Test 4 · ★ · Finding a job and getting on
Mum, flat: "Nah, didn't get it. 'Strong field', apparently." What is the kind response?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: kind response · What happens: not get, be · To what, where: it
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 3 «Finding a job and getting on» 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: Mum, flat: "Nah, didn't get it. '
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 flat | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 flat | punct |
| 3 | flat | flat | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 get | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 get | punct |
| 6 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 10 get | discourse |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 Nah | punct |
| 8 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 get | aux |
| 9 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 get | advmod |
| 10 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 flat | conj |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 get | obj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 flat | punct |
| 13 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 3 flat | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not get in a quote | past · do-support | it | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=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: Strong field', apparently."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 field | amod |
| 2 | field | field | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | ', | ', | PUNCT | _ | 2 field | punct |
| 4 | apparently | apparently | ADV | _ | 2 field | advmod |
| 5 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 field | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 field | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: What is the kind response?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 response | det |
| 4 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 response | amod |
| 5 | response | response | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the kind response | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
"Never mind, just stop looking"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 mind | punct |
| 2 | Never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 3 mind | advmod |
| 3 | mind | mind | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 stop | punct |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 6 stop | advmod |
| 6 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 mind | advcl |
| 7 | looking | look | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 stop | xcomp |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 mind | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not mind in a quote | imperative | you not said here | vn care-88.1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | stop in a quote | infinitive | you not said here | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | look in a quote | gerund | you not said here | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 2
"Maybe you weren't good enough"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 good | punct |
| 2 | Maybe | maybe | ADV | _ | 6 good | advmod |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 good | nsubj |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 good | cop |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 good | advmod |
| 6 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | enough | enough | ADV | _ | 6 good | advmod |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 good | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is in a quote | past | you | enough, good, maybe property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
A hug and "their loss"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 hug | det |
| 2 | hug | hug | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 loss | cc |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 loss | punct |
| 5 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 loss | nmod:poss |
| 6 | loss | loss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 hug | conj |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 loss | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
"Why do you even bother"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 bother | punct |
| 2 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 bother | advmod |
| 3 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 bother | aux |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 bother | nsubj |
| 5 | even | even | ADV | _ | 6 bother | advmod |
| 6 | bother | bother | VERB | Mood=Ind Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 bother | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bother in a quote | present · do-support | you | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
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