Test 1 · ★ · Owning up: the broken vase and the lost library book
Your brother says, "Just blame the cat, cats can't get grounded." What is the best reply?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: brother, best reply · What happens: say, blame, not ground, be · To what, where: cat, cats · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 89 «Owning up: the broken vase and the lost library book» 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: Your brother says, "Just blame the cat, cats can't get grounded."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 brother | nmod:poss |
| 2 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 blame | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 blame | punct |
| 6 | Just | just | ADV | _ | 7 blame | advmod |
| 7 | blame | blame | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 says | ccomp |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 cat | det |
| 9 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 blame | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 grounded | punct |
| 11 | cats | cat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 grounded | nsubj:pass |
| 12 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 15 grounded | aux |
| 13 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 15 grounded | advmod |
| 14 | get | get | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 15 grounded | aux:pass |
| 15 | grounded | ground | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 blame | conj |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Your brother | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | blame in a quote | infinitive | the cat | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Theme | |||||
| 3 | not ground in a quote | can · passive | cats | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V ADVP»: subject=Destination |
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 the best reply?
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 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 reply | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 reply | amod |
| 5 | reply | reply | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the best reply | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Good idea, the cat won't mind
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 idea | amod |
| 2 | idea | idea | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 idea | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 cat | det |
| 5 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 mind | nsubj |
| 6 | wo | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 mind | aux |
| 7 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 mind | advmod |
| 8 | mind | mind | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 idea | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not mind | future | the cat | vn care-88.1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2
Blame the dog instead, he's bigger
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blame | blame | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 dog | det |
| 3 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Blame | obj |
| 4 | instead | instead | ADV | _ | 1 Blame | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 bigger | punct |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 bigger | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 bigger | cop |
| 8 | bigger | big | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 1 Blame | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | blame | imperative | you not said here | the dog | instead property | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Theme | |||
| 2 | is | present | dog | big property | tree rules |
Option 3
Blame the window for being too close
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blame | blame | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 window | det |
| 3 | window | window | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Blame | obj |
| 4 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 7 close | mark |
| 5 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 close | cop |
| 6 | too | too | ADV | _ | 7 close | advmod |
| 7 | close | close | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Blame | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | blame | imperative | you not said here | the window | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent window=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | gerund | you not said here | close property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Letting anyone else take the blame, even the cat, is the oldest trick and still wrong
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Letting | let | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 15 trick | csubj |
| 2 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 1 Letting | obj |
| 3 | else | else | ADV | _ | 2 anyone | advmod |
| 4 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Letting | xcomp |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 blame | det |
| 6 | blame | blame | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 take | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 cat | punct |
| 8 | even | even | ADV | _ | 10 cat | advmod |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 cat | det |
| 10 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 blame | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Letting | punct |
| 12 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 trick | cop |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 trick | det |
| 14 | oldest | old | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 15 trick | amod |
| 15 | trick | trick | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 wrong | cc |
| 17 | still | still | ADV | _ | 18 wrong | advmod |
| 18 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 trick | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | gerund | anyone | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | take | infinitive | anyone not said here | the blame and the cat | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blame=Theme | ||||
| 3 | is a | present | Letting | the oldest trick | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | be | Letting not said here | still | tree rules |
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