Test 2 · Favourite films and series: spoilers, binge-watching, stre…
Mia secretly loves her little brother's cartoon: "don't tell anyone, it's for babies." What would Mum say?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mia, cartoon, little brother, Mum · What happens: love, not tell, be, cartoon, say · To what, where: cartoon, anyone · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 of lesson 55 «Favourite films and series: spoilers, binge-watching, streaming and adverts» 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: Mia secretly loves her little brother's cartoon: "don't tell anyone, it's for babies."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mia | Mia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 loves | nsubj |
| 2 | secretly | secretly | ADV | _ | 3 loves | advmod |
| 3 | loves | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 brother | nmod:poss |
| 5 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 brother | amod |
| 6 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 cartoon | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 brother | case |
| 8 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 loves | obj |
| 9 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 13 tell | punct |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 tell | punct |
| 11 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 13 tell | aux |
| 12 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 tell | advmod |
| 13 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 loves | conj |
| 14 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 13 tell | obj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 babies | punct |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 babies | nsubj |
| 17 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 babies | cop |
| 18 | for | for | ADP | _ | 19 babies | case |
| 19 | babies | baby | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 tell | obl |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 loves | punct |
| 21 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 loves | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | love | present | Mia | Mia's little brother's cartoon | secretly property | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cartoon=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | not tell speech: assert in a quote | infinitive · do-support | Mia not said here | anyone | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | cartoon | for babies | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | cartoon | Mia's little brother | nom cartoon «communication transitive»: poss=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 would Mum say?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 say | obj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 say | aux |
| 3 | Mum | Mum | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 say | nsubj |
| 4 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | would | Mum | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Watching it will make her act like a baby
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Watching | watch | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 make | csubj |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Watching | obj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 make | aux |
| 4 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 act | nmod:poss |
| 6 | act | act | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 make | obj |
| 7 | like | like | ADP | _ | 9 baby | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 baby | det |
| 9 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 make | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | watch | gerund | it | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||||
| 2 | make | future | Watching | her act | like a baby | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset act=Product | |||
| 3 | act | her = she | nom act «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2
She is right; she should stop watching it at once
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 7 stop | punct |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 stop | nsubj |
| 6 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 stop | aux |
| 7 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 right | parataxis |
| 8 | watching | watch | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 stop | xcomp |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 watching | obj |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 once | case |
| 11 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 8 watching | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | She | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | stop | should | she | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | watch | gerund | she not said here | it | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
You're never too old for something you enjoy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 old | nsubj |
| 2 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 old | cop |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 old | advmod |
| 4 | too | too | ADV | _ | 5 old | advmod |
| 5 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 something | case |
| 7 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 5 old | obl |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 enjoy | nsubj |
| 9 | enjoy | enjoy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 something | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | present | You | for something; old property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | enjoy | present | you | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4
Only babies are allowed to laugh at cartoons
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 babies | advmod |
| 2 | babies | baby | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 allowed | aux:pass |
| 4 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 laugh | mark |
| 6 | laugh | laugh | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 allowed | xcomp |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 cartoons | case |
| 8 | cartoons | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 laugh | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | allow | present · passive | babies | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | laugh not said to happen | to-infinitive | babies not said here | cartoons | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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