Test 8 · ★ · Who stole the remote? Jumping to conclusions at home

Auntie: "Unless he's got a very long arm, check the car." What does she mean?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he, she · What happens: get, check, mean · To what, where: long arm, car

This is test 8 · ★ 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: Auntie: "Unless he's got a very long arm, check the car."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Auntie	auntie	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	13 check	punct
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 check	punct
4	Unless	unless	SCONJ	_	7 got	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 got	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 got	aux
7	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	13 check	advcl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 arm	det
9	very	very	ADV	_	10 long	advmod
10	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 arm	amod
11	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 got	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 got	punct
13	check	check	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Auntie	parataxis
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 car	det
15	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 check	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 check	punct
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 check	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	present · passive	he	a long arm					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer arm=Stimulus
2	check in a quote	infinitive		the car					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent car=Theme

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 does she mean?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 mean	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 mean	aux
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 mean	nsubj
4	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present · do-support	she						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The window cleaner has very long arms

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 cleaner	det
2	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cleaner	compound
3	cleaner	cleaner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 has	nsubj
4	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	very	very	ADV	_	6 long	advmod
6	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 arms	amod
7	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 has	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	the window cleaner	long arms					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The window cleaner was in another street, so look elsewhere first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 cleaner	det
2	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cleaner	compound
3	cleaner	cleaner	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 street	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 street	cop
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 street	case
6	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	7 street	det
7	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 look	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	10 look	advmod
10	look	look	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	7 street	parataxis
11	elsewhere	elsewhere	ADV	_	10 look	advmod
12	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	10 look	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the window cleaner			another street			tree rules
2	look	infinitive						elsewhere, first property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3

Window cleaners always hide the wallets they take inside people's cars

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cleaners	compound
2	cleaners	cleaner	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hide	nsubj
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 hide	advmod
4	hide	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wallets	det
6	wallets	wallet	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hide	obj
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 take	nsubj
8	take	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 wallets	acl:relcl
9	inside	inside	ADP	_	12 cars	case
10	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 cars	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 people	case
12	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hide	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	present	Window cleaners	the wallets		people's cars		always property	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent wallet=Patient inside car=Location
2	take	present	cleaners = cleaner	the wallets not said here					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wallet=Theme

Option 4

Dev left his wallet on a car roof

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dev	Dev	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 left	nsubj
2	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 wallet	nmod:poss
4	wallet	wallet	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 left	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	8 roof	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 roof	det
7	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 roof	compound
8	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 left	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	past	Dev	Dev's wallet		a car roof			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent wallet=Theme on roof=Location

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