Test 4 · ★ · "It worked once": one example is not all
Daughter: "Mum, it was the oven being dramatic, not you being useless." What should Mum do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: it, Mum, you · What happens: be, not be, do · To what, where: oven
This is test 4 · ★ 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: Daughter: "Mum, it was the oven being dramatic, not you being useless."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 11 dramatic | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 dramatic | punct |
| 4 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 dramatic | nsubj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 oven | punct |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 oven | nsubj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 oven | cop |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 oven | det |
| 9 | oven | oven | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 dramatic | nsubj |
| 10 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 dramatic | cop |
| 11 | dramatic | dramatic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Daughter | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 useless | punct |
| 13 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 16 useless | advmod |
| 14 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 16 useless | nsubj |
| 15 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 16 useless | cop |
| 16 | useless | useless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 dramatic | conj |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 useless | punct |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 useless | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | past | it | the oven | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is in a quote | gerund | Mum | dramatic property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | not is in a quote | gerund | you | useless property | 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: What should Mum do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | Mum | Mum | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | Mum | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Never bake again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 2 bake | advmod |
| 2 | bake | bake | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | again | again | ADV | _ | 2 bake | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not bake | imperative | you not said here | again | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Change the temperature and try again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Change | change | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 temperature | det |
| 3 | temperature | temperature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Change | obj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 try | cc |
| 5 | try | try | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Change | conj |
| 6 | again | again | ADV | _ | 5 try | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | change | imperative | you not said here | the temperature | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent temperature=Patient | ||||
| 2 | try | infinitive | you not said here | again | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3
Buy a new cake tin
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buy | buy | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 tin | det |
| 3 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 tin | amod |
| 4 | cake | cake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 tin | compound |
| 5 | tin | tin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Buy | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | buy | imperative | you not said here | a new cake tin | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tin=Theme |
Option 4
Blame the recipe book
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blame | blame | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 book | det |
| 3 | recipe | recipe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 book | compound |
| 4 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Blame | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | blame | imperative | you not said here | the recipe book | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Theme |
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