Test 1 · ★ · "It worked once": one example is not all
Mum: "Last time you were in wellies on a Saturday, Finn. Today you're in your school trousers, you absolute muppet." Who or what is she mocking?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Last time, you · What happens: be, muppet, mock · To what, where: wellies, school trousers
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 164 «"It worked once": one example is not all» 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: Mum: "Last time you were in wellies on a Saturday, Finn.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 wellies | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 time | punct |
| 4 | Last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 time | amod |
| 5 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 wellies | nsubj |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 wellies | nsubj |
| 7 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 wellies | cop |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 wellies | case |
| 9 | wellies | welly | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Mum | conj |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 Saturday | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 Saturday | det |
| 12 | Saturday | Saturday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 wellies | nmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 Finn | punct |
| 14 | Finn | Finn | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 Saturday | conj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Mum | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | past | Last time | wellies | saturday | 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: Today you're in your school trousers, you absolute muppet."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Today | today | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 trousers | obl:unmarked |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 trousers | nsubj |
| 3 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 trousers | cop |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 trousers | case |
| 5 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 trousers | nmod:poss |
| 6 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 trousers | compound |
| 7 | trousers | trousers | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 muppet | punct |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 11 muppet | nsubj |
| 10 | absolute | absolute | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 muppet | amod |
| 11 | muppet | muppet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 trousers | appos |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 muppet | punct |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 muppet | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | you | your school trousers | today | tree rules | |||
| 2 | muppet | you | tree rules |
Sentence 3: Who or what is she mocking?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 mocking | nsubj |
| 2 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 6 mocking | cc |
| 3 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 mocking | obj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 mocking | aux |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 mocking | nsubj |
| 6 | mocking | mock | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 mocking | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mock | present · progressive | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The idea that last time proves today, not Finn himself
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 idea | det |
| 2 | idea | idea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 proves | nsubj |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 5 time | mark |
| 4 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 time | amod |
| 5 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 idea | acl |
| 6 | proves | prove | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | today | today | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 proves | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 Finn | punct |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 Finn | advmod |
| 10 | Finn | Finn | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 proves | obl |
| 11 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 10 Finn | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prove | present | the idea | Finn idea | today | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Finn's school trousers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finn | Finn | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 trousers | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Finn | case |
| 3 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 trousers | compound |
| 4 | trousers | trousers | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
People who wear wellies
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | People | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 wear | nsubj |
| 3 | wear | wear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 People | acl:relcl |
| 4 | wellies | welly | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 wear | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wear | present | People | wellies | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent welly=Source |
Option 4
Saturdays
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saturdays | saturday | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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