Test 6 · The whole class punished, and "you didn't say no"
Kid: "Miss, Alfie sneezed. Are we all cancelled? Is the zoo cancelled because of Alfie's nose?" What is he poking fun at?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Kid, zoo · What happens: sneeze, cancel, be, poke · To what, where: we, zoo, fun
This is test 6 of lesson 168 «The whole class punished, and "you didn't say no"» 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: Kid: "Miss, Alfie sneezed.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sneezed | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 Miss | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 Miss | punct |
| 4 | Miss | Miss | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Kid | nmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 Alfie | punct |
| 6 | Alfie | Alfie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Miss | conj |
| 7 | sneezed | sneeze | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 sneezed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sneeze in a quote | past | Kid Miss and Alfie | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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: Are we all cancelled?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 cancelled | aux:pass |
| 2 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 cancelled | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 cancelled | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | cancelled | cancel | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 cancelled | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cancel | present · passive | we | tree rules |
Sentence 3: Is the zoo cancelled because of Alfie's nose?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 zoo | cop |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 zoo | det |
| 3 | zoo | zoo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cancelled | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | cancelled | cancel | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | because | because | ADP | ExtPos=ADP | 9 nose | case |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 because | fixed |
| 7 | Alfie | Alfie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 nose | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 Alfie | case |
| 9 | nose | nose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cancelled | obl |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 cancelled | punct |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 cancelled | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the zoo | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | cancel | participle · passive | the zoo | because Alfie's nose | tree rules |
Sentence 4: What is he poking fun at?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 poking | obj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 poking | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 poking | nsubj |
| 4 | poking | poke | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | fun | fun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 poking | obj |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 fun | nmod |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 poking | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | poke | present · progressive | zoo | fun | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A threat too big for the thing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 threat | det |
| 2 | threat | threat | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | too | too | ADV | _ | 4 big | advmod |
| 4 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 threat | amod |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 thing | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 thing | det |
| 7 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 big | obl |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Sneezing in class
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sneezing | sneeze | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 3 class | case |
| 3 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Sneezing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sneeze | gerund | class | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Alfie for being ill
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alfie | Alfie | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 4 ill | mark |
| 3 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 ill | cop |
| 4 | ill | ill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Alfie | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | gerund | ill property | tree rules |
Option 4
The zoo for being far away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 zoo | det |
| 2 | zoo | zoo | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 away | case |
| 4 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 away | cop |
| 5 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 6 away | advmod |
| 6 | away | away | ADV | _ | 2 zoo | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | gerund | away, far property | tree rules |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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