Test 10 · ★★ · Promises, memory and keeping each other safe
«We plant sunflowers for babusya every summer, she was mad about them,» says Taras in Toronto. What is this?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: We, she, Taras, this · What happens: plant, be, say · To what, where: sunflowers, Toronto · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 79 «Promises, memory and keeping each other safe» 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: «We plant sunflowers for babusya every summer, she was mad about them,» says Taras in Toronto.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 plant | punct |
| 2 | We | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 plant | nsubj |
| 3 | plant | plant | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 says | ccomp |
| 4 | sunflowers | sunflower | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 plant | obj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 babusya | case |
| 6 | babusya | babusya | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 plant | obl |
| 7 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 summer | det |
| 8 | summer | summer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 plant | obl:unmarked |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 mad | punct |
| 10 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 mad | nsubj |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 mad | cop |
| 12 | mad | mad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 plant | parataxis |
| 13 | about | about | ADP | _ | 14 them | case |
| 14 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 mad | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 plant | punct |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 17 says | punct |
| 17 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 18 | Taras | Taras | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 says | nsubj |
| 19 | in | in | ADP | _ | 20 Toronto | case |
| 20 | Toronto | Toronto | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 says | obl |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 17 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | plant in a quote | present | We | sunflowers | summer | for babusya | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sunflower=Patient | ||
| 2 | is in a quote | past | she | about sunflowers = sunflower; mad property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | present | Taras | Toronto | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
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 this?
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 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 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 | this | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
A clever way of selling seeds to neighbours
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 way | det |
| 2 | clever | clever | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 way | amod |
| 3 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 5 selling | mark |
| 5 | selling | sell | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 way | acl |
| 6 | seeds | seed | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 selling | obj |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 neighbours | case |
| 8 | neighbours | neighbour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 selling | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sell | gerund | a clever way not said here | seeds | neighbours | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent seed=Theme to neighbour=Recipient |
Option 2
A sign that she is coming back one day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 sign | det |
| 2 | sign | sign | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 6 coming | mark |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 coming | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 coming | aux |
| 6 | coming | come | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 sign | acl |
| 7 | back | back | ADV | _ | 6 coming | advmod |
| 8 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 day | nummod |
| 9 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 coming | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come back | present · progressive | she | a sign not said here | day | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sign=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
A creative way of remembering her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 way | det |
| 2 | creative | creative | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 way | amod |
| 3 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 5 remembering | mark |
| 5 | remembering | remember | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 way | acl |
| 6 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 remembering | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | remember | gerund | a creative way not said here | her = she | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
A Ukrainian law about growing sunflowers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 law | det |
| 2 | Ukrainian | ukrainian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 law | amod |
| 3 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | about | about | SCONJ | _ | 5 growing | mark |
| 5 | growing | grow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 law | acl |
| 6 | sunflowers | sunflower | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 growing | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | gerund | a Ukrainian law not said here | sunflowers | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sunflower=Theme |
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