Test 1 · ★★ · Irregular verbs: goed, brung and other brave mistakes
Your mate laughs at his little sister for "I runned fast." What's the kind thing to tell him?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, I, kind thing · What happens: laugh, runn, be, tell · To what, where: mate · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 9 «Irregular verbs: goed, brung and other brave mistakes» 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 mate laughs at his little sister for "I runned fast."
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 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 laughs | nsubj |
| 3 | laughs | laugh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 sister | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 sister | nmod:poss |
| 6 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 sister | amod |
| 7 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 laughs | obl |
| 8 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 11 runned | mark |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 runned | punct |
| 10 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 runned | nsubj |
| 11 | runned | runn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 laughs | advcl |
| 12 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 11 runned | advmod |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 laughs | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 laughs | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh | present | Your mate | at mate's little sister | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | runn in a quote | past | I | fast property | 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's the kind thing to tell him?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 thing | det |
| 4 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 thing | amod |
| 5 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 tell | mark |
| 7 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 thing | acl |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 tell | iobj |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the kind thing | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | to-infinitive | the kind thing not said here | mate | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |
The options
Option 1
She should be told off
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 told | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 told | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 told | aux:pass |
| 4 | told | tell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | off | off | ADP | _ | 4 told | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell off speech: assert | should · passive | She | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
Option 2
"Runned" is the correct old form
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Runned | punct |
| 2 | Runned | Runned | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 form | nsubj |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Runned | punct |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 form | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 form | det |
| 6 | correct | correct | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 form | amod |
| 7 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 form | amod |
| 8 | form | form | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Runned | the correct old form | tree rules |
Option 3
She'll never learn English properly if she talks like that
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 learn | nsubj |
| 2 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 learn | aux |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 learn | advmod |
| 4 | learn | learn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | English | English | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 learn | obj |
| 6 | properly | properly | ADV | _ | 4 learn | advmod |
| 7 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 9 talks | mark |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 talks | nsubj |
| 9 | talks | talk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 learn | advcl |
| 10 | like | like | ADP | _ | 11 that | case |
| 11 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 9 talks | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not learn | future | She | English | properly property | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent english=Topic | |||
| 2 | talk a condition, not said to happen | present | English | like that | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
She's found the -ed rule; just say "ran" back to her
The tree, 12 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 found | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 found | aux |
| 3 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 rule | det |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 the | punct |
| 6 | ed | ed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 rule | compound |
| 7 | rule | rule | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 found | obj |
| 8 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 10 say | punct |
| 9 | just | just | ADV | _ | 10 say | advmod |
| 10 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 found | conj |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 ran | punct |
| 12 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 say | ccomp |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 ran | punct |
| 14 | back | back | ADV | _ | 12 ran | advmod |
| 15 | to | to | ADP | _ | 16 her | case |
| 16 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 ran | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | present · passive | She | the ed rule | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Topic | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | infinitive | She not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | run back in a quote | past | her = she | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to she=Result |
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