Test 2 · ★★ · Our street: when a guess becomes a reputation
Big sister: «Callum and Priya walked to school together, they're DEFINITELY going out!!» What might happen if everyone teases them?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Big sister, Callum, everyone · What happens: walk, go out, happen, tease · To what, where: Callum
This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 43 «Our street: when a guess becomes a reputation» 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: «Callum and Priya walked to school together, they're DEFINITELY going out!!»
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 | 8 walked | nsubj |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 2 sister | punct |
| 4 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 Callum | punct |
| 5 | Callum | Callum | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 walked | nsubj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 Priya | cc |
| 7 | Priya | Priya | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Callum | conj |
| 8 | walked | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 school | case |
| 10 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 walked | obl |
| 11 | together | together | ADV | _ | 8 walked | advmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 going | punct |
| 13 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 going | nsubj |
| 14 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 going | aux |
| 15 | DEFINITELY | definitely | ADV | _ | 16 going | advmod |
| 16 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 walked | advcl |
| 17 | out | out | ADP | _ | 16 going | compound:prt |
| 18 | !! | !! | PUNCT | _ | 16 going | punct |
| 19 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 16 going | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walk in a quote | past | Big sister | to school result; together property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to school=Result | ||||
| 2 | go out in a quote | present · progressive | Callum | definitely property | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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 might happen if everyone teases them?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 happen | aux |
| 3 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 teases | mark |
| 5 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 6 teases | nsubj |
| 6 | teases | tease | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 happen | advcl |
| 7 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 teases | obj |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | might | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | tease a condition, not said to happen | present | everyone | Callum | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
The options
Option 1
They thank everyone for noticing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 thank | nsubj |
| 2 | thank | thank | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 2 thank | obj |
| 4 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 5 noticing | mark |
| 5 | noticing | notice | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 thank | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | thank speech: thank | present | They | everyone | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Theme | ||||
| 2 | notice | gerund | They not said here | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
They stop walking together, even as friends
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 stop | nsubj |
| 2 | stop | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | walking | walk | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 stop | xcomp |
| 4 | together | together | ADV | _ | 3 walking | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 friends | punct |
| 6 | even | even | ADV | _ | 8 friends | advmod |
| 7 | as | as | ADP | _ | 8 friends | case |
| 8 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 stop | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | present | They | as friends | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | walk | gerund | They not said here | together property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
They get married when they grow up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 married | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | get | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 married | aux:pass |
| 3 | married | marry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 grow | advmod |
| 5 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 grow | nsubj |
| 6 | grow | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 married | advcl |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 6 grow | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | marry | present · passive | They | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 2 | grow up | present | they | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Nothing, teasing never changes anything at all between friends
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 5 changes | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 teasing | punct |
| 3 | teasing | tease | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Nothing | conj |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 changes | advmod |
| 5 | changes | change | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 5 changes | obj |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 all | case |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 anything | nmod |
| 9 | between | between | ADP | _ | 10 friends | case |
| 10 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 anything | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tease | gerund | Nothing not said here | vn ferret-35.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | not change | present | Nothing | anything | all | between friends | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Patient |
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