Test 2 · School legends
Your big brother says one detention will stop you getting any job ever. What's true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: big brother, one detention · What happens: say, stop, get, be · To what, where: you, job · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 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
Sentence 1: Your big brother says one detention will stop you getting any job ever.
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 | 3 brother | nmod:poss |
| 2 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 brother | amod |
| 3 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 detention | nummod |
| 6 | detention | detention | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 stop | nsubj |
| 7 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 stop | aux |
| 8 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 says | ccomp |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 stop | obj |
| 10 | getting | get | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 stop | xcomp |
| 11 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 12 job | det |
| 12 | job | job | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 getting | obj |
| 13 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 10 getting | advmod |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Your big brother | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | stop | future | one detention | you | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | get | gerund | one detention not said here | any job | ever | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer job=Stimulus |
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 true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
There's no lifelong record that every employer reads
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | There | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 2 's | expl |
| 2 | 's | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 5 record | det |
| 4 | lifelong | lifelong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 record | amod |
| 5 | record | record | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 's | nsubj |
| 6 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 reads | obj |
| 7 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 employer | det |
| 8 | employer | employer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 reads | nsubj |
| 9 | reads | read | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 record | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | present | no lifelong record | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | read | present | every employer | no lifelong record | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Topic |
Option 2
Only detentions on Mondays count
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 detentions | advmod |
| 2 | detentions | detention | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 count | nsubj |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 Mondays | case |
| 4 | Mondays | Monday | PROPN | Number=Plur | 2 detentions | nmod |
| 5 | count | count | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | count | present | detentions on Mondays | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 3
Detentions are published in the newspaper
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detentions | detention | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 published | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 published | aux:pass |
| 3 | published | publish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 newspaper | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 newspaper | det |
| 6 | newspaper | newspaper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 published | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | publish | present · passive | Detentions | the newspaper | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |
Option 4
He's right, every single detention gets sent to the police
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 sent | punct |
| 5 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 detention | det |
| 6 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 detention | amod |
| 7 | detention | detention | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 sent | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | gets | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 sent | aux:pass |
| 9 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 right | parataxis |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 police | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 police | det |
| 12 | police | police | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 sent | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | send | present · passive | every single detention | the police | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to police=Destination |
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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