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Test 4 · ★ · Who stole the remote? Jumping to conclusions at home

Grandson, trying not to laugh: "Gran, you've been wearing the suspect the whole time." Gran: "Don't stand there smirking, ye wee rascal." What is true?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Grandson, Gran, ye · What happens: try, not laugh, wear, not stand, smirk, rascal · To what, where: Gran, suspect

This is test 4 · ★ 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: Grandson, trying not to laugh: "Gran, you've been wearing the suspect the whole time."

nsubjpunctconjadvmodmarkxcomppunctpunctoblpunctnsubjauxauxdetobjdetamodobl:unmarkedpunctpunctrootGrandsonNOUN,PUNCTtryingVERBnotPARTtoPARTlaughVERB:PUNCT"PUNCTGranPROPN,PUNCTyouPRON'veAUXbeenAUXwearingVERBtheDETsuspectNOUNtheDETwholeADJtimeNOUN.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1GrandsongrandsonNOUNNumber=Sing14 wearingnsubj
2,,PUNCT_3 tryingpunct
3tryingtryVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part1 Grandsonconj
4notnotPARTPolarity=Neg6 laughadvmod
5totoPART_6 laughmark
6laughlaughVERBVerbForm=Inf3 tryingxcomp
7::PUNCT_9 Granpunct
8""PUNCT_9 Granpunct
9GranGranPROPNNumber=Sing6 laughobl
10,,PUNCT_1 Grandsonpunct
11youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs14 wearingnsubj
12'vehaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin14 wearingaux
13beenbeAUXTense=Past VerbForm=Part14 wearingaux
14wearingwearVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
15thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art16 suspectdet
16suspectsuspectNOUNNumber=Sing14 wearingobj
17thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art19 timedet
18wholewholeADJDegree=Pos19 timeamod
19timetimeNOUNNumber=Sing14 wearingobl:unmarked
20..PUNCT_14 wearingpunct
21""PUNCT_14 wearingpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1trygerundGrandson not said herevn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2not laugh not said to happento-infinitiveGrandson not said hereGranvn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3wear in a quotepresent · perfect · progressiveGrandsonthe suspecttimevn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent suspect=Source

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: Gran: "Don't stand there smirking, ye wee rascal."

nsubjpunctpunctauxadvmodadvmodadvclpunctnsubjcompoundoblpunctpunctrootGranNOUN:PUNCT"PUNCTDoAUXn'tPARTstandVERBthereADVsmirkingVERB,PUNCTyePRONweeADJrascalNOUN.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1GrangranNOUNNumber=Sing6 standnsubj
2::PUNCT_6 standpunct
3""PUNCT_6 standpunct
4DodoAUXVerbForm=Inf6 standaux
5n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg6 standadvmod
6standstandVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
7therethereADVPronType=Dem6 standadvmod
8smirkingsmirkVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part6 standadvcl
9,,PUNCT_12 rascalpunct
10yeyePRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch12 rascalnsubj
11weeweeADJDegree=Pos12 rascalcompound
12rascalrascalNOUNNumber=Sing8 smirkingobl
13..PUNCT_6 standpunct
14""PUNCT_6 standpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not stand in a quoteinfinitive · do-supportGrantherevn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2smirk in a quotegerundGran not said herevn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3rascal in a quoteyetree rules

Sentence 3: What is true?

nsubjcoppunctrootWhatPRONisAUXtrueADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int3 truensubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 truecop
3truetrueADJDegree=Posrootroot
4??PUNCT_3 truepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresenttrue propertytree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Gran was really, truly angry with her grandson

nsubjcopadvmodpunctadvmodcasenmod:possoblrootGranPROPNwasAUXreallyADV,PUNCTtrulyADVangryADJwithADPherPRONgrandsonNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1GranGranPROPNNumber=Sing6 angrynsubj
2wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 angrycop
3reallyreallyADV_6 angryadvmod
4,,PUNCT_6 angrypunct
5trulytrulyADV_6 angryadvmod
6angryangryADJDegree=Posrootroot
7withwithADP_9 grandsoncase
8herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs9 grandsonnmod:poss
9grandsongrandsonNOUNNumber=Sing6 angryobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispastGranwith Gran's grandson; angry, truly propertytree rules

Option 2

The glasses were stolen and then put back later

detnsubj:passaux:passccadvmodconjadvmodadvmodrootTheDETglassesNOUNwereAUXstolenVERBandCCONJthenADVputVERBbackADVlaterADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 glassesdet
2glassesglassNOUNNumber=Plur4 stolennsubj:pass
3werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 stolenaux:pass
4stolenstealVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
5andandCCONJ_7 putcc
6thenthenADVPronType=Dem7 putadvmod
7putputVERBVerbForm=Inf4 stolenconj
8backbackADV_7 putadvmod
9laterlateADVDegree=Cmp7 putadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1stealpast · passivethe glassesvn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
2put backinfinitivethenlate propertyvn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

The grandson had hidden the glasses as a joke

detnsubj:passauxdetobjcasedetoblrootTheDETgrandsonNOUNhadAUXhiddenVERBtheDETglassesNOUNasADPaDETjokeNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 grandsondet
2grandsongrandsonNOUNNumber=Sing4 hiddennsubj:pass
3hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 hiddenaux
4hiddenhideVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 glassesdet
6glassesglassNOUNNumber=Plur4 hiddenobj
7asasADP_9 jokecase
8aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art9 jokedet
9jokejokeNOUNNumber=Sing4 hiddenobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1hidepast · perfect · passivethe grandsonas a joketree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The glasses were on Gran's head all along

detnsubjcopcasenmod:posscaseadvmodadvmodrootTheDETglassesNOUNwereAUXonADPGranPROPN'sPARTheadNOUNallADValongADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 glassesdet
2glassesglassNOUNNumber=Plur7 headnsubj
3werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin7 headcop
4ononADP_7 headcase
5GranGranPROPNNumber=Sing7 headnmod:poss
6's'sPART_5 Grancase
7headheadNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
8allallADV_9 alongadvmod
9alongalongADV_7 headadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispastthe glassesGran's headalong propertytree rules

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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