Test 3 · The big language quiz
Your sis texts "the cat licked it's paw lol." What should she fix?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sis, cat · What happens: text, lick, be, fix · To what, where: paw · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 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 sis texts "the cat licked it's paw lol."
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 | 2 sis | nmod:poss |
| 2 | sis | sis | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 texts | nsubj |
| 3 | texts | text | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 licked | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 cat | det |
| 6 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 licked | nsubj |
| 7 | licked | lick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 texts | ccomp |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 paw | nsubj |
| 9 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 paw | cop |
| 10 | paw | paw | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 licked | obj |
| 11 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 7 licked | discourse |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 texts | punct |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 texts | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | text | present | Your sis | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | lick in a quote | past | the cat | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | cat | paw | 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 should she fix?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 fix | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 fix | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 fix | nsubj |
| 4 | fix | fix | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 fix | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fix | should | sis | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent what=Patient |
The options
Option 1
It should be "it is paw", written out in full
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 | 7 paw | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 paw | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 paw | cop |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 paw | punct |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 paw | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 paw | cop |
| 7 | paw | paw | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 paw | punct |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 written | punct |
| 10 | written | write | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 paw | acl |
| 11 | out | out | ADP | _ | 10 written | compound:prt |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 full | case |
| 13 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 written | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | should | It | paw | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | write out | participle | paw not said here | full | vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in full=Destination |
Option 2
Nothing, "it's" always means belonging to it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 8 means | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 means | punct |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 means | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 means | cop |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 means | punct |
| 7 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 8 means | advmod |
| 8 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | belonging | belong | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 means | xcomp |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 it | case |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 belonging | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Nothing | always, mean property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | belong not said to happen | gerund | Nothing not said here | it | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Its, with no apostrophe, means belonging to it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 apostrophe | nmod:poss |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 apostrophe | punct |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 apostrophe | case |
| 4 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 5 apostrophe | det |
| 5 | apostrophe | apostrophe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 means | nsubj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 apostrophe | punct |
| 7 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | belonging | belong | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 means | xcomp |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 it | case |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 belonging | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Its apostrophe | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | belong not said to happen | gerund | Its apostrophe not said here | apostrophe | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
It should be "its'" with the apostrophe at the end
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 | 5 its | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 its | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 its | cop |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 its | punct |
| 5 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | root | root |
| 6 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 5 its | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 its | punct |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 apostrophe | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 apostrophe | det |
| 10 | apostrophe | apostrophe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 its | nmod |
| 11 | at | at | ADP | _ | 13 end | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 end | det |
| 13 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 apostrophe | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | should | It | its = it | with the apostrophe at the end | tree rules |
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