Test 12 · The big language quiz
Your American pen pal asks for a "cookie, the sidewalk and the elevator" in British English. What are they?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: American pen pal, cookie · What happens: ask, be
This is test 12 of lesson 40 «The big language quiz» 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 American pen pal asks for a "cookie, the sidewalk and the elevator" in British English.
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 pal | nmod:poss |
| 2 | American | American | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 pal | amod |
| 3 | pen | pen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 pal | compound |
| 4 | pal | pal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 asks | nsubj |
| 5 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 cookie | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 cookie | det |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 cookie | punct |
| 9 | cookie | cookie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 asks | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 sidewalk | punct |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 sidewalk | det |
| 12 | sidewalk | sidewalk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 cookie | conj |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 elevator | cc |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 elevator | det |
| 15 | elevator | elevator | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 cookie | conj |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 elevator | punct |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 English | case |
| 18 | British | British | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 English | amod |
| 19 | English | English | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 elevator | nmod |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 asks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | Your American pen pal | for a cookie and the sidewalk and the elevator in British English | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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 are they?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 What | nsubj |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | cookie | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A biscuit, the pavement and the lift
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 biscuit | det |
| 2 | biscuit | biscuit | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 pavement | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 pavement | det |
| 5 | pavement | pavement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 biscuit | conj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 lift | cc |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 lift | det |
| 8 | lift | lift | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 biscuit | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
A muffin, the path and the hoist
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 muffin | det |
| 2 | muffin | muffin | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 path | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 path | det |
| 5 | path | path | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 muffin | conj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 hoist | cc |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 hoist | det |
| 8 | hoist | hoist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 muffin | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
A cracker, the kerb and the escalator
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 cracker | det |
| 2 | cracker | cracker | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 kerb | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 kerb | det |
| 5 | kerb | kerb | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 cracker | conj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 escalator | cc |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 escalator | det |
| 8 | escalator | escalator | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 cracker | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
A scone, the road and the stairs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 scone | det |
| 2 | scone | scone | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 road | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 road | det |
| 5 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 scone | conj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 stairs | cc |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 stairs | det |
| 8 | stairs | stair | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 scone | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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