Test 2 · ★ · Scary films, nightmares and sad endings
Ella switches off a Halloween film halfway. Her mate: "omg ur such a chicken lol." Who's right?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ella · What happens: switch off, be · To what, where: Halloween film
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 56 «Scary films, nightmares and sad endings» 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: Ella switches off a Halloween film halfway.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ella | Ella | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 switches | nsubj |
| 2 | switches | switch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | off | off | ADP | _ | 2 switches | compound:prt |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 film | det |
| 5 | Halloween | Halloween | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 film | compound |
| 6 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 switches | obj |
| 7 | halfway | halfway | ADV | _ | 2 switches | advmod |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 switches | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | switch off | present | Ella | a Halloween film | halfway property | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent film=Patient |
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: Her mate: "omg ur such a chicken lol."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 2 mate | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 lol | punct |
| 5 | omg | omg | INTJ | _ | 10 lol | discourse |
| 6 | ur | your | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 lol | nmod:poss |
| 7 | such | such | DET | PronType=Ind | 10 lol | det:predet |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 lol | det |
| 9 | chicken | chicken | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 lol | compound |
| 10 | lol | lol | NOUN | _ | 2 mate | appos |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 lol | punct |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 lol | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: Who's right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | 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 | _ | 3 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Ella, stopping when it's too much is sensible
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ella | Ella | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ella | punct |
| 3 | stopping | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 10 sensible | csubj |
| 4 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 much | advmod |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 much | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 much | cop |
| 7 | too | too | ADV | _ | 8 much | advmod |
| 8 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 stopping | obj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 sensible | cop |
| 10 | sensible | sensible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Ella | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | gerund | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ||||||
| 2 | is | present | it | much property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is | present | stopping | sensible property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Her mate, switching off halfway is against the rules
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 rules | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 switching | punct |
| 4 | switching | switch | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 mate | acl |
| 5 | off | off | ADP | _ | 4 switching | compound:prt |
| 6 | halfway | halfway | ADV | _ | 4 switching | advmod |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 rules | cop |
| 8 | against | against | ADP | _ | 10 rules | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 rules | det |
| 10 | rules | rule | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | switch off | gerund | Her mate not said here | halfway property | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 2 | is | present | Her mate | against the rules | tree rules |
Option 3
Nobody, they should have watched the sequel instead
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 6 watched | dep |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nobody | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 watched | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 watched | aux |
| 5 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 watched | aux |
| 6 | watched | watch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 sequel | det |
| 8 | sequel | sequel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 watched | obj |
| 9 | instead | instead | ADV | _ | 6 watched | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | watch | should · perfect · passive | they | instead property | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP.attribute»: subject=Theme sequel=Attribute |
Option 4
Her mate, you have to finish every film you start
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 have | vocative |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 mate | punct |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 have | nsubj |
| 5 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 finish | mark |
| 7 | finish | finish | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 have | xcomp |
| 8 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 film | det |
| 9 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 finish | obj |
| 10 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 11 start | nsubj |
| 11 | start | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 film | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | you | Her mate vocative | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | finish | to-infinitive | you not said here | every film | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality film=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | start | present | you | every film not said here | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent film=Eventuality |
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