Test 4 · School legends
"it's snowed 10cm, school HAS to close by law!" Is that how it works?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: school · What happens: snow, have, close, be · To what, where: it
This is test 4 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: "it's snowed 10cm, school HAS to close by law!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 snowed | punct |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 snowed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 snowed | aux |
| 4 | snowed | snow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | 10 | 10 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 cm | nummod |
| 6 | cm | cm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 snowed | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 HAS | punct |
| 8 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 HAS | nsubj |
| 9 | HAS | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 snowed | conj |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 close | mark |
| 11 | close | close | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 HAS | xcomp |
| 12 | by | by | ADP | _ | 13 law | case |
| 13 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 close | obl |
| 14 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 4 snowed | punct |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 snowed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | snow in a quote | present · passive | it | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | have in a quote | present | school | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | close in a quote | to-infinitive | school not said here | by law | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
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: Is that how it works?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 works | cop |
| 2 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 5 works | mark |
| 3 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 works | advmod |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 works | nsubj |
| 5 | works | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 works | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | school | work property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, but only for the primary schools
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 8 schools | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 8 schools | cc |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 schools | advmod |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 schools | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 schools | det |
| 7 | primary | primary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 schools | amod |
| 8 | schools | school | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
No, the head decides based on safety
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 decides | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 head | det |
| 4 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 decides | nsubj |
| 5 | decides | decide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | based | base | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 safety | case |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 safety | case |
| 8 | safety | safety | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 decides | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | decide | present | the head | base safety | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | base | participle | vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Only if the snow is fresh, deep and white
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 6 fresh | advmod |
| 2 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 fresh | mark |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 snow | det |
| 4 | snow | snow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 fresh | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 fresh | cop |
| 6 | fresh | fresh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 deep | punct |
| 8 | deep | deep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 fresh | conj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 white | cc |
| 10 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 fresh | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the snow | fresh property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | the snow not said here | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | be | the snow not said here | tree rules |
Option 4
Yes, it's a law in every single country
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 law | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 law | expl |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 law | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 law | det |
| 6 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 country | case |
| 8 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 country | det |
| 9 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 country | amod |
| 10 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 law | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a law | every single country | tree rules |
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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