Test 8 · School legends
Harvey swears the head teacher sleeps in her office. How could you check politely?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Harvey, head teacher, you · What happens: swear, sleep, check · To what, where: office
This is test 8 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: Harvey swears the head teacher sleeps in her office.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harvey | Harvey | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 swears | nsubj |
| 2 | swears | swear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 teacher | det |
| 4 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 teacher | compound |
| 5 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sleeps | nsubj |
| 6 | sleeps | sleep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 swears | ccomp |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 office | case |
| 8 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 office | nmod:poss |
| 9 | office | office | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sleeps | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 swears | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swear | present | Harvey | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | sleep | present | the head teacher | teacher's office | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in office=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: How could you check politely?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 check | advmod |
| 2 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 check | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 check | nsubj |
| 4 | check | check | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | politely | politely | ADV | _ | 4 check | advmod |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 check | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | check | could | you | politely property | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Ask her, or notice she arrives each morning like everyone else
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Ask | iobj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 notice | punct |
| 4 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 5 notice | cc |
| 5 | notice | notice | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Ask | conj |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 arrives | nsubj |
| 7 | arrives | arrive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 notice | ccomp |
| 8 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 morning | det |
| 9 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 arrives | obl:unmarked |
| 10 | like | like | ADP | _ | 11 everyone | case |
| 11 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 7 arrives | obl |
| 12 | else | else | ADV | _ | 11 everyone | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | her = she | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | notice | infinitive | you not said here | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | arrive | present | she | morning | like everyone | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Hide in school overnight to see
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hide | hide | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 3 school | case |
| 3 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Hide | nmod |
| 4 | overnight | overnight | ADV | _ | 1 Hide | advmod |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 see | mark |
| 6 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Hide | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | to-infinitive | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3
Look through her office window at night
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Look | look | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | through | through | ADP | _ | 5 window | case |
| 3 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 window | nmod:poss |
| 4 | office | office | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 window | compound |
| 5 | window | window | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Look | obl |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 night | case |
| 7 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Look | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | imperative | you not said here | night | through her office window | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent through window=Theme |
Option 4
Believe it because Harvey is your best mate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Believe | believe | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Believe | obj |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 8 mate | mark |
| 4 | Harvey | Harvey | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 mate | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 mate | cop |
| 6 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 mate | nmod:poss |
| 7 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 8 mate | amod |
| 8 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Believe | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | believe | imperative | you not said here | it | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | Harvey | your best mate | tree rules |
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