Test 7 · ★ · Big feelings in big people
Your cousin points and howls "LOOK AT HIM, what a muppet" after Dad trips. What is the kinder way?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cousin, kinder way · What happens: point, howl, look, muppet, be
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 36 «Big feelings in big people» 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: Your cousin points and howls "LOOK AT HIM, what a muppet" after Dad trips.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 2 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 points | nsubj |
| 3 | points | point | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 howls | cc |
| 5 | howls | howl | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 points | conj |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 LOOK | punct |
| 7 | LOOK | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 howls | xcomp |
| 8 | AT | at | ADP | _ | 9 HIM | case |
| 9 | HIM | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 LOOK | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 muppet | punct |
| 11 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 13 muppet | nsubj |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 muppet | det |
| 13 | muppet | muppet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 LOOK | obl |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 muppet | punct |
| 15 | after | after | ADP | _ | 17 trips | case |
| 16 | Dad | Dad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 trips | compound |
| 17 | trips | trip | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 LOOK | obl |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 points | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | point | present | Your cousin | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | howl | present | Your cousin not said here | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | look in a quote | infinitive | Your cousin not said here | after Dad trips | at cousin | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at he=Theme | |||
| 4 | muppet in a quote | tree rules |
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 the kinder way?
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 way | det |
| 4 | kinder | kind | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 way | amod |
| 5 | way | way | 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 kinder way | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Tell everyone in the shop what happened
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 1 Tell | iobj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 shop | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 shop | det |
| 5 | shop | shop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tell | obl |
| 6 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 happened | nsubj |
| 7 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Tell | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | everyone | the shop | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient clause=Topic | |||
| 2 | happen | past | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Laugh with Dad if he is laughing, never at him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laugh | laugh | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | with | with | ADP | _ | 3 Dad | case |
| 3 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Laugh | obl |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 laughing | mark |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 laughing | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 laughing | aux |
| 7 | laughing | laugh | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Laugh | advcl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 him | punct |
| 9 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 11 him | advmod |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 him | case |
| 11 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 laughing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh | imperative | you not said here | with Dad | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | laugh a condition, not said to happen | present · progressive | he | at him = he | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Pretend you've never seen him before
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pretend | pretend | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 seen | nsubj |
| 3 | 've | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 seen | aux |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 seen | advmod |
| 5 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Pretend | xcomp |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 seen | obj |
| 7 | before | before | ADV | _ | 5 seen | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not see | present · perfect | you | him = he | before property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
Option 4
Point and laugh even louder so that he gets the joke too
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Point | point | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 laugh | cc |
| 3 | laugh | laugh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Point | conj |
| 4 | even | even | ADV | _ | 5 louder | advmod |
| 5 | louder | loud | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 laugh | parataxis |
| 6 | so | so | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 9 gets | mark |
| 7 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 6 so | fixed |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 gets | nsubj |
| 9 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 laugh | advcl |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 joke | det |
| 11 | joke | joke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 gets | obj |
| 12 | too | too | ADV | _ | 9 gets | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh | present | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | get | present | he | the joke | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer joke=Stimulus |
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