Test 9 · ★ · The rumour that grows
Caretaker: "That's not a ghost, kid, that's the pipes. Old building." What is true?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: That · What happens: not be, be · To what, where: ghost, pipes
This is test 9 · ★ 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: Caretaker: "That's not a ghost, kid, that's the pipes.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caretaker | caretaker | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 ghost | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 ghost | punct |
| 4 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 ghost | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 ghost | cop |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 ghost | advmod |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 ghost | det |
| 8 | ghost | ghost | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Caretaker | appos |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 kid | punct |
| 10 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 ghost | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 pipes | punct |
| 12 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 15 pipes | nsubj |
| 13 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 pipes | cop |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 pipes | det |
| 15 | pipes | pipe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 ghost | conj |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Caretaker | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is a in a quote | present | That | a ghost and kid and the pipes | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | that | the pipes | 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: Old building."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 building | amod |
| 2 | building | building | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 building | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 building | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: What is true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
New buildings are much more haunted than old ones
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 buildings | amod |
| 2 | buildings | building | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 haunted | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 haunted | aux:pass |
| 4 | much | much | ADV | _ | 5 more | advmod |
| 5 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 6 haunted | advmod |
| 6 | haunted | haunt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | than | than | ADP | _ | 9 ones | case |
| 8 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 ones | amod |
| 9 | ones | one | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 haunted | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | haunt | present · passive | New buildings | than old ones | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |
Option 2
The caretaker is secretly hiding the ghost from them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 caretaker | det |
| 2 | caretaker | caretaker | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 hiding | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 hiding | aux |
| 4 | secretly | secretly | ADV | _ | 5 hiding | advmod |
| 5 | hiding | hide | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 ghost | det |
| 7 | ghost | ghost | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 hiding | obj |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 them | case |
| 9 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 hiding | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | present · progressive | the caretaker | the ghost | from them = they; secretly property | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent ghost=Patient from they=Beneficiary |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Pipes knock and doors creak in old buildings
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pipes | pipe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 knock | nsubj |
| 2 | knock | knock | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 creak | cc |
| 4 | doors | door | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 creak | nsubj |
| 5 | creak | creak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 knock | conj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 buildings | case |
| 7 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 buildings | amod |
| 8 | buildings | building | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 creak | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | knock | present | Pipes | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 2 | creak | present | doors | old buildings | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in building=Location |
Option 4
The ghost really lives somewhere inside the old pipes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 ghost | det |
| 2 | ghost | ghost | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lives | nsubj |
| 3 | really | really | ADV | _ | 4 lives | advmod |
| 4 | lives | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | somewhere | somewhere | ADV | PronType=Ind | 4 lives | advmod |
| 6 | inside | inside | ADP | _ | 9 pipes | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 pipes | det |
| 8 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 pipes | amod |
| 9 | pipes | pipe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 lives | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | the ghost | the old pipes | somewhere property | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme inside pipe=Location |
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