Test 11 · Praise and criticism: giving and taking feedback
Your teammate says "ta, I'll count it in next time" ("ta" means thanks). What made the feedback work?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: teammate, ta · What happens: say, count, mean, make · To what, where: teammate, thanks, feedback work · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 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: Your teammate says "ta, I'll count it in next time" ("ta" means thanks).
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 teammate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | teammate | teammate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 count | punct |
| 5 | ta | ta | INTJ | _ | 9 count | discourse |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 ta | punct |
| 7 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 count | nsubj |
| 8 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 count | aux |
| 9 | count | count | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 says | ccomp |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 count | obj |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 time | case |
| 12 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 time | amod |
| 13 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 count | obl |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 count | punct |
| 15 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 19 means | punct |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 ta | punct |
| 17 | ta | ta | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 means | nsubj |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 ta | punct |
| 19 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | parataxis |
| 20 | thanks | thanks | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 means | obj |
| 21 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 19 means | punct |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Your teammate | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | count in a quote | future | Your teammate = teammate | teammate | time | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||
| 3 | mean | present | ta | thanks | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thanks=Topic |
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 made the feedback work?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 made | nsubj |
| 2 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 work | det |
| 4 | feedback | feedback | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 work | compound |
| 5 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 made | obj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 made | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | the feedback work | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material work=Product |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
It was sent to her by a stranger online
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 sent | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 sent | aux:pass |
| 3 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 her | case |
| 5 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 sent | obl |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 stranger | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 stranger | det |
| 8 | stranger | stranger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sent | obl |
| 9 | online | online | ADV | _ | 3 sent | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | past · passive | a stranger | It | her = she | online property | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme to she=Destination |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
It was kind, clear and about one moment
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 kind | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 kind | cop |
| 3 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 clear | punct |
| 5 | clear | clear | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 kind | conj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 moment | cc |
| 7 | about | about | ADP | _ | 9 moment | case |
| 8 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 moment | nummod |
| 9 | moment | moment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 kind | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | It | kind property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | tree rules |
Option 3
It listed every mistake in the whole song
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 listed | nsubj |
| 2 | listed | list | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 mistake | det |
| 4 | mistake | mistake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 listed | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 song | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 song | det |
| 7 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 song | amod |
| 8 | song | song | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 listed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | list | past | It | every mistake | the whole song | tree rules |
Option 4
It was shouted in front of the audience
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 shouted | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 shouted | aux:pass |
| 3 | shouted | shout | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 front | case |
| 5 | front | front | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shouted | obl |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 audience | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 audience | det |
| 8 | audience | audience | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 front | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | past · passive | It | front of the audience | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
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