Test 3 · ★ · Practising when you would rather not

Grandad in Yorkshire says to Ella, "you haven't got it, bless yer" ("bless yer" softens a hard comment). What is the kindest true reply?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Grandad, Ella, kindest true reply · What happens: say, not get, bless, soften, be · To what, where: Ella, it, yer, hard comment · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 3 «Practising when you would rather not» of the arts 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: Grandad in Yorkshire says to Ella, "you haven't got it, bless yer" ("bless yer" softens a hard comment).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	3 Yorkshire	case
3	Yorkshire	Yorkshire	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Grandad	nmod
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 Ella	case
6	Ella	Ella	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 says	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 got	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 got	punct
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 got	nsubj
10	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 got	aux
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 got	advmod
12	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 says	parataxis
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 got	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 bless	punct
15	bless	bless	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 says	ccomp
16	yer	yer	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 bless	obj
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 bless	punct
18	(	(	PUNCT	_	20 bless	punct
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	20 bless	punct
20	bless	bless	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	23 softens	csubj
21	yer	yer	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 bless	obj
22	"	"	PUNCT	_	20 bless	punct
23	softens	soften	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	conj
24	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	26 comment	det
25	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 comment	amod
26	comment	comment	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 softens	obj
27	)	)	PUNCT	_	23 softens	punct
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Grandad in Yorkshire		Ella	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to ella=Recipient clause=Topic
2	not get in a quote	present · perfect	Ella	it		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
3	bless in a quote	infinitive		yer		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yer=Theme
4	bless in a quote	infinitive		yer		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yer=Theme
5	soften	present	Grandad in Yorkshire not said here	a hard comment		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent comment=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: What is the kindest true reply?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 reply	det
4	kindest	kind	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 reply	amod
5	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 reply	amod
6	reply	reply	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the kindest true reply						tree rules

The options

Option 1

Only people born musical should practise

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 people	advmod
2	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 practise	nsubj
3	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 people	acl
4	musical	musical	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 born	obj
5	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 practise	aux
6	practise	practise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bear	participle	people not said here	musical					vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent musical=Patient
2	practise	should	people						tree rules

Option 2

He is right, she should stop at once and try a sport instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc 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	at	at	ADP	_	9 once	case
9	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	7 stop	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 try	cc
11	try	try	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 stop	conj
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 sport	det
13	sport	sport	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 try	obj
14	instead	instead	ADV	_	11 try	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	He		right property	tree rules
2	stop	should	she			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at once=Location
3	try	infinitive	she not said here	a sport	instead property	vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sport=Eventuality

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A slow start is just a start, and practice builds skill

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 start	det
2	slow	slow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 start	amod
3	start	start	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 start	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 start	cop
5	just	just	ADV	_	7 start	advmod
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 start	det
7	start	start	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 builds	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 builds	cc
10	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 builds	nsubj
11	builds	build	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 start	conj
12	skill	skill	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 builds	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a slow start	a start					tree rules
2	build	present	practice	skill					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset skill=Product

Option 4

Being blessed makes you play better

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 blessed	aux:pass
2	blessed	bless	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 makes	csubj
3	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 makes	obj
5	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 makes	xcomp
6	better	well	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 play	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	bless	gerund · passive				vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»
2	make	present		you		tree rules
3	play	infinitive	you not said here		well property	vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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