Test 5 · We're having a baby!
Aunt in Sydney: "Don't you dare poke my bump, ask first!" Why?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, my · What happens: do, not dare, not poke, ask, bump · To what, where: bump
This is test 5 of lesson 18 «We're having a baby!» 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: Aunt in Sydney: "Don't you dare poke my bump, ask first!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aunt | aunt | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 3 Sydney | case |
| 3 | Sydney | Sydney | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Aunt | nmod |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 Do | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 Do | punct |
| 6 | Do | do | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Aunt | parataxis |
| 7 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 dare | advmod |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 dare | nsubj |
| 9 | dare | dare | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 Do | advcl |
| 10 | poke | poke | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 dare | xcomp |
| 11 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 bump | nmod:poss |
| 12 | bump | bump | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 poke | obj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 ask | punct |
| 14 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 poke | conj |
| 15 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 14 ask | advmod |
| 16 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 6 Do | punct |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 Do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do in a quote | infinitive | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | not dare in a quote | present | you | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | not poke in a quote | infinitive | you not said here | my bump | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent bump=Theme | ||||
| 4 | ask speech: ask in a quote | infinitive | you not said here | first property | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | bump in a quote | my | nom bump «state transitive»: poss=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: Why?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Poking makes the baby turn into twins
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poking | poke | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 makes | nsubj |
| 2 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 baby | det |
| 4 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 makes | obj |
| 5 | turn | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 makes | xcomp |
| 6 | into | into | ADP | _ | 7 twins | case |
| 7 | twins | twin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 turn | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | poke | gerund | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | make | present | the baby | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | turn | present | the baby not said here | twins | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into twin=Trajectory |
Option 2
The baby will be born straight away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 baby | det |
| 2 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 born | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 born | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 born | aux:pass |
| 5 | born | bear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 7 away | advmod |
| 7 | away | away | ADV | _ | 5 born | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bear | future · passive | the baby | away property | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 3
The bump will pop like a balloon if you poke it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 bump | det |
| 2 | bump | bump | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 pop | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 pop | aux |
| 4 | pop | pop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | like | like | ADP | _ | 7 balloon | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 balloon | det |
| 7 | balloon | balloon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 pop | obl |
| 8 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 10 poke | mark |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 poke | nsubj |
| 10 | poke | poke | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 pop | advcl |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 poke | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pop | future | the bump | like a balloon | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 2 | poke a condition, not said to happen | present | you | bump | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
It is her body, and you should ask before touching
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 body | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 body | cop |
| 3 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 body | nmod:poss |
| 4 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 ask | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 ask | cc |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 ask | nsubj |
| 8 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 ask | aux |
| 9 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 body | parataxis |
| 10 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 11 touching | mark |
| 11 | touching | touch | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 ask | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | her body | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | should | you | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | touch | gerund | you not said here | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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