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Test 10 · Praise and criticism: giving and taking feedback

Arjun's friend says, "Then why are you asking, re?" ("re" is a friendly call). What has Arjun been doing?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend, you, re, Arjun · What happens: say, ask, re, be, do · To what, where: friendly call · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 of lesson 38 «Praise and criticism: giving and taking feedback» 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: Arjun's friend says, "Then why are you asking, re?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Arjun	Arjun	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 friend	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Arjun	case
3	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 asking	punct
7	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 asking	advmod
8	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	11 asking	advmod
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 asking	aux
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 asking	nsubj
11	asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 says	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 re	punct
13	re	re	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 asking	xcomp
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 re	punct
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 re	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: ask	present	Arjun's friend						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	ask speech: ask in a quote	present · progressive	you				then		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	re not said to happen, in a quote	infinitive	you not said here						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: ("re" is a friendly call).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	8 call	punct
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 re	punct
3	re	re	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 call	nsubj
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 re	punct
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 call	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 call	det
7	friendly	friendly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 call	amod
8	call	call	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	)	)	PUNCT	_	8 call	punct
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 call	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	re	a friendly call					tree rules

Sentence 3: What has Arjun been doing?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 doing	obj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 doing	aux
3	Arjun	Arjun	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 doing	nsubj
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 doing	aux
5	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 doing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present · perfect · progressive	Arjun						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1

Listening carefully to every point

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Listening	listen	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	carefully	carefully	ADV	_	1 Listening	advmod
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 point	case
4	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 point	det
5	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Listening	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	listen	gerund						to every point; carefully property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to point=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Arguing back instead of listening

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Arguing	argue	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Arguing	advmod
3	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=SCONJ	5 listening	mark
4	of	of	ADP	_	3 instead	fixed
5	listening	listen	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Arguing	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	argue back speech: disagree	gerund							vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	listen	gerund							vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Writing down every comment in a notebook

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Writing	write	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	down	down	ADP	_	1 Writing	compound:prt
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 comment	det
4	comment	comment	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Writing	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 notebook	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 notebook	det
7	notebook	notebook	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 comment	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write down	gerund		every comment		a notebook			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent comment=Theme in notebook=Destination

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Saying thank you too many times

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	thank	thank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Saying	ccomp
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 thank	obj
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 many	advmod
5	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 times	amod
6	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Saying	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	gerund					time		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	thank speech: thank	present			you				vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme

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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