Test 4 · ★★ · Accents and dialects around the world
Your Indian English cousin says "The test, set for Wednesday, has been preponed to Monday." What happened?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Indian English cousin · What happens: say, set, prepon, happen · To what, where: test · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 19 «Accents and dialects around the world» of the language 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: Your Indian English cousin says "The test, set for Wednesday, has been preponed to Monday."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 2 | Indian | Indian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 cousin | amod |
| 3 | English | English | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 cousin | amod |
| 4 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 says | nsubj |
| 5 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 test | punct |
| 7 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 test | det |
| 8 | test | test | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 says | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 set | punct |
| 10 | set | set | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 test | acl |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 Wednesday | case |
| 12 | Wednesday | Wednesday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 set | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 preponed | punct |
| 14 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 preponed | aux |
| 15 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 16 preponed | aux:pass |
| 16 | preponed | prepon | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 says | ccomp |
| 17 | to | to | ADP | _ | 18 Monday | case |
| 18 | Monday | Monday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 preponed | obl |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 preponed | punct |
| 20 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 preponed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Your Indian English cousin | the test | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | set in a quote | participle | the test not said here | wednesday | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 3 | prepon in a quote | present · perfect · passive | monday | 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 happened?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 happened | nsubj |
| 2 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 happened | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | past | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1
It was repeated on Monday and Wednesday
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 repeated | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 repeated | aux:pass |
| 3 | repeated | repeat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 Monday | case |
| 5 | Monday | Monday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 repeated | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 Wednesday | cc |
| 7 | Wednesday | Wednesday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Monday | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | repeat | past · passive | It | monday | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
Option 2
It was cancelled completely
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 cancelled | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 cancelled | aux:pass |
| 3 | cancelled | cancel | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | completely | completely | ADV | _ | 3 cancelled | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cancel | past · passive | It | completely property | tree rules |
Option 3
It was moved later, to next week
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 moved | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 moved | aux:pass |
| 3 | moved | move | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 3 moved | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 week | punct |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 week | case |
| 7 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 week | amod |
| 8 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 moved | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move | past · passive | It | week | late property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It was moved earlier, to Monday
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 moved | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 moved | aux:pass |
| 3 | moved | move | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | earlier | early | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 3 moved | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 Monday | punct |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 Monday | case |
| 7 | Monday | Monday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 moved | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move | past · passive | It | monday | early property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme |
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