Test 7 · "How do you know?"
Priya: "Bouncy castle and 20 screaming friends, but it's the sugar? Sus, Uncle." What does Priya suspect?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: it, Priya · What happens: scream, be, suspect · To what, where: sugar
This is test 7 of lesson 186 «"How do you know?"» 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: Priya: "Bouncy castle and 20 screaming friends, but it's the sugar?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Priya | Priya | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 castle | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 castle | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 castle | punct |
| 4 | Bouncy | bouncy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 castle | amod |
| 5 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 friends | cc |
| 7 | 20 | 20 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 9 friends | nummod |
| 8 | screaming | scream | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 friends | amod |
| 9 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 castle | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 sugar | punct |
| 11 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 15 sugar | cc |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 sugar | nsubj |
| 13 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 sugar | cop |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 sugar | det |
| 15 | sugar | sugar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 castle | conj |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 castle | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | scream speech: express in a quote | gerund | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | it | the sugar | 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: Sus, Uncle."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sus | sus | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 Uncle | punct |
| 3 | Uncle | Uncle | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Sus | appos |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Sus | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 1 Sus | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: What does Priya suspect?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 suspect | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 suspect | aux |
| 3 | Priya | Priya | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 suspect | nsubj |
| 4 | suspect | suspect | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 suspect | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | suspect | present · do-support | Priya | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent what=Attribute |
The options
Option 1
Sugar is what makes the castles bounce so high
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sugar | sugar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 what | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 what | cop |
| 3 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 4 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 what | acl:relcl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 castles | det |
| 6 | castles | castle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 bounce | nsubj |
| 7 | bounce | bounce | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 what | acl:relcl |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 high | advmod |
| 9 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 what | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Sugar | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | make | present | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | ||||||
| 3 | bounce | present | the castles | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Her uncle secretly ate all the sugar himself
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 uncle | nmod:poss |
| 2 | uncle | uncle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ate | nsubj |
| 3 | secretly | secretly | ADV | _ | 4 ate | advmod |
| 4 | ate | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 sugar | det |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 sugar | det |
| 7 | sugar | sugar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ate | obj |
| 8 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 4 ate | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | past | Her uncle | all sugar | uncle obl; secretly property | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sugar=Patient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Another cause, the party, is being missed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 2 cause | det |
| 2 | cause | cause | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 missed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 party | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 party | det |
| 5 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 cause | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 cause | punct |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 missed | aux:pass |
| 8 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 missed | aux:pass |
| 9 | missed | miss | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | miss | present · passive | another cause the party | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |
Option 4
Her friends are made of sugar, like in the rhyme
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 friends | nmod:poss |
| 2 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 made | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 made | aux:pass |
| 4 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 sugar | case |
| 6 | sugar | sugar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 made | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 rhyme | punct |
| 8 | like | like | ADP | _ | 11 rhyme | case |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 rhyme | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 rhyme | det |
| 11 | rhyme | rhyme | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 made | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present · passive | Her friends | of sugar; like the rhyme | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
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