Test 3 · Screens, diets, sofas and late nights
Ava, 11, cries because her post got "only 9 likes" and her friend's got 50. What is true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ava, post, friend · What happens: cry, get, be · To what, where: 9 likes, 50
This is test 3 of lesson 29 «Screens, diets, sofas and late nights» 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: Ava, 11, cries because her post got "only 9 likes" and her friend's got 50.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ava | Ava | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 cries | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 11 | punct |
| 3 | 11 | 11 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 Ava | appos |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ava | punct |
| 5 | cries | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 9 got | mark |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 post | nmod:poss |
| 8 | post | post | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 got | nsubj |
| 9 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 cries | ccomp |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 likes | punct |
| 11 | only | only | ADV | _ | 12 9 | advmod |
| 12 | 9 | 9 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 13 likes | nummod |
| 13 | likes | like | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 got | obj |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 likes | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 got | cc |
| 16 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 friend | nmod:poss |
| 17 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 got | nsubj |
| 18 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 got | aux |
| 19 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 9 got | conj |
| 20 | 50 | 50 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 19 got | obj |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 cries | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cry speech: express | present | Ava | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | get | past | Ava's post | 9 likes | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer like=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | get | present · passive | Ava's friend | 50 | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer 50=Stimulus |
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: What is true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Likes measure attention, not how good a person is
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Likes | like | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 measure | nsubj |
| 2 | measure | measure | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | attention | attention | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 measure | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 good | punct |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 good | advmod |
| 6 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 good | advmod |
| 7 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 measure | conj |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 person | det |
| 9 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 good | nsubj |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 good | cop |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | measure | present | Likes | attention | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme attention=Value | ||||
| 2 | not is | present | a person | good property | tree rules |
Option 2
Ava is less liked as a person than her friend is
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ava | Ava | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 liked | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 liked | aux:pass |
| 3 | less | less | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 4 liked | advmod |
| 4 | liked | like | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | as | as | ADP | _ | 7 person | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 person | det |
| 7 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 liked | obl |
| 8 | than | than | ADP | _ | 10 friend | case |
| 9 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 friend | nmod:poss |
| 10 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 person | nmod |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 liked | aux:pass |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | like | present · passive | Ava | as a person than Ava's friend; less property | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme |
Option 3
The friend with 50 likes is a better person
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 friend | det |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 person | nsubj |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 likes | case |
| 4 | 50 | 50 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 likes | nummod |
| 5 | likes | like | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 friend | nmod |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 person | cop |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 person | det |
| 8 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 9 person | amod |
| 9 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the friend with 50 likes | a better person | tree rules |
Option 4
Ava should post more until she gets 100
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ava | Ava | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 post | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 post | aux |
| 3 | post | post | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 post | obj |
| 5 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 7 gets | mark |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 gets | nsubj |
| 7 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 post | advcl |
| 8 | 100 | 100 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 gets | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | post | should | Ava | more | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Theme | ||||
| 2 | get | present | Ava | 100 | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer 100=Stimulus |
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