--- title: What would happen if a word could never change its class? — Nouns: the names of things, people, pl… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if a word could never change its class? Test 5 of lesson 2 «Nouns: the names of things, people, places and ideas» of the language course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/2-nouns-names-of-things-people-places-ideas/t5/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Language](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/) / [Nouns: the names of things, people, pl…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/2-nouns-names-of-things-people-places-ideas/) / t5 # Test 5 · Nouns: the names of things, people, places and ideas What would happen if a word could never change its class? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** word · **What happens:** happen, not change · **To what, where:** class This is test 5 of lesson 2 «Nouns: the names of things, people, places and ideas» of the language 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/language/2-nouns-names-of-things-people-places-ideas/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:2-nouns-names-of-things-people-places-ideas:t5:1 # text = What would happen if a word could never change its class? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 7 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 10 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 class class NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **not** **change** *a condition, not said to happen* | could | a word | word's class | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent class=Patient | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} All nouns would turn into verbs ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:2-nouns-names-of-things-people-places-ideas:t5:o1:1 # text = All nouns would turn into verbs 1 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 nouns noun NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 into into ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 verbs verb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | would | all nouns | | | verbs | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into verb=Trajectory | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nothing at all would change in English ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:2-nouns-names-of-things-people-places-ideas:t5:o2:1 # text = Nothing at all would change in English 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 5 nsubj _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 1 nmod _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 English English PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | would | Nothing | | | English | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Sentences would lose their capital letters ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:2-nouns-names-of-things-people-places-ideas:t5:o3:1 # text = Sentences would lose their capital letters 1 Sentences sentence NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 lose lose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 capital capital NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 letters letter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | would | Sentences | Sentences's capital letters | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Eventuality | | 2 | **letter** | | Sentences *= sentence* | | | | | | nom letter «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} "Run" couldn't be both a thing and an action, so we'd need more words ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:2-nouns-names-of-things-people-places-ideas:t5:o4:1 # text = "Run" couldn't be both a thing and an action, so we'd need more words 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Run Run PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 4 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 cop _ _ 7 both both CCONJ CC _ 9 cc:preconj _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 action action NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 so so ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 15 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 need need VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 18 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 19 amod _ _ 19 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is a** | could | Run | a thing and a action | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **need** | would | we | more words | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot word=Theme | **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. 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