Test 1 · ★★ · The brother who never does anything wrong: double standard…
Big sister: "Oh, the invisible sheet. The famous invisible sheet. When I forgot mine it was a week of no telly." What two things is she pointing out?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, sheet, she · What happens: forget, be, point out · To what, where: mine, week
This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 165 «The brother who never does anything wrong: double standards 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: Big sister: "Oh, the invisible sheet.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 sister | amod |
| 2 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 2 sister | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 sheet | punct |
| 5 | Oh | oh | INTJ | _ | 9 sheet | discourse |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 Oh | punct |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 sheet | det |
| 8 | invisible | invisible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 sheet | amod |
| 9 | sheet | sheet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sister | conj |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 sister | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: The famous invisible sheet.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 sheet | det |
| 2 | famous | famous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 sheet | amod |
| 3 | invisible | invisible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 sheet | amod |
| 4 | sheet | sheet | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 sheet | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: When I forgot mine it was a week of no telly."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 3 forgot | advmod |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 forgot | nsubj |
| 3 | forgot | forget | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | mine | my | PRON | Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 forgot | obj |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 week | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 week | cop |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 week | det |
| 8 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 forgot | parataxis |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 telly | case |
| 10 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 11 telly | det |
| 11 | telly | telly | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 week | nmod |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 forgot | punct |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 forgot | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forget | past | I | mine | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a | past | sheet | a week | of no telly | tree rules |
Sentence 4: What two things is she pointing out?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 pointing | obl |
| 2 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 things | nummod |
| 3 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 What | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 pointing | aux |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 pointing | nsubj |
| 6 | pointing | point | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | out | out | ADP | _ | 6 pointing | compound:prt |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 pointing | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | point out | present · progressive | she | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
That Oliver can make things invisible
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 Oliver | det |
| 2 | Oliver | Oliver | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 make | nsubj |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 make | aux |
| 4 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 make | obj |
| 6 | invisible | invisible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 make | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | can | that Oliver | things | invisible property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Product |
Option 2
That homework sheets are often lost
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 homework | det |
| 2 | homework | homework | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sheets | compound |
| 3 | sheets | sheet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 lost | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 lost | aux:pass |
| 5 | often | often | ADV | _ | 6 lost | advmod |
| 6 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | present · passive | homework sheets | often property | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Mum's made-up excuse, and a different rule for her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 excuse | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Mum | case |
| 3 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 excuse | amod |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 up | punct |
| 5 | up | up | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 made | compound:prt |
| 6 | excuse | excuse | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 rule | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 rule | cc |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 rule | det |
| 10 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 rule | amod |
| 11 | rule | rule | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 excuse | conj |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 her | case |
| 13 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 rule | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make up | participle | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | excuse | Mum | nom excuse «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
That she likes telly more than homework
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 likes | nsubj |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 likes | nsubj |
| 3 | likes | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | telly | telly | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 likes | obj |
| 5 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 likes | obj |
| 6 | than | than | ADP | _ | 7 homework | case |
| 7 | homework | homework | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 more | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | like | present | That | telly | tree rules |
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