Test 3 · ★ · Owning up: the broken vase and the lost library book
A cartoon shows a boy who breaks a window, says nothing, and the whole class cheers him at the end. What is wrong?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: cartoon, boy, whole class · What happens: show, break, say, cheer, be · To what, where: boy, window, nothing, end · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★ 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: A cartoon shows a boy who breaks a window, says nothing, and the whole class cheers him at the end.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 cartoon | det |
| 2 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shows | nsubj |
| 3 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 boy | det |
| 5 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shows | obj |
| 6 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 breaks | nsubj |
| 7 | breaks | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 boy | acl:relcl |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 window | det |
| 9 | window | window | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 breaks | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 says | punct |
| 11 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 breaks | conj |
| 12 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 11 says | obj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 cheers | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 cheers | cc |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 class | det |
| 16 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 class | amod |
| 17 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 cheers | nsubj |
| 18 | cheers | cheer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 shows | conj |
| 19 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 cheers | obj |
| 20 | at | at | ADP | _ | 22 end | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 end | det |
| 22 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 cheers | obl |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 shows | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | a cartoon | a boy | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent boy=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | break | present | a boy | a window | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer window=Patient | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | present | a boy not said here | nothing | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic | ||||
| 4 | cheer | present | the whole class | boy | at the end | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer |
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 wrong?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrong | cop |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wrong | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | wrong property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
He should have blamed the teacher
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 blamed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 blamed | aux |
| 3 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 blamed | aux |
| 4 | blamed | blame | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 teacher | det |
| 6 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 blamed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | blame | should · perfect · passive | He | tree rules |
Option 2
Nothing; that is exactly how it would really go in a real school
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | root | root |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 10 go | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 go | cop |
| 5 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 10 go | advmod |
| 6 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 10 go | advmod |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 go | nsubj |
| 8 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 go | aux |
| 9 | really | really | ADV | _ | 10 go | advmod |
| 10 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Nothing | acl:relcl |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 school | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 school | det |
| 13 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 school | amod |
| 14 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 go | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | would · present | a real school | exactly, go property | tree rules |
Option 3
The class should have broken another window
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 class | det |
| 2 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 broken | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 broken | aux |
| 4 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 broken | aux |
| 5 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 7 window | det |
| 7 | window | window | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 broken | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | should · perfect · passive | the class | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Patient window=Result |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Staying silent let the class be punished for his fault
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Staying | stay | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 let | csubj |
| 2 | silent | silent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Staying | xcomp |
| 3 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 class | det |
| 5 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 let | obj |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 punished | aux:pass |
| 7 | punished | punish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 let | xcomp |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 fault | case |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 fault | nmod:poss |
| 10 | fault | fault | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 punished | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | gerund | silent property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | let | imperative | you not said here | the class | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | punish | infinitive · passive | the class not said here | for his fault | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: for fault=Theme | ||||
| 4 | fault | his = he | nom fault «act transitive»: poss=agent |
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