Test 5 · Clocks before clocks: sundials, water clocks, candles and… Mei's gran in Singapore: "Incense clock is our old alarm, lah." ("Lah" just adds feeling at the end of a sentence.) How did it make a sound?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Incense clock, Lah, feeling · What happens: be, add, make · To what, where: old alarm, feeling, end, sound
This is test 5 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: Mei's gran in Singapore: "Incense clock is our old alarm, lah."
nmod:poss case case nmod punct punct compound nsubj cop nmod:poss amod conj punct appos punct punct root Mei PROPN 's PART gran NOUN in ADP Singapore PROPN : PUNCT " PUNCT Incense NOUN clock NOUN is AUX our PRON old ADJ alarm NOUN , PUNCT lah NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mei Mei PROPN Number=Sing 3 gran nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Mei case 3 gran gran NOUN Number=Sing root root 4 in in ADP _ 5 Singapore case 5 Singapore Singapore PROPN Number=Sing 3 gran nmod 6 : : PUNCT _ 13 alarm punct 7 " " PUNCT _ 9 clock punct 8 Incense incense NOUN Number=Sing 9 clock compound 9 clock clock NOUN Number=Sing 13 alarm nsubj 10 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 13 alarm cop 11 our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 13 alarm nmod:poss 12 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 13 alarm amod 13 alarm alarm NOUN Number=Sing 3 gran conj 14 , , PUNCT _ 15 lah punct 15 lah lah NOUN Number=Sing 13 alarm appos 16 . . PUNCT _ 15 lah punct 17 " " PUNCT _ 15 lah punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a in a quote present Incense clock our old alarm 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.
Sentence 2: ("Lah" just adds feeling at the end of a sentence.)
punct punct nsubj punct advmod obj case det obl case det nmod punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Lah PROPN " PUNCT just ADV adds VERB feeling NOUN at ADP the DET end NOUN of ADP a DET sentence NOUN . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 6 adds punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Lah punct 3 Lah Lah PROPN Number=Sing 6 adds nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Lah punct 5 just just ADV _ 6 adds advmod 6 adds add VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 feeling feeling NOUN Number=Sing 6 adds obj 8 at at ADP _ 10 end case 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 end det 10 end end NOUN Number=Sing 6 adds obl 11 of of ADP _ 13 sentence case 12 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 13 sentence det 13 sentence sentence NOUN Number=Sing 10 end nmod 14 . . PUNCT _ 6 adds punct 15 ) ) PUNCT _ 6 adds punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 add speech: assert present Lah feeling at the end of a sentence vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feeling=Patient
Sentence 3: How did it make a sound?
advmod aux nsubj det obj punct root How ADV did AUX it PRON make VERB a DET sound NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 How how ADV PronType=Int 4 make advmod 2 did do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 make aux 3 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 make nsubj 4 make make VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 sound det 6 sound sound NOUN Number=Sing 4 make obj 7 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 make punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 make past · do-support feeling a sound vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material sound=Product
The options Option 1 A bell was tied to the smoke
det nsubj:pass aux:pass case det obl root A DET bell NOUN was AUX tied VERB to ADP the DET smoke NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 bell det 2 bell bell NOUN Number=Sing 4 tied nsubj:pass 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 tied aux:pass 4 tied tie VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 5 to to ADP _ 7 smoke case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 smoke det 7 smoke smoke NOUN Number=Sing 4 tied obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tie past · passive a bell to the smoke vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to smoke=Co-Patient
Option 2 The incense popped loudly every hour
det nsubj advmod det obl:unmarked root The DET incense NOUN popped VERB loudly ADV every DET hour NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 incense det 2 incense incense NOUN Number=Sing 3 popped nsubj 3 popped pop VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 loudly loudly ADV _ 3 popped advmod 5 every every DET PronType=Tot 6 hour det 6 hour hour NOUN Number=Sing 3 popped obl:unmarked
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 pop past the incense hour loudly property vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Balls on threads fell onto a metal plate
nsubj case nmod case det compound obl root Balls NOUN on ADP threads NOUN fell VERB onto ADP a DET metal NOUN plate NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Balls ball NOUN Number=Plur 4 fell nsubj 2 on on ADP _ 3 threads case 3 threads thread NOUN Number=Plur 1 Balls nmod 4 fell fall VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 onto onto ADP _ 8 plate case 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 plate det 7 metal metal NOUN Number=Sing 8 plate compound 8 plate plate NOUN Number=Sing 4 fell obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 fall past Balls on threads a metal plate vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme onto plate=Initial_Location
Option 4 The stick sang as it burned
det nsubj mark nsubj advcl root The DET stick NOUN sang VERB as SCONJ it PRON burned VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 stick det 2 stick stick NOUN Number=Sing 3 sang nsubj 3 sang sing VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 as as SCONJ _ 6 burned mark 5 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 burned nsubj 6 burned burn VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 sang advcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 sing speech: express past the stick vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 burn past stick vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
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