Test 4 · ★★ · "If... then..." and its traps Sam: "I'm in the swimming club, Ellie. I swim Tuesdays because I want to. I'm in Year 3." What mistake did Ellie make?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: I, mistake · What happens: be, swim, want, make · To what, where: swimming club
This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 184 «"If... then..." and its traps» 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: Sam: "I'm in the swimming club, Ellie.
punct punct nsubj cop case det compound appos punct appos punct root Sam PROPN : PUNCT " PUNCT I PRON 'm AUX in ADP the DET swimming NOUN club NOUN , PUNCT Ellie PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Sam Sam PROPN Number=Sing root root 2 : : PUNCT _ 9 club punct 3 " " PUNCT _ 9 club punct 4 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 9 club nsubj 5 'm be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 club cop 6 in in ADP _ 9 club case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 club det 8 swimming swimming NOUN Number=Sing 9 club compound 9 club club NOUN Number=Sing 1 Sam appos 10 , , PUNCT _ 11 Ellie punct 11 Ellie Ellie PROPN Number=Sing 9 club appos 12 . . PUNCT _ 1 Sam punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is in a quote present I the swimming club 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: I swim Tuesdays because I want to.
nsubj obj mark nsubj advcl xcomp punct root I PRON swim VERB Tuesdays PROPN because SCONJ I PRON want VERB to PART . PUNCT 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 2 swim nsubj 2 swim swim VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 Tuesdays Tuesday PROPN Number=Plur 2 swim obj 4 because because SCONJ _ 6 want mark 5 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 6 want nsubj 6 want want VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 swim advcl 7 to to PART _ 6 want xcomp 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 swim punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 swim present I tuesday vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 want present I vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
Sentence 3: I'm in Year 3."
nsubj cop case flat punct punct root I PRON 'm AUX in ADP Year PROPN 3 NUM . PUNCT " PUNCT 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 Year nsubj 2 'm be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 Year cop 3 in in ADP _ 4 Year case 4 Year Year PROPN Number=Sing root root 5 3 3 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 4 Year flat 6 . . PUNCT _ 4 Year punct 7 " " PUNCT _ 4 Year punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present I in Year tree rules
Sentence 4: What mistake did Ellie make?
det nsubj aux nsubj punct root What DET mistake NOUN did AUX Ellie PROPN make VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what DET PronType=Int 2 mistake det 2 mistake mistake NOUN Number=Sing 5 make nsubj 3 did do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 make aux 4 Ellie Ellie PROPN Number=Sing 5 make nsubj 5 make make VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 5 make punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 make past · do-support what mistake vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer She ran the "if" backwards
nsubj det punct obj punct advmod root She PRON ran VERB the DET " PUNCT if SCONJ " PUNCT backwards ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 ran nsubj 2 ran run VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 if det 4 " " PUNCT _ 5 if punct 5 if if SCONJ _ 2 ran obj 6 " " PUNCT _ 2 ran punct 7 backwards backwards ADV _ 2 ran advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 run past She backwards property vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme if=Trajectory
Option 2 She used the square rule
nsubj det amod obj root She PRON used VERB the DET square ADJ rule NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 used nsubj 2 used use VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 rule det 4 square square ADJ Degree=Pos 5 rule amod 5 rule rule NOUN Number=Sing 2 used obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 use past She the square rule vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Patient
Option 3 She counted the wrong day
nsubj det amod obl:unmarked root She PRON counted VERB the DET wrong ADJ day NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 counted nsubj 2 counted count VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 day det 4 wrong wrong ADJ Degree=Pos 5 day amod 5 day day NOUN Number=Sing 2 counted obl:unmarked
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 count past She day vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
Option 4 She judged Sam's swimming costume
nsubj nmod:poss case compound obj root She PRON judged VERB Sam PROPN 's PART swimming NOUN costume NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 judged nsubj 2 judged judge VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 Sam Sam PROPN Number=Sing 6 costume nmod:poss 4 's 's PART _ 3 Sam case 5 swimming swimming NOUN Number=Sing 6 costume compound 6 costume costume NOUN Number=Sing 2 judged obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 judge past She Sam's swimming costume vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Agent costume=Value
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