Test 2 · ★★ · When the teacher gets it wrong
A supply teacher says chameleons change colour "just to hide". When should you ask about it?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: supply teacher, chameleons, you · What happens: say, change, hide, ask · To what, where: colour · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 33 «When the teacher gets it wrong» 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: A supply teacher says chameleons change colour "just to hide".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 teacher | det |
| 2 | supply | supply | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 teacher | compound |
| 3 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | chameleons | chameleon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 change | nsubj |
| 6 | change | change | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 says | ccomp |
| 7 | colour | colour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 change | obj |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 change | punct |
| 9 | just | just | ADV | _ | 11 hide | advmod |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 hide | mark |
| 11 | hide | hide | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 change | advcl |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 hide | punct |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a supply teacher | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | change | present | chameleons | colour | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent colour=Patient | ||||
| 3 | hide in a quote | to-infinitive | chameleons not said here | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: 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: When should you ask about it?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 ask | advmod |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 ask | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 ask | nsubj |
| 4 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | about | about | ADP | _ | 6 it | case |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 ask | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 ask | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | should | you | about colour | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.topic whether S»: agent=Agent about it=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
In a note left on her desk saying she's wrong
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 note | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 note | det |
| 3 | note | note | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 note | acl |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 desk | case |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 desk | nmod:poss |
| 7 | desk | desk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 left | obl |
| 8 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 left | advcl |
| 9 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 wrong | nsubj |
| 10 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 wrong | cop |
| 11 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 saying | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | participle | a note not said here | her desk | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent on desk=Location | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | gerund | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | is | present | she | wrong property | tree rules |
Option 2
Never, because supply teachers don't count
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 8 count | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Never | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 8 count | mark |
| 4 | supply | supply | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 teachers | compound |
| 5 | teachers | teacher | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 count | nsubj |
| 6 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 count | aux |
| 7 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 count | advmod |
| 8 | count | count | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not count | present · do-support | supply teachers | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
At the end of the lesson, as a question
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | At | at | ADP | _ | 3 end | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 end | det |
| 3 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 lesson | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 lesson | det |
| 6 | lesson | lesson | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 end | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 question | punct |
| 8 | as | as | ADP | _ | 10 question | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 question | det |
| 10 | question | question | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 end | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Right away, interrupting her loudly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Right | right | ADV | _ | 2 away | advmod |
| 2 | away | away | ADV | _ | 4 interrupting | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 away | punct |
| 4 | interrupting | interrupt | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 interrupting | obj |
| 6 | loudly | loudly | ADV | _ | 4 interrupting | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | interrupt | gerund | her = she | away, loudly property | 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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