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Test 3 · Day and night, shadows and sundials

Ollie's mate, in Leeds in July: "Your sundial's busted, mate, it says 1 and my watch says 2." What's going on?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sundial, watch · What happens: bust, say, go on · To what, where: mate, 1, 2 · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 of lesson 118 «Day and night, shadows and sundials» of the world 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: Ollie's mate, in Leeds in July: "Your sundial's busted, mate, it says 1 and my watch says 2."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ollie	Ollie	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 mate	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Ollie	case
3	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 busted	nsubj:pass
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 Leeds	punct
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 Leeds	case
6	Leeds	Leeds	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 mate	nmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 July	case
8	July	July	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Leeds	nmod
9	:	:	PUNCT	_	14 busted	punct
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 busted	punct
11	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 sundial	nmod:poss
12	sundial	sundial	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 busted	nsubj:pass
13	's	's	PART	_	12 sundial	case
14	busted	bust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 mate	punct
16	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 busted	vocative
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 says	punct
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 says	nsubj
19	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 busted	parataxis
20	1	1	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	19 says	obj
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 says	cc
22	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 watch	nmod:poss
23	watch	watch	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 says	nsubj
24	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 says	conj
25	2	2	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	24 says	obj
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 busted	punct
27	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 busted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bust in a quote	participle · passive		Ollie's mate in Leeds in July				mate vocative	vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	say speech: assert in a quote	present	sundial	1					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent 1=Topic
3	say speech: assert in a quote	present	my watch	2					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent 2=Topic

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's going on?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 going	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 going	aux
3	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	3 going	compound:prt
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 going	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go on	present · progressive							vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Sundials always run exactly one hour slow, everywhere on Earth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sundials	sundial	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 run	nsubj
2	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	3 run	advmod
3	run	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	5 one	advmod
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 hour	nummod
6	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 run	obj
7	slow	slow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 run	xcomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 everywhere	punct
9	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	PronType=Tot	3 run	advmod
10	on	on	ADP	_	11 Earth	case
11	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 everywhere	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	present	Sundials				hour	always, everywhere, slow property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

The watch is broken and needs a new battery

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 watch	det
2	watch	watch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 broken	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 broken	aux:pass
4	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 needs	cc
6	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 broken	conj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 battery	det
8	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 battery	amod
9	battery	battery	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 needs	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	present · passive		the watch					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	need	present		a new battery					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot battery=Theme

Option 3

The sundial is broken and needs a new stick

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sundial	det
2	sundial	sundial	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 broken	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 broken	aux:pass
4	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 needs	cc
6	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 broken	conj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 stick	det
8	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 stick	amod
9	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 needs	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	present · passive		the sundial					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	need	present		a new stick					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot stick=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Summer time puts clocks 1 hour ahead of Sun time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 time	compound
2	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 puts	nsubj
3	puts	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	clocks	clock	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 puts	obj
5	1	1	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 hour	nummod
6	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 puts	obl:unmarked
7	ahead	ahead	ADV	_	3 puts	advmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 time	case
9	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 time	compound
10	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ahead	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	present	Summer time	clocks			hour	ahead property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent clock=Goal

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