Test 4 · Dates, engagements and weddings
A girl in your class says "my sister's meeting a boy off the internet, so I can too". Is that right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl, that · What happens: say, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 of lesson 13 «Dates, engagements and weddings» of the adult life 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 girl in your class says "my sister's meeting a boy off the internet, so I can too".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 girl | det |
| 2 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 says | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 class | case |
| 4 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 class | nmod:poss |
| 5 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 girl | nmod |
| 6 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 meeting | punct |
| 8 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 sister | nmod:poss |
| 9 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 meeting | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 sister | case |
| 11 | meeting | meeting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 says | ccomp |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 boy | det |
| 13 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 meeting | nmod |
| 14 | off | off | ADP | _ | 16 internet | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 internet | det |
| 16 | internet | internet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 boy | nmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 too | punct |
| 18 | so | so | ADV | _ | 21 too | advmod |
| 19 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 21 too | nsubj |
| 20 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 21 too | aux |
| 21 | too | too | ADV | _ | 6 says | advmod |
| 22 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 21 too | punct |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a girl in your class | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
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: Is that right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 2 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 right | nsubj |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | that | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, children should never meet anyone they only know online
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 meet | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 meet | nsubj |
| 4 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 meet | aux |
| 5 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 6 meet | advmod |
| 6 | meet | meet | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 6 meet | obj |
| 8 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 know | nsubj |
| 9 | only | only | ADV | _ | 10 know | advmod |
| 10 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 anyone | acl:relcl |
| 11 | online | online | ADV | _ | 6 meet | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not meet | should | children | anyone | online property | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Co-Agent | |||
| 2 | know | present | children = child | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2
Yes, as long as it is in the daytime
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 long | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | as | as | ADV | _ | 4 long | advmod |
| 4 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | as | as | ADP | _ | 10 daytime | case |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 daytime | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 daytime | cop |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 daytime | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 daytime | det |
| 10 | daytime | daytime | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 long | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | it | as the daytime | tree rules |
Option 3
Yes, if the boy seems nice in his messages
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 seems | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 seems | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 seems | mark |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 boy | det |
| 5 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 seems | nsubj |
| 6 | seems | seem | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | nice | nice | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 seems | xcomp |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 messages | case |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 messages | nmod:poss |
| 10 | messages | message | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 seems | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | seem | present | the boy | in boy's messages; nice property | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Theme in message=Attribute |
Option 4
No, but only because the internet is slow
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 9 slow | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 slow | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 9 slow | cc |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 9 slow | advmod |
| 5 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 9 slow | mark |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 internet | det |
| 7 | internet | internet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 slow | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 slow | cop |
| 9 | slow | slow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the internet | slow property | tree rules |
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