Test 2 · ★ · The rumour that grows Ella's dad: "So it went from one rat to the school being closed? Sounds like Year 5 just wanted a day off." What is he suggesting?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad, Year · What happens: go, close, sound, want off, suggest · To what, where: one rat, school
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 167 «The rumour that grows» 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: Ella's dad: "So it went from one rat to the school being closed?
nmod:poss case nsubj punct punct advmod nsubj case nummod obl case det obl aux:pass parataxis punct root Ella PROPN 's PART dad NOUN : PUNCT " PUNCT So ADV it PRON went VERB from ADP one NUM rat NOUN to ADP the DET school NOUN being AUX closed VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ella Ella PROPN Number=Sing 3 dad nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Ella case 3 dad dad NOUN Number=Sing 8 went nsubj 4 : : PUNCT _ 3 dad punct 5 " " PUNCT _ 8 went punct 6 So so ADV _ 8 went advmod 7 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 went nsubj 8 went go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 9 from from ADP _ 11 rat case 10 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 11 rat nummod 11 rat rat NOUN Number=Sing 8 went obl 12 to to ADP _ 14 school case 13 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 14 school det 14 school school NOUN Number=Sing 16 closed obl 15 being be AUX Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 16 closed aux:pass 16 closed close VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 8 went parataxis 17 ? ? PUNCT _ 8 went punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 go in a quote past Ella's dad one rat vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme from rat=Initial_Location 2 close in a quote gerund · passive the school vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: to school=Recipient
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: Sounds like Year 5 just wanted a day off."
mark nsubj flat advmod advcl det obl:unmarked compound:prt punct punct root Sounds VERB like SCONJ Year PROPN 5 NUM just ADV wanted VERB a DET day NOUN off ADP . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Sounds sound VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 2 like like SCONJ _ 6 wanted mark 3 Year Year PROPN Number=Sing 6 wanted nsubj 4 5 5 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 3 Year flat 5 just just ADV _ 6 wanted advmod 6 wanted want VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 1 Sounds advcl 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 day det 8 day day NOUN Number=Sing 6 wanted obl:unmarked 9 off off ADP _ 6 wanted compound:prt 10 . . PUNCT _ 1 Sounds punct 11 " " PUNCT _ 1 Sounds punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 sound present vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus 2 want off past Year day vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
Sentence 3: What is he suggesting?
obj aux nsubj punct root What PRON is AUX he PRON suggesting VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 suggesting obj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 suggesting aux 3 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 suggesting nsubj 4 suggesting suggest VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 suggesting punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 suggest speech: suggest present · progressive dad vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic
The options Option 1 Rats only come out on school days
nsubj advmod advmod case compound obl root Rats NOUN only ADV come VERB out ADV on ADP school NOUN days NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Rats rat NOUN Number=Plur 3 come nsubj 2 only only ADV _ 3 come advmod 3 come come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 out out ADV _ 3 come advmod 5 on on ADP _ 7 days case 6 school school NOUN Number=Sing 7 days compound 7 days day NOUN Number=Plur 3 come obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 come out present Rats day out property vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer The rumour grew partly because kids liked the exciting version
det nsubj advmod mark nsubj advcl det amod obj root The DET rumour NOUN grew VERB partly ADV because SCONJ kids NOUN liked VERB the DET exciting ADJ version NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 rumour det 2 rumour rumour NOUN Number=Sing 3 grew nsubj 3 grew grow VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 partly partly ADV _ 3 grew advmod 5 because because SCONJ _ 7 liked mark 6 kids kid NOUN Number=Plur 7 liked nsubj 7 liked like VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 grew advcl 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 version det 9 exciting exciting ADJ Degree=Pos 10 version amod 10 version version NOUN Number=Sing 7 liked obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 grow past the rumour partly property vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 like past kids the exciting version vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot version=Theme
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice Year 5 brought the rat in
obl flat det obj compound:prt root Year NOUN 5 NUM brought VERB the DET rat NOUN in ADP The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Year year NOUN Number=Sing 3 brought obl 2 5 5 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 1 Year flat 3 brought bring VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 rat det 5 rat rat NOUN Number=Sing 3 brought obj 6 in in ADP _ 3 brought compound:prt
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 bring in past the rat year vn earn-54.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme rat=Asset
Option 4 The school really should have closed
det advmod aux aux acl:relcl root The DET school NOUN really ADV should AUX have AUX closed VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 school det 2 school school NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 really really ADV _ 6 closed advmod 4 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 6 closed aux 5 have have AUX VerbForm=Inf 6 closed aux 6 closed close VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part 2 school acl:relcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 close should · perfect the school not said here vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
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