Test 1 · ★★ · Around the English-speaking world: Canada, Australia, Irel…
An Aussie cousin texts, "Election day, chur! Snagged a democracy sanga at the school." ("Snagged" means got; a "sanga" is a sandwich.) What did he get?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sanga, he · What happens: snag, mean, get, be · To what, where: democracy sanga, school, sandwich · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 9 «Around the English-speaking world: Canada, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand» of the politics 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: An Aussie cousin texts, "Election day, chur!
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 texts | det |
| 2 | Aussie | aussie | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 texts | amod |
| 3 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 texts | compound |
| 4 | texts | text | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 day | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 day | punct |
| 7 | Election | Election | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 day | compound |
| 8 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 texts | appos |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 chur | punct |
| 10 | chur | chur | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 day | conj |
| 11 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 4 texts | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: Snagged a democracy sanga at the school."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Snagged | snag | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 sanga | det |
| 3 | democracy | democracy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sanga | compound |
| 4 | sanga | sanga | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Snagged | obj |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 school | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 school | det |
| 7 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Snagged | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Snagged | punct |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 1 Snagged | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | snag | past | a democracy sanga | the school | tree rules |
Sentence 3: ("Snagged" means got; a "sanga" is a sandwich.)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| 2 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 Snagged | punct |
| 3 | Snagged | snag | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 means | nsubj |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 Snagged | punct |
| 5 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 means | ccomp |
| 7 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 14 sandwich | punct |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 sanga | det |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 sanga | punct |
| 10 | sanga | sanga | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 sandwich | nsubj |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 sanga | punct |
| 12 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 sandwich | cop |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 sandwich | det |
| 14 | sandwich | sandwich | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 means | conj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| 16 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | snag in a quote | participle | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | mean | present | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 3 | get | participle | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 4 | is a | present | a sanga | a sandwich | tree rules |
Sentence 4: What did he get?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 get | obj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 get | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 get | nsubj |
| 4 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 get | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past · do-support | he | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |
The options
Option 1
A prize for voting first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 prize | det |
| 2 | prize | prize | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 voting | case |
| 4 | voting | voting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 prize | nmod |
| 5 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 2 prize | advmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
A ticket to meet the prime minister
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 ticket | det |
| 2 | ticket | ticket | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 meet | mark |
| 4 | meet | meet | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 ticket | acl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 minister | det |
| 6 | prime | prime | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 minister | amod |
| 7 | minister | minister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 meet | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | meet | to-infinitive | the prime minister | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent minister=Co-Agent |
Option 3
A free vote for buying a sandwich
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 vote | det |
| 2 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 vote | amod |
| 3 | vote | vote | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 5 buying | mark |
| 5 | buying | buy | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 vote | acl |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 sandwich | det |
| 7 | sandwich | sandwich | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 buying | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | buy | gerund | a free vote not said here | a sandwich | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sandwich=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
A sausage in bread sold at the polling place
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 sausage | det |
| 2 | sausage | sausage | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 bread | case |
| 4 | bread | bread | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sausage | nmod |
| 5 | sold | sell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 sausage | acl |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 place | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 place | det |
| 8 | polling | polling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 place | compound |
| 9 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sold | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sell | participle | a sausage in bread not said here | the polling place | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent at place=Asset |
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