Test 9 · ★★ · Satellites and GPS
«stranger in my game asked where i live, should i send my location» What is the rule?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: stranger · What happens: ask, live, send, be · To what, where: location, rule · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 38 «Satellites and GPS» of the technology 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 asked | punct |
| 2 | stranger | stranger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 asked | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 game | case |
| 4 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 game | nmod:poss |
| 5 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 stranger | nmod |
| 6 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 rule | csubj |
| 7 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 9 live | advmod |
| 8 | i | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 live | nsubj |
| 9 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 asked | ccomp |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 send | punct |
| 11 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 send | aux |
| 12 | i | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 13 send | nsubj |
| 13 | send | send | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 asked | conj |
| 14 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 location | nmod:poss |
| 15 | location | location | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 send | obj |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 asked | punct |
| 17 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 20 rule | nsubj |
| 18 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 rule | cop |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 rule | det |
| 20 | rule | rule | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 21 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 20 rule | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask in a quote | past | stranger in my game | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | live in a quote | present | stranger in my game = stranger | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | send in a quote | should | stranger in my game = stranger | my location | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent location=Theme | ||||
| 4 | is a | present | the rule | tree rules |
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.
The options
Option 1
Send it if they promise to send theirs to you first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Send | send | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Send | obj |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 promise | mark |
| 4 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 promise | nsubj |
| 5 | promise | promise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Send | advcl |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 send | mark |
| 7 | send | send | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 promise | xcomp |
| 8 | theirs | their | PRON | Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 send | obj |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 you | case |
| 10 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 send | obl |
| 11 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 7 send | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | imperative | you not said here | it | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | promise speech: promise a condition, not said to happen | present | they | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | send not said to happen | to-infinitive | they not said here | theirs = they | you | first property | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent their=Theme to you=Destination |
Option 2
Send only the street name and the town, not the house number
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Send | send | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 name | advmod |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 name | det |
| 4 | street | street | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 name | compound |
| 5 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Send | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 town | cc |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 town | det |
| 8 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 name | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 number | punct |
| 10 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 number | advmod |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 number | det |
| 12 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 number | compound |
| 13 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Send | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | imperative | you not said here | the street name and the town | the house number obl | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Never; share your location only with your family
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 3 share | advmod |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 3 share | punct |
| 3 | share | share | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 location | nmod:poss |
| 5 | location | location | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 share | obj |
| 6 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 share | advmod |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 family | case |
| 8 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 family | nmod:poss |
| 9 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 share | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not share | imperative | you not said here | your location | with your family | tree rules |
Option 4
Send it if they are the same level as you in the game
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Send | send | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Send | obj |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 level | mark |
| 4 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 level | nsubj |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 level | cop |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 level | det |
| 7 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 level | amod |
| 8 | level | level | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Send | advcl |
| 9 | as | as | ADP | _ | 10 you | case |
| 10 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 1 Send | obl |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 game | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 game | det |
| 13 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Send | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | imperative | you not said here | it | the game | as you | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in game=Destination | ||
| 2 | is a a condition, not said to happen | present | they | the same level | tree rules |
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