Test 1 · ★ · Who stole the remote? Jumping to conclusions at home

Ruby: "Yeah, I nicked it from school using my mind powers, Dad." What is she pointing out?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ruby · What happens: nick, use, point out · To what, where: it, school, mind powers

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 162 «Who stole the remote? Jumping to conclusions at home» 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: Ruby: "Yeah, I nicked it from school using my mind powers, Dad."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 nicked	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 nicked	punct
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 nicked	punct
4	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	7 nicked	discourse
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 nicked	punct
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 nicked	nsubj
7	nicked	nick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 nicked	obj
9	from	from	ADP	_	10 school	case
10	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 nicked	obl
11	using	use	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 nicked	advcl
12	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 powers	nmod:poss
13	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 powers	compound
14	powers	power	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 using	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 Dad	punct
16	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 powers	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 nicked	punct
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 nicked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	nick in a quote	past	Ruby	it		school			vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent it=Theme from school=Source
2	use in a quote	gerund	Ruby not said here	my mind powers and Dad					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Patient

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 is she pointing out?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 pointing	obj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 pointing	aux
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 pointing	nsubj
4	pointing	point	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	out	out	ADP	_	4 pointing	compound:prt
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 pointing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	point out	present · progressive	Ruby						vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient

The options

Option 1

She really does have mind powers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 have	nsubj
2	really	really	ADV	_	4 have	advmod
3	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 have	aux
4	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 powers	compound
6	powers	power	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 have	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present · do-support	She	mind powers					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Patient

Option 2

She took it with her before she left for school that morning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 took	nsubj
2	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 took	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 her	case
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 took	obl
6	before	before	SCONJ	_	8 left	mark
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 left	nsubj
8	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 took	advcl
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 school	case
10	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 left	obl
11	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 morning	det
12	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 left	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past	She	it				with her = she	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	leave	past	she				morning	for school	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent for school=Recipient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She was at school, so she couldn't have taken it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 school	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 school	cop
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 school	case
4	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 taken	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	11 taken	advmod
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 taken	nsubj
8	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 taken	aux
9	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 taken	advmod
10	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 taken	aux
11	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 school	acl:relcl
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 taken	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	She			school			tree rules
2	not take	could · perfect	she	school					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4

She thinks Dad stole it from her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 thinks	nsubj
2	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Dad	Dad	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 stole	nsubj
4	stole	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 thinks	ccomp
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 stole	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 her	case
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 stole	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	She						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	steal	past	Dad	it				from her = she	vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent it=Theme from she=Source

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