Test 11 · Nouns: the names of things, people, places and ideas
Is "smog" a noun?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be · To what, where: smog
This is test 11 of lesson 2 «Nouns: the names of things, people, places and ideas» 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 smog | cop |
| 2 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 smog | punct |
| 3 | smog | smog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 noun | compound |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 smog | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 noun | det |
| 6 | noun | noun | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 noun | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | smog | 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.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Yes, a blend of smoke and fog
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 blend | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 blend | det |
| 4 | blend | blend | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 smoke | case |
| 6 | smoke | smoke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 blend | nmod |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 fog | cc |
| 8 | fog | fog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 blend | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | blend | smoke | nom blend «event transitive»: of=patient |
Option 2
No, it is a verb meaning to smoke
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 verb | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 verb | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 verb | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 verb | det |
| 6 | verb | verb | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | meaning | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 verb | acl |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 smoke | mark |
| 9 | smoke | smoke | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 meaning | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a verb | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | mean | gerund | a verb not said here | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | smoke not said to happen | to-infinitive | a verb not said here | vn eat-39.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
No, it is a made-up spelling mistake
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 10 mistake | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 mistake | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 mistake | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 mistake | det |
| 6 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 mistake | amod |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 up | punct |
| 8 | up | up | ADP | _ | 6 made | compound:prt |
| 9 | spelling | spelling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 mistake | compound |
| 10 | mistake | mistake | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make up | participle | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | is a | present | it | a made spelling mistake | tree rules |
Option 4
Yes, a proper noun, the name of a city
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 noun | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 noun | det |
| 4 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 noun | amod |
| 5 | noun | noun | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 name | punct |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 name | det |
| 8 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 noun | appos |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 city | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 city | det |
| 11 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 name | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | name | a city | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient |
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