Test 2 · ★★ · A fair trial, and the Wonderland court that gets it all wr…
A boy is blamed for stealing biscuits, and his mum says, «Right, no telly for a week, now tell me what happened». Which Wonderland mistake is she making?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mum · What happens: blame, steal, say, tell, happen, make · To what, where: boy, biscuits, mum · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 191 «A fair trial, and the Wonderland court that gets it all wrong» 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: A boy is blamed for stealing biscuits, and his mum says, «Right, no telly for a week, now tell me what happened».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 boy | det |
| 2 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 blamed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 blamed | aux:pass |
| 4 | blamed | blame | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 6 stealing | mark |
| 6 | stealing | steal | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 blamed | advcl |
| 7 | biscuits | biscuit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 stealing | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 says | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 says | cc |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 mum | nmod:poss |
| 11 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 says | nsubj |
| 12 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 blamed | conj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 telly | punct |
| 14 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 18 telly | punct |
| 15 | Right | right | INTJ | _ | 18 telly | discourse |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 telly | punct |
| 17 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 18 telly | det |
| 18 | telly | telly | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 says | ccomp |
| 19 | for | for | ADP | _ | 21 week | case |
| 20 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 week | det |
| 21 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 telly | nmod |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 tell | punct |
| 23 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 24 tell | advmod |
| 24 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 says | ccomp |
| 25 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 24 tell | iobj |
| 26 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 27 happened | nsubj |
| 27 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 tell | ccomp |
| 28 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 24 tell | punct |
| 29 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 blamed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | blame | present · passive | a boy | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | steal | gerund | biscuits | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location biscuit=Theme | |||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | present | boy's mum | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | tell speech: assert in a quote | infinitive | boy's mum = mum | now | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 5 | happen in a quote | past | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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: Which Wonderland mistake is she making?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 making | nsubj |
| 2 | Wonderland | Wonderland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 mistake | compound |
| 3 | mistake | mistake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 making | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 making | aux |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 making | nsubj |
| 6 | making | make | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 making | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present · progressive | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Sentence first, verdict afterwards
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sentence | sentence | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 1 Sentence | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 verdict | punct |
| 4 | verdict | verdict | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Sentence | appos |
| 5 | afterwards | afterwards | ADV | _ | 4 verdict | advmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Calling an unsigned poem proof
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Calling | call | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 proof | det |
| 3 | unsigned | unsigned | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 proof | amod |
| 4 | poem | poem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 proof | compound |
| 5 | proof | proof | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Calling | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | gerund | a unsigned poem proof | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent proof=Recipient |
Option 3
Inventing a brand-new Rule Forty-two
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Inventing | invent | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 Forty | det |
| 3 | brand | brand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 new | compound |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 brand | punct |
| 5 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 Forty | amod |
| 6 | Rule | Rule | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Forty | compound |
| 7 | Forty | forty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Inventing | obj |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 two | punct |
| 9 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 Forty | appos |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | invent | gerund | a new Rule Forty | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent forty=Result |
Option 4
Letting a juror forget his name
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Letting | let | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 juror | det |
| 3 | juror | juror | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Letting | obj |
| 4 | forget | forget | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Letting | xcomp |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 name | nmod:poss |
| 6 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 forget | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | gerund | a juror | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | forget | infinitive | a juror not said here | his name | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | name | his = he | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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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