Test 11 · ★ · Bad news, protests and helping others
Little brother is scared after seeing a war on the news. What can you tell him?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Little brother, you · What happens: be, see, tell · To what, where: war, news, him · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 32 «Bad news, protests and helping others» 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: Little brother is scared after seeing a war on the news.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 brother | amod |
| 2 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 scared | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 scared | cop |
| 4 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 6 seeing | mark |
| 6 | seeing | see | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 scared | advcl |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 war | det |
| 8 | war | war | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 seeing | obj |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 news | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 news | det |
| 11 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 seeing | obl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 scared | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Little brother | scared property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | see | gerund | Little brother not said here | a war | the news | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer war=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 can you tell him?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 tell | obj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 tell | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 tell | nsubj |
| 4 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 tell | iobj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 tell | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | can | you | him = he | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It's far away, and grown-ups are working to help
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 away | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 away | cop |
| 3 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 away | advmod |
| 4 | away | away | ADV | _ | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 working | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 working | cc |
| 7 | grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 ups | amod |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 grown | punct |
| 9 | ups | up | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 working | nsubj |
| 10 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 working | aux |
| 11 | working | work | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 away | parataxis |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 help | mark |
| 13 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 working | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | away, far property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | grow | participle | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | work | present · progressive | grown ups | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | help | to-infinitive | grown ups not said here | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Don't tell Mum, she'll get cross
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 tell | aux |
| 2 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 3 tell | advmod |
| 3 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 tell | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 get | punct |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 get | nsubj |
| 7 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 get | aux |
| 8 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 tell | conj |
| 9 | cross | cross | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 get | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not tell speech: assert | imperative · do-support | you not said here | Mum | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | get | future | she | cross property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3
It's coming to our street tomorrow, so we must pack our bags
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 | 3 coming | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 coming | aux |
| 3 | coming | come | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 tomorrow | case |
| 5 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 tomorrow | nmod:poss |
| 6 | street | street | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 tomorrow | compound |
| 7 | tomorrow | tomorrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 coming | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 pack | punct |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 12 pack | advmod |
| 10 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 pack | nsubj |
| 11 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 pack | aux |
| 12 | pack | pack | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 coming | conj |
| 13 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 bags | nmod:poss |
| 14 | bags | bag | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 pack | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present · progressive | It | tomorrow | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | pack | must | we | our bags | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent bag=Theme |
Option 4
Wars only happen in films
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wars | war | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 happen | advmod |
| 3 | happen | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 films | case |
| 5 | films | film | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 happen | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | present | Wars | films | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in film=Location |
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