Test 2 · ★★ · Words that hurt — what they mean, never to be said
Lín's best friend grins "are you sick?" when Lín puts ketchup on rice. Is it a fight?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: best friend grins, Lín, ketchup · What happens: be, put, grin · To what, where: ketchup, rice, fight
This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 24 «Words that hurt — what they mean, never to be said» of the Chinese street 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: Lín's best friend grins "are you sick?" when Lín puts ketchup on rice.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lín | Lín | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 grins | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Lín | case |
| 3 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 grins | amod |
| 4 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 grins | compound |
| 5 | grins | grin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 sick | nsubj |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 grins | punct |
| 7 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 sick | cop |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 sick | nsubj |
| 9 | sick | sick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 9 sick | punct |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 sick | punct |
| 12 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 14 puts | advmod |
| 13 | Lín | Lín | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 puts | nsubj |
| 14 | puts | put | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 sick | advcl |
| 15 | ketchup | ketchup | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 puts | obj |
| 16 | on | on | ADP | _ | 17 rice | case |
| 17 | rice | rice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 puts | obl |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 sick | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | Lín's best friend grins | sick property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | put | present | Lín | ketchup | rice | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent ketchup=Theme on rice=Destination | |||
| 3 | grin | Lín | nom grin «communication intransitive»: poss=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: Is it a fight?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 fight | cop |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 fight | nsubj |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 fight | det |
| 4 | fight | fight | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 fight | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | ketchup | a fight | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Probably a light "you're crazy!" between friends, but risky
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Probably | probably | ADV | _ | 7 crazy | advmod |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 light | det |
| 3 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 crazy | nsubj |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 crazy | punct |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 crazy | nsubj |
| 6 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 crazy | cop |
| 7 | crazy | crazy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 7 crazy | punct |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 crazy | punct |
| 10 | between | between | ADP | _ | 11 friends | case |
| 11 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 crazy | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 crazy | punct |
| 13 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 14 risky | cc |
| 14 | risky | risky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 crazy | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | a light | between friends; crazy, probably property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | a light not said here | tree rules |
Option 2
Yes, he wants to go and die
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 wants | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 wants | nsubj |
| 4 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 go | mark |
| 6 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 wants | xcomp |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 die | cc |
| 8 | die | die | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 go | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | he | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | go not said to happen | to-infinitive | he not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | die | infinitive | he not said here | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
Option 3
No, he wants to take Lín to a doctor
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 wants | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 wants | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 wants | nsubj |
| 4 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 take | mark |
| 6 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 wants | xcomp |
| 7 | Lín | Lín | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 take | obj |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 doctor | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 doctor | det |
| 10 | doctor | doctor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 take | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | he | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | take not said to happen | to-infinitive | he not said here | Lín | a doctor | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent lín=Theme to doctor=Destination |
Option 4
Yes, it's always the worst insult, whoever says it and however
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 8 insult | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 insult | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 insult | cop |
| 5 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 8 insult | advmod |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 insult | det |
| 7 | worst | bad | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 8 insult | amod |
| 8 | insult | insult | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 says | punct |
| 10 | whoever | whoever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 says | nsubj |
| 11 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 insult | parataxis |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 says | obj |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 however | cc |
| 14 | however | however | ADV | _ | 11 says | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | the worst insult | always property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | whoever | insult | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
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