Test 4 · My dad could lift a car: playground boasting
«Holly's got a hundred rooms, can I live at hers??» What is the sensible reply?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Holly, I, sensible reply · What happens: get, live, be · To what, where: hundred rooms
This is test 4 of lesson 48 «My dad could lift a car: playground boasting» 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: «Holly's got a hundred rooms, can I live at hers??»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 got | punct |
| 2 | Holly | Holly | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 got | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 got | aux |
| 4 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 hundred | det |
| 6 | hundred | hundred | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 rooms | nummod |
| 7 | rooms | room | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 got | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 live | punct |
| 9 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 live | aux |
| 10 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 live | nsubj |
| 11 | live | live | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 rooms | acl:relcl |
| 12 | at | at | ADP | _ | 13 hers | case |
| 13 | hers | her | PRON | Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 live | obl |
| 14 | ?? | ?? | PUNCT | _ | 4 got | punct |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 got | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get in a quote | present · passive | Holly | hundred rooms | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer room=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | live in a quote | can | I | hundred rooms not said here | at Holly | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme room=Location |
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 the sensible reply?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 reply | det |
| 4 | sensible | sensible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 reply | amod |
| 5 | reply | reply | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the sensible reply | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Probably not a hundred; wait till you visit and see
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Probably | probably | ADV | _ | 6 wait | advmod |
| 2 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 wait | advmod |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 hundred | det |
| 4 | hundred | hundred | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 wait | nsubj |
| 5 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 6 wait | punct |
| 6 | wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | till | till | SCONJ | _ | 9 visit | mark |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 visit | nsubj |
| 9 | visit | visit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 wait | advcl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 see | cc |
| 11 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 visit | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not wait | infinitive | a hundred | probably property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | visit | present | you | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | see | present | you not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2
No, nobody can live in a house with rooms
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 live | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 5 live | nsubj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 live | aux |
| 5 | live | live | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 house | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 house | det |
| 8 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 live | obl |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 rooms | case |
| 10 | rooms | room | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 live | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | can | nobody | a house | with rooms | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in house=Location |
Option 3
Yes, but only in the room number one hundred
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 8 number | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 8 number | cc |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 number | advmod |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 number | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 number | det |
| 7 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 number | compound |
| 8 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 number | flat |
| 10 | hundred | hundred | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 one | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, she has ninety-nine spare rooms for all her friends
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 has | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 has | nsubj |
| 4 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | ninety | ninety | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 nine | compound |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 ninety | punct |
| 7 | nine | nine | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 rooms | nummod |
| 8 | spare | spare | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 rooms | amod |
| 9 | rooms | room | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 has | obj |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 friends | case |
| 11 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 13 friends | det:predet |
| 12 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 friends | nmod:poss |
| 13 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 rooms | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | she | nine spare rooms | for her friends | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=Patient |
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