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Test 7 · Praise and criticism: giving and taking feedback

Jamie says, "Flat? I'm boss at singing" ("boss" means great). What would help him check?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Jamie, I, boss · What happens: say, be, sing, mean, help, check · To what, where: boss · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 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: Jamie says, "Flat?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jamie	Jamie	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 Flat	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 Flat	punct
5	Flat	flat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 says	ccomp
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Jamie						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that 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: I'm boss at singing" ("boss" means great).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 boss	nsubj
2	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 boss	cop
3	boss	boss	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	at	at	SCONJ	_	5 singing	mark
5	singing	sing	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 boss	acl
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 singing	punct
7	(	(	PUNCT	_	11 means	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 boss	punct
9	boss	boss	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 means	nsubj
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 boss	punct
11	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 boss	parataxis
12	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 means	xcomp
13	)	)	PUNCT	_	11 means	punct
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 boss	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	I	boss					tree rules
2	sing speech: express	gerund	boss not said here						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	mean in a quote	present	boss					great property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Sentence 3: What would help him check?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 help	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 help	aux
3	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 help	obj
5	check	check	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 help	xcomp
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 help	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	would		boss					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary clause=Theme
2	check	infinitive	boss not said here						vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Singing louder so it cannot be flat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Singing	sing	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	louder	loud	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	1 Singing	xcomp
3	so	so	SCONJ	_	8 flat	mark
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 flat	nsubj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 flat	aux
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 flat	advmod
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 flat	cop
8	flat	flat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Singing	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	gerund						loud property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not is	can	it					flat property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Recording himself and listening back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Recording	record	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	1 Recording	obj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 listening	cc
4	listening	listen	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Recording	conj
5	back	back	ADV	_	4 listening	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	record	gerund		himself = he					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme
2	listen back	gerund							vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Asking a friend who cannot sing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 friend	det
3	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Asking	obj
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 sing	nsubj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 sing	aux
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 sing	advmod
7	sing	sing	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 friend	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	gerund			a friend				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient
2	not sing speech: express	can	a friend						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location

Option 4

Ignoring the coach completely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ignoring	ignore	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 coach	det
3	coach	coach	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ignoring	obj
4	completely	completely	ADV	_	1 Ignoring	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ignore	gerund		the coach				completely property	vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coach=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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