Test 7 · Scary films, games, hospitals and what helps
The vicar announces, very formally: «Our Halloween light party shall be held in the church hall, all being welcome.» What is it?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: vicar, all, party · What happens: announce, hold, be · To what, where: Halloween light party, church hall · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 of lesson 71 «Scary films, games, hospitals and what helps» of the religion ethics 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: The vicar announces, very formally: «Our Halloween light party shall be held in the church hall, all being welcome.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 vicar | det |
| 2 | vicar | vicar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 announces | nsubj |
| 3 | announces | announce | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 formally | punct |
| 5 | very | very | ADV | _ | 6 formally | advmod |
| 6 | formally | formally | ADV | _ | 3 announces | advmod |
| 7 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 15 held | punct |
| 8 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 15 held | punct |
| 9 | Our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 party | nmod:poss |
| 10 | Halloween | Halloween | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 party | compound |
| 11 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 party | compound |
| 12 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 held | nsubj:pass |
| 13 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 15 held | aux |
| 14 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 15 held | aux:pass |
| 15 | held | hold | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 announces | parataxis |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 hall | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 hall | det |
| 18 | church | church | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 hall | compound |
| 19 | hall | hall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 held | obl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 welcome | punct |
| 21 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 23 welcome | nsubj |
| 22 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 23 welcome | cop |
| 23 | welcome | welcome | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 held | parataxis |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 announces | punct |
| 25 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 announces | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | announce speech: other | present | the vicar | formally property | vn order-58.3 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | hold in a quote | shall · passive | Our Halloween light party | the church hall | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in hall=Location | ||||
| 3 | is in a quote | gerund | all | welcome 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.
Sentence 2: What is it?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 What | nsubj |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | party | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
A meeting to ban costumes for ever
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 meeting | det |
| 2 | meeting | meeting | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 ban | mark |
| 4 | ban | ban | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 meeting | acl |
| 5 | costumes | costume | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 ban | obj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 ever | case |
| 7 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 4 ban | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ban | to-infinitive | costumes | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer costume=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
A funeral held on 31 October
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 funeral | det |
| 2 | funeral | funeral | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | held | hold | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 funeral | acl |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 31 | case |
| 5 | 31 | 31 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 held | obl |
| 6 | October | October | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 31 | nmod:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold | participle | a funeral not said here | 31 October | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on 31=Location |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
A church party as an alternative to spooky Halloween
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 party | det |
| 2 | church | church | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 party | compound |
| 3 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | as | as | ADP | _ | 6 alternative | case |
| 5 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 alternative | det |
| 6 | alternative | alternative | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 party | nmod |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 Halloween | case |
| 8 | spooky | spooky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 Halloween | amod |
| 9 | Halloween | Halloween | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 alternative | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
A service to scare away ghosts from the village
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 service | det |
| 2 | service | service | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 scare | mark |
| 4 | scare | scare | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 service | acl |
| 5 | away | away | ADV | _ | 4 scare | advmod |
| 6 | ghosts | ghost | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 scare | obj |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 village | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 village | det |
| 9 | village | village | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 scare | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | scare away | to-infinitive | ghosts | the village | away property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus ghost=Experiencer |
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