Test 4 · ★ · Owning up when it is hard
Owain thinks, "If I wait, maybe the guinea pig comes back and nobody knows." What would happen if he waits?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Owain, guinea pig, nobody, pig · What happens: think, wait, come back, know, happen · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 91 «Owning up when it is hard» 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: Owain thinks, "If I wait, maybe the guinea pig comes back and nobody knows."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Owain | Owain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 thinks | nsubj |
| 2 | thinks | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 wait | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 wait | punct |
| 5 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 wait | mark |
| 6 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 wait | nsubj |
| 7 | wait | wait | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 thinks | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 comes | punct |
| 9 | maybe | maybe | ADV | _ | 13 comes | advmod |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 pig | det |
| 11 | guinea | guinea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 pig | compound |
| 12 | pig | pig | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 comes | nsubj |
| 13 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 thinks | parataxis |
| 14 | back | back | ADV | _ | 13 comes | advmod |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 knows | cc |
| 16 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 17 knows | nsubj |
| 17 | knows | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 comes | conj |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 thinks | punct |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 thinks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | present | Owain | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | wait a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | Owain | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | come back in a quote | present | the guinea pig | maybe property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | know in a quote | present | nobody | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 would happen if he waits?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 happen | aux |
| 3 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 waits | mark |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 waits | nsubj |
| 6 | waits | wait | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 happen | advcl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | would | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | wait a condition, not said to happen | present | pig | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The search starts late, and the guinea pig could be hurt or lost
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 search | det |
| 2 | search | search | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 starts | nsubj |
| 3 | starts | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | late | late | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 starts | xcomp |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 hurt | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 hurt | cc |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 pig | det |
| 8 | guinea | guinea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 pig | compound |
| 9 | pig | pig | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 hurt | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 hurt | aux |
| 11 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 12 hurt | aux:pass |
| 12 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 starts | parataxis |
| 13 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 14 lost | cc |
| 14 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 hurt | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start | present | the search | late property | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | hurt | could · passive | the guinea pig | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 3 | lose | participle | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Someone else will be blamed, which is fine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 5 blamed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | else | else | ADV | _ | 1 Someone | advmod |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 blamed | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 blamed | aux:pass |
| 5 | blamed | blame | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 fine | punct |
| 7 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 fine | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 fine | cop |
| 9 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 blamed | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | blame | future · passive | Someone | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is | present | fine property | tree rules |
Option 3
Nothing; guinea pigs always come home
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 | _ | 6 come | punct |
| 3 | guinea | guinea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 pigs | compound |
| 4 | pigs | pig | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 come | nsubj |
| 5 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 6 come | advmod |
| 6 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Nothing | conj |
| 7 | home | home | ADV | _ | 6 come | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present | guinea pigs | always, home property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
The guinea pig will come back faster
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 pig | det |
| 2 | guinea | guinea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pig | compound |
| 3 | pig | pig | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 come | nsubj |
| 4 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 come | aux |
| 5 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | back | back | ADV | _ | 5 come | advmod |
| 7 | faster | fast | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 5 come | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come back | future | the guinea pig | fast property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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