Test 7 · ★ · The rumour that grows
Dinner lady: "A branch? Out of where, love? I've been here 20 years, never seen a tree walk in." What kind of story is the cherry tree?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: I, tree, kind · What happens: be, not see, walk in · To what, where: tree, cherry tree
This is test 7 · ★ 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: Dinner lady: "A branch?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dinner | dinner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 lady | compound |
| 2 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 branch | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 branch | punct |
| 5 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 branch | det |
| 6 | branch | branch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 lady | appos |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 lady | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: Out of where, love?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Out | out | ADP | _ | 3 where | case |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 1 Out | fixed |
| 3 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 love | punct |
| 5 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 where | vocative |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 where | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: I've been here 20 years, never seen a tree walk in."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 here | nsubj |
| 2 | 've | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 here | aux |
| 3 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 here | cop |
| 4 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | root | root |
| 5 | 20 | 20 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 years | nummod |
| 6 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 here | obl:unmarked |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 seen | punct |
| 8 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 9 seen | advmod |
| 9 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 here | conj |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 tree | det |
| 11 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 seen | obj |
| 12 | walk | walk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 seen | xcomp |
| 13 | in | in | ADV | _ | 12 walk | advmod |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 here | punct |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 here | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present · perfect | I | year | here property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | not see | participle | I not said here | a tree | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | walk in | infinitive | a tree not said here | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Sentence 4: What kind of story is the cherry tree?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | DET | PronType=Int | 2 kind | det |
| 2 | kind | kind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 tree | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 story | case |
| 4 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 kind | nmod |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 tree | cop |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 tree | det |
| 7 | cherry | cherry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 tree | compound |
| 8 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 tree | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | what kind of story | the cherry tree | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A friend-of-a-friend story that kids add bits to
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 story | det |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 story | nsubj |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 story | punct |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 story | case |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 of | punct |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 story | det |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 a | punct |
| 8 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 story | compound |
| 9 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 10 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 add | nsubj |
| 11 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 add | nsubj |
| 12 | add | add | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 story | acl:relcl |
| 13 | bits | bit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 add | obj |
| 14 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 add | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | add speech: assert | present | a friend story | bits | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Patient |
Option 2
A story the dinner lady started
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 story | det |
| 2 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 started | nsubj |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 lady | det |
| 4 | dinner | dinner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 lady | compound |
| 5 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 started | nsubj |
| 6 | started | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start | past | a story | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Option 3
A school rule about fruit
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 rule | det |
| 2 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 rule | compound |
| 3 | rule | rule | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | about | about | ADP | _ | 5 fruit | case |
| 5 | fruit | fruit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 rule | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
A true story from a science book, about a boy whose tummy grew a tree
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 story | det |
| 2 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 story | amod |
| 3 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 grew | nsubj |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 book | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 book | det |
| 6 | science | science | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 book | compound |
| 7 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 story | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 boy | punct |
| 9 | about | about | ADP | _ | 11 boy | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 boy | det |
| 11 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 grew | nsubj |
| 12 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 13 tummy | nmod:poss |
| 13 | tummy | tummy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 grew | nsubj |
| 14 | grew | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 tree | det |
| 16 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 grew | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | past | a true story from a science book | a tree | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tree=Theme |
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