Test 8 · Sleepovers and spooky stories
"the babysitter got calls from INSIDE THE HOUSE, it's true it was in a film" What's true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: babysitter, film · What happens: get, be · To what, where: calls, HOUSE, film
This is test 8 of lesson 26 «Sleepovers and spooky stories» 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 | _ | 4 got | punct |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 babysitter | det |
| 3 | babysitter | babysitter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 got | nsubj |
| 4 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | calls | call | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 got | obj |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 HOUSE | case |
| 7 | INSIDE | inside | ADP | _ | 9 HOUSE | case |
| 8 | THE | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 HOUSE | det |
| 9 | HOUSE | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 calls | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 true | punct |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 true | nsubj |
| 12 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 true | cop |
| 13 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 got | conj |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 film | nsubj |
| 15 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 film | cop |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 film | case |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 film | det |
| 18 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 true | parataxis |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 22 true | punct |
| 20 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 22 true | nsubj |
| 21 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 22 true | cop |
| 22 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 film | conj |
| 23 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 got | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get in a quote | past | the babysitter | calls | the HOUSE | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent call=Theme from house=Source | |||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | babysitter | true property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is in a quote | past | babysitter | a film | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | is | present | a film | true 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.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It's an old urban legend that was made into films
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 | 6 legend | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 legend | cop |
| 3 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 legend | det |
| 4 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 legend | amod |
| 5 | urban | urban | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 legend | amod |
| 6 | legend | legend | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 made | nsubj |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 made | aux:pass |
| 9 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 legend | acl |
| 10 | into | into | ADP | _ | 11 films | case |
| 11 | films | film | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 made | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a old urban legend | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | make | past · passive | a old urban legend | films | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: subject=Material into film=Product |
Option 2
The police confirmed it last week
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 police | det |
| 2 | police | police | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 confirmed | nsubj |
| 3 | confirmed | confirm | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 confirmed | obj |
| 5 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 week | amod |
| 6 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 confirmed | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | confirm | past | the police | it | week | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Topic |
Option 3
It's true because films show real events
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 | 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 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 6 show | mark |
| 5 | films | film | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 show | nsubj |
| 6 | show | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | advcl |
| 7 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 events | amod |
| 8 | events | event | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 show | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | true property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | show | present | films | real events | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent event=Recipient |
Option 4
It happened to a babysitter in your town just last year
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 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 babysitter | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 babysitter | det |
| 5 | babysitter | babysitter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 happened | obl |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 town | case |
| 7 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 town | nmod:poss |
| 8 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 babysitter | nmod |
| 9 | just | just | ADV | _ | 10 last | advmod |
| 10 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 year | amod |
| 11 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 town | nmod:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | past | It | to a babysitter in your town last year | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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