Test 3 · Praise and criticism: giving and taking feedback
A kid from Phoenix says six drafts is "so extra" ("extra" means over the top). Which is true?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: kid, extra · What happens: say, be, mean · To what, where: six drafts, top · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 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: A kid from Phoenix says six drafts is "so extra" ("extra" means over the top).
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 kid | det |
| 2 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 says | nsubj |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 4 Phoenix | case |
| 4 | Phoenix | Phoenix | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 kid | nmod |
| 5 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | six | six | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 drafts | nummod |
| 7 | drafts | draft | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 says | obj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 drafts | cop |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 extra | punct |
| 10 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 extra | advmod |
| 11 | extra | extra | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 says | ccomp |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 extra | punct |
| 13 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 17 means | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 extra | punct |
| 15 | extra | extra | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 means | nsubj |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 extra | punct |
| 17 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 says | parataxis |
| 18 | over | over | ADP | _ | 20 top | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 top | det |
| 20 | top | top | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 means | obl |
| 21 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 17 means | punct |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a kid from Phoenix | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | six drafts | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | mean | present | extra | the top | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=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: Which is true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Drafts are only for maths homework
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Drafts | draft | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 homework | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 homework | cop |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 homework | advmod |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 homework | case |
| 5 | maths | math | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 homework | compound |
| 6 | homework | homework | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Drafts | for maths homework | tree rules |
Option 2
Your first try always shows your best
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 | 3 try | nmod:poss |
| 2 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 3 try | amod |
| 3 | try | try | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 shows | nsubj |
| 4 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 5 shows | advmod |
| 5 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 best | nmod:poss |
| 7 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 shows | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | Your first try | your best | always property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent good=Recipient | |||
| 2 | try | Your | nom try «act transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
Only lazy people need more than one draft
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 3 people | advmod |
| 2 | lazy | lazy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 people | amod |
| 3 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 need | nsubj |
| 4 | need | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp ExtPos=ADV | 7 one | advmod |
| 6 | than | than | ADP | _ | 5 more | fixed |
| 7 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 draft | nummod |
| 8 | draft | draft | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 need | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present | lazy people | one draft | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot draft=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Drafts with feedback can make work much better
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Drafts | draft | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 make | nsubj |
| 2 | with | with | ADP | _ | 3 feedback | case |
| 3 | feedback | feedback | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Drafts | nmod |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 make | aux |
| 5 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 make | obj |
| 7 | much | much | ADV | _ | 8 better | advmod |
| 8 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 make | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | can | Drafts with feedback | work | good property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset work=Product |
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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