson | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 liked | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | like | participle | Children not said here | farm | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot farm=Theme | ||||
| 2 | work | present | Children | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | like | past | Children = child | lessons | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot lesson=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Most children worked; school for all came only recently
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Most | most | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 2 children | amod |
| 2 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 worked | nsubj |
| 3 | worked | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 5 school | punct |
| 5 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 worked | obj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 all | case |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 came | advmod |
| 8 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 worked | advcl |
| 9 | only | only | ADV | _ | 10 recently | advmod |
| 10 | recently | recently | ADV | _ | 8 came | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | past | Most children | school | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent school=Material | ||||
| 2 | come | past | Most children not said here | recently property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Schools were banned for everyone, children and grown-ups alike
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Schools | school | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 banned | nsubj |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 banned | aux:pass |
| 3 | banned | ban | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 everyone | case |
| 5 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 3 banned | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 children | punct |
| 7 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 everyone | conj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 ups | cc |
| 9 | grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 ups | amod |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 grown | punct |
| 11 | ups | up | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 children | conj |
| 12 | alike | alike | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 banned | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ban | past · passive | Schools | for everyone | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | grow | participle | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
There were no schools at all anywhere in the world then
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | There | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 2 were | expl |
| 2 | were | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 4 schools | det |
| 4 | schools | school | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 were | nsubj |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 all | case |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 schools | conj |
| 7 | anywhere | anywhere | ADV | PronType=Ind | 6 all | amod |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 world | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 world | det |
| 10 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 schools | nmod |
| 11 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 2 were | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | past | no schools in the world | there | then | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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