Test 8 · ★ · Money, work and the big choices
Big sister, sobbing: "I failed maths, my life's over!" What would a good parent say?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Big sister, I, life, good parent · What happens: sob, fail, be, say · To what, where: maths · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 39 «Money, work and the big choices» 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: Big sister, sobbing: "I failed maths, my life's over!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 sister | amod |
| 2 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sobbing | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 sobbing | punct |
| 4 | sobbing | sob | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 failed | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 failed | punct |
| 7 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 failed | nsubj |
| 8 | failed | fail | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 sobbing | conj |
| 9 | maths | math | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 failed | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 over | punct |
| 11 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 life | nmod:poss |
| 12 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 over | nsubj |
| 13 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 over | cop |
| 14 | over | over | ADV | _ | 8 failed | advmod |
| 15 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 4 sobbing | punct |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 sobbing | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sob | gerund | Big sister | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | fail in a quote | past | I | maths | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent math=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | my life | over property | 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 would a good parent say?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 say | obj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 say | aux |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 parent | det |
| 4 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 parent | amod |
| 5 | parent | parent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 say | nsubj |
| 6 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | would | a good parent | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, your life is over now
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 over | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 life | nmod:poss |
| 4 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 over | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 over | cop |
| 6 | over | over | ADV | _ | root | root |
| 7 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 over | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | your life | now | over property | tree rules |
Option 2
You should never study maths again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 study | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 study | aux |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 study | advmod |
| 4 | study | study | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | maths | math | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 study | obj |
| 6 | again | again | ADV | _ | 4 study | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not study | should | You | maths | again | vn learn-14-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent math=Topic |
Option 3
Exams don't matter at all, so just forget about it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Exams | exam | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 matter | nsubj |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 matter | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 matter | advmod |
| 4 | matter | matter | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 all | case |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 matter | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 forget | punct |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 forget | advmod |
| 9 | just | just | ADV | _ | 10 forget | advmod |
| 10 | forget | forget | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 matter | conj |
| 11 | about | about | ADP | _ | 12 it | case |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 forget | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not matter | present · do-support | Exams | all | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | forget | infinitive | Exams not said here | about it | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
You can retake it or find another route
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 retake | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 retake | aux |
| 3 | retake | retake | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 retake | obj |
| 5 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 6 find | cc |
| 6 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 retake | conj |
| 7 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 8 route | det |
| 8 | route | route | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 find | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | retake | can | You | it | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | find | infinitive | You not said here | another route | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent route=Topic |
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