Test 10 · ★★★ · Rumours about classmates and what to do with a secret
Nan, firmly: "You can enjoy a royal wedding on the telly without being cruel about anybody." Which matches her rule?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: You, Nan · What happens: enjoy, be, match, rule · To what, where: Nan, rule
This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 50 «Rumours about classmates and what to do with a secret» 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: Nan, firmly: "You can enjoy a royal wedding on the telly without being cruel about anybody."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nan | Nan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 enjoy | obl |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nan | punct |
| 3 | firmly | firmly | ADV | _ | 1 Nan | advmod |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 enjoy | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 enjoy | punct |
| 6 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 enjoy | nsubj |
| 7 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 enjoy | aux |
| 8 | enjoy | enjoy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 wedding | det |
| 10 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 wedding | amod |
| 11 | wedding | wedding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 enjoy | obj |
| 12 | on | on | ADP | _ | 14 telly | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 telly | det |
| 14 | telly | telly | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 wedding | nmod |
| 15 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 17 cruel | mark |
| 16 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 17 cruel | cop |
| 17 | cruel | cruel | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 enjoy | advcl |
| 18 | about | about | ADP | _ | 19 anybody | case |
| 19 | anybody | anybody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 17 cruel | obl |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 enjoy | punct |
| 21 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 enjoy | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | enjoy in a quote | can | You | Nan | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wedding=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | is in a quote | gerund | You not said here | about anybody; cruel 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: Which matches her rule?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 2 matches | nsubj |
| 2 | matches | match | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 rule | nmod:poss |
| 4 | rule | rule | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 matches | obj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 matches | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | match | present | Nan's rule | vn amalgamate-22.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Patient | |||||
| 2 | rule | Nan | nom rule «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent |
The options
Option 1
Be as cruel as you like, because they can never hear you
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 3 cruel | cop |
| 2 | as | as | ADV | _ | 3 cruel | advmod |
| 3 | cruel | cruel | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 6 like | mark |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 like | nsubj |
| 6 | like | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 hear | advcl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 like | punct |
| 8 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 12 hear | mark |
| 9 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 hear | nsubj |
| 10 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 hear | aux |
| 11 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 12 hear | advmod |
| 12 | hear | hear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 cruel | parataxis |
| 13 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 12 hear | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | imperative | you not said here | cruel property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | like | present | you | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot | |||||
| 3 | not hear | can | they | you | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Enjoy the story, remember there's a person in it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Enjoy | enjoy | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 story | det |
| 3 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Enjoy | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 remember | punct |
| 5 | remember | remember | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Enjoy | conj |
| 6 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 7 's | expl |
| 7 | 's | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 remember | ccomp |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 person | det |
| 9 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 's | nsubj |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 it | case |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 's | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | enjoy | imperative | you not said here | the story | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer story=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | remember | infinitive | you not said here | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | be | present | a person | story; there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in it=Location |
Option 3
Never watch anything about famous people
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 2 watch | advmod |
| 2 | watch | watch | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 2 watch | obj |
| 4 | about | about | ADP | _ | 6 people | case |
| 5 | famous | famous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 people | amod |
| 6 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 anything | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not watch | imperative | you not said here | anything | about famous people | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Theme |
Option 4
Only watch if you agree with everybody
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 watch | advmod |
| 2 | watch | watch | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 agree | mark |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 agree | nsubj |
| 5 | agree | agree | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 watch | ccomp |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 everybody | case |
| 7 | everybody | everybody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 5 agree | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | watch | imperative | you not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | agree speech: agree a condition, not said to happen | present | you | with everybody | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent how S»: agent=Agent with everybody=Co-Agent |
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