Test 10 · "Crime is up, I saw it on the news" "Seven hours on screens a day?! Tom, you're glued to that thing." The number includes the whiteboard at school. What should Mum do?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: number, Mum · What happens: glue, include, do · To what, where: Tom, whiteboard, school
This is test 10 of lesson 177 «"Crime is up, I saw it on the news"» 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: "Seven hours on screens a day?!
punct nummod case nmod det nmod:unmarked punct root " PUNCT Seven NUM hours NOUN on ADP screens NOUN a DET day NOUN ?! PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 " " PUNCT _ 3 hours punct 2 Seven seven NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 3 hours nummod 3 hours hour NOUN Number=Plur root root 4 on on ADP _ 5 screens case 5 screens screen NOUN Number=Plur 3 hours nmod 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 day det 7 day day NOUN Number=Sing 5 screens nmod:unmarked 8 ?! ?! PUNCT _ 3 hours punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: Tom, you're glued to that thing."
nsubj:pass punct nsubj:pass aux:pass case det obl punct punct root Tom PROPN , PUNCT you PRON 're AUX glued VERB to ADP that DET thing NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Tom Tom PROPN Number=Sing 5 glued nsubj:pass 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Tom punct 3 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 5 glued nsubj:pass 4 're be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 glued aux:pass 5 glued glue VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 6 to to ADP _ 8 thing case 7 that that DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 8 thing det 8 thing thing NOUN Number=Sing 5 glued obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 5 glued punct 10 " " PUNCT _ 5 glued punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 glue present · passive Tom to that thing vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to thing=Co-Patient
Sentence 3: The number includes the whiteboard at school.
det nsubj det obj case nmod punct root The DET number NOUN includes VERB the DET whiteboard NOUN at ADP school NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 number det 2 number number NOUN Number=Sing 3 includes nsubj 3 includes include VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 whiteboard det 5 whiteboard whiteboard NOUN Number=Sing 3 includes obj 6 at at ADP _ 7 school case 7 school school NOUN Number=Sing 5 whiteboard nmod 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 includes punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 include present the number the whiteboard school vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent whiteboard=Theme at school=Location
Sentence 4: What should Mum do?
obj aux nsubj punct root What PRON should AUX Mum PROPN do VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 do obj 2 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 do aux 3 Mum Mum PROPN Number=Sing 4 do nsubj 4 do do VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 do punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 do should Mum vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
The options Option 1 Count only the hours Tom spends on his own phone
compound advmod det nsubj nsubj case nmod:poss amod obl root Count VERB only ADV the DET hours NOUN Tom PROPN spends VERB on ADP his PRON own ADJ phone NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Count count VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 hours compound 2 only only ADV _ 4 hours advmod 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 hours det 4 hours hour NOUN Number=Plur 6 spends nsubj 5 Tom Tom PROPN Number=Sing 6 spends nsubj 6 spends spend VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 on on ADP _ 10 phone case 8 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 10 phone nmod:poss 9 own own ADJ Degree=Pos 10 phone amod 10 phone phone NOUN Number=Sing 6 spends obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 count infinitive vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus 2 spend present the Count hours on Tom's own phone goal vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent on phone=Goal
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer Read past the headline to see what was counted
case det obl mark advcl nsubj:pass aux:pass ccomp root Read VERB past ADP the DET headline NOUN to PART see VERB what PRON was AUX counted VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Read read VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 past past ADP _ 4 headline case 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 headline det 4 headline headline NOUN Number=Sing 1 Read obl 5 to to PART _ 6 see mark 6 see see VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Read advcl 7 what what PRON PronType=Int 9 counted nsubj:pass 8 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 9 counted aux:pass 9 counted count VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 6 see ccomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 read imperative you not said here past the headline vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 see to-infinitive you not said here vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus 3 count past · passive vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
Option 3 Believe the headline number exactly as it is printed
det compound obj advmod mark nsubj:pass aux:pass parataxis root Believe VERB the DET headline NOUN number NOUN exactly ADV as SCONJ it PRON is AUX printed VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Believe believe VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 number det 3 headline headline NOUN Number=Sing 4 number compound 4 number number NOUN Number=Sing 1 Believe obj 5 exactly exactly ADV _ 9 printed advmod 6 as as SCONJ _ 9 printed mark 7 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 printed nsubj:pass 8 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 printed aux:pass 9 printed print VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 1 Believe parataxis
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 believe imperative you not said here the headline number vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer number=Stimulus 2 print present · passive number exactly property vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice Ban the whiteboard at school so the number goes down
det obj case obl mark det nsubj advcl advmod root Ban VERB the DET whiteboard NOUN at ADP school NOUN so SCONJ the DET number NOUN goes VERB down ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ban ban VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 whiteboard det 3 whiteboard whiteboard NOUN Number=Sing 1 Ban obj 4 at at ADP _ 5 school case 5 school school NOUN Number=Sing 1 Ban obl 6 so so SCONJ _ 9 goes mark 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 number det 8 number number NOUN Number=Sing 9 goes nsubj 9 goes go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Ban advcl 10 down down ADV _ 9 goes advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 ban imperative you not said here the whiteboard school vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer whiteboard=Theme 2 go down present the number down property vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
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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