Test 7 · ★★ · When it was my fault: owning up and making it right

Archie's mate, Aussie, gets home soaked: "cheers for nothing, mate, walked home in the rain." What does Archie do next time that shows he's learned?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Archie, next time · What happens: soak, walk, do, show, learn · To what, where: mate, rain, Archie · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 5 «When it was my fault: owning up and making it right» of the reflection 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: Archie's mate, Aussie, gets home soaked: "cheers for nothing, mate, walked home in the rain."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Archie	Archie	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 mate	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Archie	case
3	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 soaked	nsubj:pass
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 Aussie	punct
5	Aussie	Aussie	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 mate	appos
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 mate	punct
7	gets	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 soaked	aux:pass
8	home	home	ADV	_	9 soaked	advmod
9	soaked	soak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	:	:	PUNCT	_	12 cheers	punct
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 cheers	punct
12	cheers	cheer	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 soaked	conj
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 nothing	case
14	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	12 cheers	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 mate	punct
16	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 nothing	conj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 walked	punct
18	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 soaked	conj
19	home	home	ADV	_	18 walked	advmod
20	in	in	ADP	_	22 rain	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 rain	det
22	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 walked	obl
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 soaked	punct
24	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 soaked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	soak	present · passive		Archie's mate				home property	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source
2	walk in a quote	past				the rain		home property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in rain=Trajectory

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 does Archie do next time that shows he's learned?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 do	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 do	aux
3	Archie	Archie	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 do	nsubj
4	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 time	amod
6	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 do	obl:unmarked
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 shows	nsubj
8	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 time	acl:relcl
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 learned	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 learned	aux:pass
11	learned	learn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 shows	ccomp
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	do	present · do-support	Archie		time	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
2	show	present	next time			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	learn	present · passive		Archie		vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

The options

Option 1

Says "it's your own fault, buy a bike"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Says	say	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 fault	nsubj
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 fault	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 fault	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 fault	cop
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 fault	nmod:poss
6	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 fault	amod
7	fault	fault	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 buy	punct
9	buy	buy	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	7 fault	parataxis
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 bike	det
11	bike	bike	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 buy	obj
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 buy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	Says	your own fault					tree rules
2	buy in a quote	infinitive		a bike					vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bike=Theme

Option 2

Lends it next time, but charges him money for it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lends	lend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Lends	obj
3	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 time	amod
4	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Lends	obl:unmarked
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 charges	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 charges	cc
7	charges	charge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Lends	conj
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 charges	obj
9	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 charges	obj
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 it	case
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 charges	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lend	present		it			time		vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	charge	present			him = he			for money	vn bill-54.5-1 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent he=Recipient money=Asset

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Lends the bike without being asked

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lends	lend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bike	det
3	bike	bike	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Lends	obj
4	without	without	SCONJ	_	6 asked	mark
5	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 asked	aux:pass
6	asked	ask	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Lends	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lend	present		the bike					vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bike=Theme
2	ask speech: ask	gerund · passive							vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»

Option 4

Hides his bike so nobody can ask to borrow it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hides	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 bike	nmod:poss
3	bike	bike	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hides	obj
4	so	so	SCONJ	_	7 ask	mark
5	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	7 ask	nsubj
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 ask	aux
7	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Hides	advcl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 borrow	mark
9	borrow	borrow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 ask	xcomp
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 borrow	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	hide	present		his bike	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bike=Patient
2	ask speech: ask	can	nobody		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	borrow not said to happen	to-infinitive	nobody not said here	bike	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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