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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.

detnsubjdetobjnsubjacl:relcldetobjpunctconjobjpunctccdetamodnsubjconjobjcasedetoblpunctrootADETcartoonNOUNshowsVERBaDETboyNOUNwhoPRONbreaksVERBaDETwindowNOUN,PUNCTsaysVERBnothingPRON,PUNCTandCCONJtheDETwholeADJclassNOUNcheersVERBhimPRONatADPtheDETendNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art2 cartoondet
2cartooncartoonNOUNNumber=Sing3 showsnsubj
3showsshowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art5 boydet
5boyboyNOUNNumber=Sing3 showsobj
6whowhoPRONPronType=Rel7 breaksnsubj
7breaksbreakVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 boyacl:relcl
8aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art9 windowdet
9windowwindowNOUNNumber=Sing7 breaksobj
10,,PUNCT_11 sayspunct
11sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 breaksconj
12nothingnothingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Neg11 saysobj
13,,PUNCT_18 cheerspunct
14andandCCONJ_18 cheerscc
15thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art17 classdet
16wholewholeADJDegree=Pos17 classamod
17classclassNOUNNumber=Sing18 cheersnsubj
18cheerscheerVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 showsconj
19himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs18 cheersobj
20atatADP_22 endcase
21thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art22 enddet
22endendNOUNNumber=Sing18 cheersobl
23..PUNCT_3 showspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1showpresenta cartoona boyvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent boy=Recipient
2breakpresenta boya windowvn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer window=Patient
3say speech: assertpresenta boy not said herenothingvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic
4cheerpresentthe whole classboyat the endvn 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?

nsubjcoppunctrootWhatPRONisAUXwrongADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int3 wrongnsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 wrongcop
3wrongwrongADJDegree=Posrootroot
4??PUNCT_3 wrongpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentwrong propertytree rules

The options

Option 1

He should have blamed the teacher

nsubj:passauxauxdetobjrootHePRONshouldAUXhaveAUXblamedVERBtheDETteacherNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 blamednsubj:pass
2shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin4 blamedaux
3havehaveAUXVerbForm=Inf4 blamedaux
4blamedblameVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 teacherdet
6teacherteacherNOUNNumber=Sing4 blamedobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1blameshould · perfect · passiveHetree rules

Option 2

Nothing; that is exactly how it would really go in a real school

punctnsubjcopadvmodadvmodnsubjauxadvmodacl:relclcasedetamodoblrootNothingPRON;PUNCTthatPRONisAUXexactlyADVhowADVitPRONwouldAUXreallyADVgoVERBinADPaDETrealADJschoolNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NothingnothingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Negrootroot
2;;PUNCT_1 Nothingpunct
3thatthatPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem10 gonsubj
4isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin10 gocop
5exactlyexactlyADV_10 goadvmod
6howhowADVPronType=Int10 goadvmod
7ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs10 gonsubj
8wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin10 goaux
9reallyreallyADV_10 goadvmod
10gogoVERBVerbForm=Inf1 Nothingacl:relcl
11ininADP_14 schoolcase
12aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art14 schooldet
13realrealADJDegree=Pos14 schoolamod
14schoolschoolNOUNNumber=Sing10 goobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1iswould · presenta real schoolexactly, go propertytree rules

Option 3

The class should have broken another window

detnsubj:passauxauxdetobjrootTheDETclassNOUNshouldAUXhaveAUXbrokenVERBanotherDETwindowNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 classdet
2classclassNOUNNumber=Sing5 brokennsubj:pass
3shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin5 brokenaux
4havehaveAUXVerbForm=Inf5 brokenaux
5brokenbreakVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
6anotheranotherDETPronType=Ind7 windowdet
7windowwindowNOUNNumber=Sing5 brokenobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1breakshould · perfect · passivethe classvn 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

csubjxcompdetobjaux:passxcompcasenmod:possoblrootStayingVERBsilentADJletVERBtheDETclassNOUNbeAUXpunishedVERBforADPhisPRONfaultNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1StayingstayVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part3 letcsubj
2silentsilentADJDegree=Pos1 Stayingxcomp
3letletVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 classdet
5classclassNOUNNumber=Sing3 letobj
6bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf7 punishedaux:pass
7punishedpunishVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass3 letxcomp
8forforADP_10 faultcase
9hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs10 faultnmod:poss
10faultfaultNOUNNumber=Sing7 punishedobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1staygerundsilent propertyvn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2letimperativeyou not said herethe classtree rules
3punishinfinitive · passivethe class not said herefor his faultvn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: for fault=Theme
4faulthis = henom fault «act transitive»: poss=agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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