Test 7 · The flag, and what's cooking at the friend's house
«chuck the bread at the pigeons, nobody cares» says a boy at Granny's table. What will Granny most likely think?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: nobody, boy, Granny · What happens: chuck, care, say, think · To what, where: bread, pigeons · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 of lesson 11 «The flag, and what's cooking at the friend's house» of the Ukrainian street 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: «chuck the bread at the pigeons, nobody cares» says a boy at Granny's table.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 chuck | punct |
| 2 | chuck | chuck | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 12 says | nsubj |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 bread | det |
| 4 | bread | bread | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 chuck | obj |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 pigeons | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 pigeons | det |
| 7 | pigeons | pigeon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 chuck | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 cares | punct |
| 9 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 10 cares | nsubj |
| 10 | cares | care | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 chuck | parataxis |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 10 cares | punct |
| 12 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 boy | det |
| 14 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 says | obj |
| 15 | at | at | ADP | _ | 18 table | case |
| 16 | Granny | Granny | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 table | nmod:poss |
| 17 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 16 Granny | case |
| 18 | table | table | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 boy | nmod |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chuck in a quote | infinitive | the bread | the pigeons | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent bread=Theme at pigeon=Destination | ||||
| 2 | care in a quote | present | nobody | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | present | a boy | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
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 will Granny most likely think?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 think | obj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 think | aux |
| 3 | Granny | Granny | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 think | nsubj |
| 4 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 5 likely | advmod |
| 5 | likely | likely | ADV | _ | 6 think | advmod |
| 6 | think | think | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 think | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | future | Granny | likely property | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
That it's wrong: bread is respected
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 wrong | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 wrong | cop |
| 4 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 respected | punct |
| 6 | bread | bread | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 respected | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 respected | aux:pass |
| 8 | respected | respect | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 wrong | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | That | wrong property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | respect | present · passive | bread | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |
Option 2
That it's a great game for the grandchildren
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 game | nsubj |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 game | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 game | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 game | det |
| 5 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 game | amod |
| 6 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 grandchildren | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 grandchildren | det |
| 9 | grandchildren | grandchild | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 game | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | That | a great game | for the grandchildren | tree rules |
Option 3
Nothing, she'll join in
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 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 join | nsubj |
| 4 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 join | aux |
| 5 | join | join | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Nothing | acl:relcl |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 join | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | join in | future | she | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
Option 4
That bread is for pigeons only
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 bread | det |
| 2 | bread | bread | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 pigeons | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 pigeons | cop |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 pigeons | case |
| 5 | pigeons | pigeon | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 6 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 pigeons | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | that bread | for pigeons | tree rules |
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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