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Test 2 · Clocks before clocks: sundials, water clocks, candles and…

Ava, in a museum: "So it's a leaky bucket that tells the time? Bussin'." ("Bussin'" means really good.) What makes it work?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: museum, leaky bucket, Bussin · What happens: be, tell, mean, make, work · To what, where: leaky bucket, museum · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 of lesson 122 «Clocks before clocks: sundials, water clocks, candles and hourglasses» 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: Ava, in a museum: "So it's a leaky bucket that tells the time?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ava	Ava	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 museum	punct
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 museum	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 museum	det
5	museum	museum	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ava	appos
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	13 bucket	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 bucket	punct
8	So	so	ADV	_	13 bucket	advmod
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 bucket	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 bucket	cop
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 bucket	det
12	leaky	leaky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 bucket	amod
13	bucket	bucket	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ava	appos
14	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 tells	nsubj
15	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 bucket	acl:relcl
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 time	det
17	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 tells	obj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Ava	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	museum	a leaky bucket					tree rules
2	tell speech: assert in a quote	present	a leaky bucket				time		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: 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: Bussin'."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bussin	Bussin	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	'	's	PART	_	1 Bussin	case
3	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Bussin	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	1 Bussin	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 3: ("Bussin'" means really good.)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	6 means	punct
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Bussin	punct
3	Bussin	Bussin	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 means	nsubj
4	'	'	PUNCT	_	3 Bussin	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Bussin	punct
6	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	really	really	ADV	_	8 good	advmod
8	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 means	xcomp
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 means	punct
10	)	)	PUNCT	_	6 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Bussin					good property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Sentence 4: What makes it work?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 makes	obj
4	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 makes	xcomp
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 makes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present		museum					tree rules
2	work	infinitive	museum not said here						vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Someone pours in another cupful of water every single hour

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 pours	nsubj
2	pours	pour	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 cupful	case
4	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	5 cupful	det
5	cupful	cupful	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pours	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 water	case
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cupful	nmod
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 hour	det
9	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 hour	amod
10	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pours	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pour	present	Someone			another cupful of water	hour		vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source

Option 2

The hole grows bigger every hour

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hole	det
2	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 grows	nsubj
3	grows	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 grows	xcomp
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 hour	det
6	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 grows	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present	the hole				hour	big property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The water drips out at a steady speed past the marks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 water	det
2	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 drips	nsubj
3	drips	drip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	out	out	ADP	_	3 drips	compound:prt
5	at	at	ADP	_	8 speed	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 speed	det
7	steady	steady	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 speed	amod
8	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 drips	obl
9	past	past	ADP	_	11 marks	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 marks	det
11	marks	mark	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 drips	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drip out	present	the water			a steady speed		past the marks	vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme past mark=Location

Option 4

The water gets heavier every hour

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 water	det
2	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gets	nsubj
3	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	heavier	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 gets	xcomp
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 hour	det
6	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gets	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	the water				hour	heavy property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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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