Test 1 · School legends
"a kid at my cousin's school bunked off for a YEAR and no one noticed" What's the first clue it's a legend?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: kid · What happens: bunk off, notice, be · To what, where: one, legend · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 of lesson 24 «School legends» of the myths 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 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 bunked | punct |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 kid | det |
| 3 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 bunked | nsubj |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 school | case |
| 5 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 6 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 school | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 cousin | case |
| 8 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 kid | nmod |
| 9 | bunked | bunk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | off | off | ADP | _ | 9 bunked | compound:prt |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 YEAR | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 YEAR | det |
| 13 | YEAR | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 bunked | obl |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 one | cc |
| 15 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 16 one | det |
| 16 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 YEAR | conj |
| 17 | noticed | notice | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 16 one | acl |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 27 legend | punct |
| 19 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 27 legend | nsubj |
| 20 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 27 legend | cop |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 clue | det |
| 22 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 23 clue | amod |
| 23 | clue | clue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 legend | nsubj |
| 24 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 legend | nsubj |
| 25 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 27 legend | cop |
| 26 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 27 legend | det |
| 27 | legend | legend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 noticed | parataxis |
| 28 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 9 bunked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bunk off in a quote | past | a kid at my cousin's school | year | vn odge-46-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | notice in a quote | participle | no one not said here | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | is a | present | a legend | 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
It happened a long time ago
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 | 2 happened | nsubj |
| 2 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 time | det |
| 4 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 time | amod |
| 5 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 happened | obl:unmarked |
| 6 | ago | ago | ADV | _ | 2 happened | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | past | It | time | ago property | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
It's about a friend of a friend nobody can ask
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 friend | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 friend | cop |
| 3 | about | about | ADP | _ | 5 friend | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 friend | det |
| 5 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 friend | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 friend | det |
| 8 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 friend | nmod |
| 9 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 11 ask | nsubj |
| 10 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 ask | aux |
| 11 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 friend | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | about a friend; of a friend | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | can | nobody | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
It's about a school, and schools are boring
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 school | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 school | cop |
| 3 | about | about | ADV | _ | 5 school | advmod |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 school | det |
| 5 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 boring | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 boring | cc |
| 8 | schools | school | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 boring | nsubj |
| 9 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 boring | cop |
| 10 | boring | boring | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 school | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a school | about property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | is | present | schools | a school not said here | boring property | tree rules |
Option 4
It mentions a cousin, and everybody knows cousins always lie
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 | 2 mentions | nsubj |
| 2 | mentions | mention | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 cousin | det |
| 4 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 mentions | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 knows | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 knows | cc |
| 7 | everybody | everybody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 8 knows | nsubj |
| 8 | knows | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 mentions | conj |
| 9 | cousins | cousin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 knows | obj |
| 10 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 11 lie | advmod |
| 11 | lie | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 knows | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mention speech: other | present | It | a cousin | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent cousin=Topic | ||||
| 2 | know | present | everybody | cousins | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer cousin=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | lie | present | everybody not said here | always property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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