Test 5 · ★ · Everyday sayings and grown-ups' rules
"my phone heard me say trainers and now it's all trainer ads, it's listening!!" What's a fairer explanation?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: phone, me, fairer explanation · What happens: hear, say, be, listen · To what, where: me, trainers, trainer ads · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 27 «Everyday sayings and grown-ups' rules» 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: "my phone heard me say trainers and now it's all trainer ads, it's listening!!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 heard | punct |
| 2 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 phone | nmod:poss |
| 3 | phone | phone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 heard | nsubj |
| 4 | heard | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 heard | obj |
| 6 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 heard | xcomp |
| 7 | trainers | trainer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 say | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 ads | cc |
| 9 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 14 ads | advmod |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 ads | nsubj |
| 11 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 ads | cop |
| 12 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 14 ads | det |
| 13 | trainer | trainer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 ads | compound |
| 14 | ads | ad | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 trainers | conj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 listening | punct |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 listening | nsubj |
| 17 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 listening | aux |
| 18 | listening | listen | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 heard | ccomp |
| 19 | !! | !! | PUNCT | _ | 18 listening | punct |
| 20 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 heard | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear in a quote | past | my phone | me | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert in a quote | infinitive | me not said here | trainers and all trainer ads | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent trainer=Topic | ||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | phone | all trainer ads | now | tree rules | |||
| 4 | listen in a quote | present · progressive | phone | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
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 a fairer explanation?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 explanation | det |
| 4 | fairer | fair | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 explanation | amod |
| 5 | explanation | explanation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a fairer explanation | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Trainers ads appear for everyone always
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trainers | trainer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 ads | compound |
| 2 | ads | ad | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 appear | nsubj |
| 3 | appear | appear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 everyone | case |
| 5 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 3 appear | obl |
| 6 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 3 appear | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | appear | present | Trainers ads | for everyone; always property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Phones read your mind through the screen
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phones | phone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 read | nsubj |
| 2 | read | read | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 mind | nmod:poss |
| 4 | mind | mind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 read | obj |
| 5 | through | through | ADP | _ | 7 screen | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 screen | det |
| 7 | screen | screen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 read | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | read | present | Phones | your mind | the screen | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Topic | |||
| 2 | mind | your | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The ads more likely came from searches and other data; people still argue
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 ads | det |
| 2 | ads | ad | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 came | obl |
| 3 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 4 likely | advmod |
| 4 | likely | likely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 came | nsubj |
| 5 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 searches | case |
| 7 | searches | search | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 came | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 data | cc |
| 9 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 data | amod |
| 10 | data | data | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 searches | conj |
| 11 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 14 argue | punct |
| 12 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 argue | nsubj |
| 13 | still | still | ADV | _ | 14 argue | advmod |
| 14 | argue | argue | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 came | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | likely | the ads | searches and other data | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from search=Initial_Location | |||
| 2 | argue speech: disagree | present | people | still | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
It definitely recorded you and sent it to a shop
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 recorded | nsubj |
| 2 | definitely | definitely | ADV | _ | 3 recorded | advmod |
| 3 | recorded | record | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 recorded | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 sent | cc |
| 6 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 recorded | conj |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 sent | obj |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 shop | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 shop | det |
| 10 | shop | shop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sent | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | record | past | It | you | definitely property | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | |||
| 2 | send | past | it | a shop | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to shop=Destination |
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