Test 6 · ★★ · Gaols, magistrates and old punishments: from the stocks to…
The same girl steals a loaf in 1910. What is different?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: same girl · What happens: steal, be · To what, where: loaf, 1910
This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 84 «Gaols, magistrates and old punishments: from the stocks to the Children Act of 1908» 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: The same girl steals a loaf in 1910.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 girl | det |
| 2 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 girl | amod |
| 3 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 steals | nsubj |
| 4 | steals | steal | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 loaf | det |
| 6 | loaf | loaf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 steals | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 1910 | case |
| 8 | 1910 | 1910 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 loaf | nmod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 steals | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | steal | present | the same girl | a loaf | 1910 | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location loaf=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: What is different?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 different | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 different | cop |
| 3 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 different | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | different property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
She would now be transported to Australia on a convict ship
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 transported | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 transported | aux |
| 3 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 transported | advmod |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 transported | aux:pass |
| 5 | transported | transport | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 Australia | case |
| 7 | Australia | Australia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 transported | obl |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 ship | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 ship | det |
| 10 | convict | convict | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 ship | compound |
| 11 | ship | ship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 transported | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | transport | would · passive | She | Australia | a convict ship | now | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to australia=Destination |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The Children Act of 1908 meant she could not be sent to prison
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Children | det |
| 2 | Children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 Act | nsubj |
| 3 | Act | Act | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 meant | nsubj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 1908 | case |
| 5 | 1908 | 1908 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 Act | nmod |
| 6 | meant | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 sent | nsubj |
| 8 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 sent | aux |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 sent | advmod |
| 10 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 11 sent | aux:pass |
| 11 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 meant | ccomp |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 prison | case |
| 13 | prison | prison | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 sent | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | past | Act of 1908 | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | not send | could · passive | Act | prison | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to prison=Destination |
Option 3
Nothing at all had changed for children since 1850
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 5 changed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 3 all | case |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 1 Nothing | nmod |
| 4 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 changed | aux |
| 5 | changed | change | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 children | case |
| 7 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 changed | obl |
| 8 | since | since | ADP | _ | 9 1850 | case |
| 9 | 1850 | 1850 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 changed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | change | past · perfect · passive | Nothing | since 1850 | for children | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: subject=Theme for child=Co-Theme |
Option 4
She would now be locked in the stocks for a whole week
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 locked | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 locked | aux |
| 3 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 locked | advmod |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 locked | aux:pass |
| 5 | locked | lock | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 stocks | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 stocks | det |
| 8 | stocks | stock | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 locked | obl |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 week | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 week | det |
| 11 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 week | amod |
| 12 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 locked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lock | would · passive | She | the stocks | now; week | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
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