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Test 11 · ★ · Who stole the remote? Jumping to conclusions at home

Kid: "Mum, it's your toast. It's black. It's giving charcoal." What is the lesson?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: it, toast, lesson · What happens: be, give · To what, where: toast, charcoal

This is test 11 · ★ 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: Kid: "Mum, it's your toast.

punctpunctconjpunctnsubjcopnmod:possconjpunctrootKidNOUN:PUNCT"PUNCTMumNOUN,PUNCTitPRON'sAUXyourPRONtoastNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1KidkidNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
2::PUNCT_1 Kidpunct
3""PUNCT_1 Kidpunct
4MummumNOUNNumber=Sing1 Kidconj
5,,PUNCT_9 toastpunct
6ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs9 toastnsubj
7'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin9 toastcop
8youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs9 toastnmod:poss
9toasttoastNOUNNumber=Sing1 Kidconj
10..PUNCT_1 Kidpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is a in a quotepresentityour toasttree 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: It's black.

nsubjcoppunctrootItPRON'sAUXblackADJ.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 blacknsubj
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 blackcop
3blackblackADJDegree=Posrootroot
4..PUNCT_3 blackpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresenttoastblack propertytree rules

Sentence 3: It's giving charcoal."

nsubjauxobjpunctpunctrootItPRON'sAUXgivingVERBcharcoalNOUN.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 givingnsubj
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 givingaux
3givinggiveVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
4charcoalcharcoalNOUNNumber=Sing3 givingobj
5..PUNCT_3 givingpunct
6""PUNCT_3 givingpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1givepresent · progressivetoastcharcoalvn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent charcoal=Theme

Sentence 4: What is the lesson?

copdetnsubjpunctrootWhatPRONisAUXtheDETlessonNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Introotroot
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Whatcop
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 lessondet
4lessonlessonNOUNNumber=Sing1 Whatnsubj
5??PUNCT_1 Whatpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentthe lessontree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Kids should never be in the kitchen

nsubjauxadvmodcopcasedetrootKidsNOUNshouldAUXneverADVbeAUXinADPtheDETkitchenNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1KidskidNOUNNumber=Plur7 kitchennsubj
2shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin7 kitchenaux
3neverneverADVPronType=Neg7 kitchenadvmod
4bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf7 kitchencop
5ininADP_7 kitchencase
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 kitchendet
7kitchenkitchenNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not isshouldKidsthe kitchentree rules

Option 2

Toast always burns in the end, so it's best not to make any at all

The tree, 16 words
nsubjadvmodcasedetoblpunctadvmodnsubjcopadvmodadvmodmarkconjobjcaseoblrootToastNOUNalwaysADVburnsVERBinADPtheDETendNOUN,PUNCTsoADVitPRON'sAUXbestADVnotPARTtoPARTmakeVERBanyDETatADPallDET
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ToasttoastNOUNNumber=Sing3 burnsnsubj
2alwaysalwaysADVPronType=Tot3 burnsadvmod
3burnsburnVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4ininADP_6 endcase
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 enddet
6endendNOUNNumber=Sing3 burnsobl
7,,PUNCT_14 makepunct
8sosoADV_14 makeadvmod
9ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs14 makensubj
10'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin14 makecop
11bestwellADVDegree=Sup12 notadvmod
12notnotPARTPolarity=Neg14 makeadvmod
13totoPART_14 makemark
14makemakeVERBVerbForm=Inf3 burnsconj
15anyanyDETPronType=Ind14 makeobj
16atatADP_17 allcase
17allallDETPronType=Tot14 makeobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1burnpresentToastin the endalways propertyvn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in end=Location
2not ispresentToastallmake propertytree rules

Option 3

Charcoal is made from toast

nsubj:passaux:passcaseoblrootCharcoalNOUNisAUXmadeVERBfromADPtoastNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1CharcoalcharcoalNOUNNumber=Sing3 madensubj:pass
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 madeaux:pass
3mademakeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
4fromfromADP_5 toastcase
5toasttoastNOUNNumber=Sing3 madeobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1makepresent · passiveCharcoaltoastvn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: subject=Product from toast=Material

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Check what is actually burning before deciding who

objauxadvmodccompmarkadvclobjrootCheckVERBwhatPRONisAUXactuallyADVburningVERBbeforeSCONJdecidingVERBwhoPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1CheckcheckVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2whatwhatPRONPronType=Int5 burningobj
3isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 burningaux
4actuallyactuallyADV_5 burningadvmod
5burningburnVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part1 Checkccomp
6beforebeforeSCONJ_7 decidingmark
7decidingdecideVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part1 Checkadvcl
8whowhoPRONPronType=Rel7 decidingobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1checkimperativeyou not said heretree rules
2burnpresent · progressiveyou not said hereactually propertyvn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent what=Theme
3decidegerundyou not said herevn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent who=Topic

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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