Test 10 · ★ · Talking to the friend's grandparents
«why does granny keep saying I got taller? I'm the same lol» What's she doing?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, she · What happens: keep, say, get, be, do · To what, where: same lol · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 29 «Talking to the friend's grandparents» 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: «why does granny keep saying I got taller?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 keep | punct |
| 2 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 keep | advmod |
| 3 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 keep | aux |
| 4 | granny | granny | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 keep | compound |
| 5 | keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | saying | say | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 keep | xcomp |
| 7 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 got | nsubj |
| 8 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 saying | ccomp |
| 9 | taller | tall | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 8 got | xcomp |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 keep | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep in a quote | present · do-support | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | say speech: ask in a quote | gerund | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 3 | get in a quote | past | I | tall property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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 the same lol» What's she doing?
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 | 5 lol | nsubj |
| 2 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 lol | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 lol | det |
| 4 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 lol | amod |
| 5 | lol | lol | NOUN | _ | root | root |
| 6 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 lol | punct |
| 7 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 10 doing | obj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 doing | aux |
| 9 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 doing | nsubj |
| 10 | doing | do | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 lol | parataxis |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 lol | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | I | the same lol | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | do in a quote | present · progressive | she | the same lol | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
It's the usual «look at you!» greeting
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 | 4 usual | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 usual | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 usual | det |
| 4 | usual | usual | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 look | punct |
| 6 | look | look | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 4 usual | parataxis |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 you | case |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 look | obl |
| 9 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 4 usual | punct |
| 10 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 usual | punct |
| 11 | greeting | greeting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 usual | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | greeting obl; usual property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | look in a quote | infinitive | at you | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at you=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
She thinks you're someone else
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 thinks | nsubj |
| 2 | thinks | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 someone | nsubj |
| 4 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 someone | cop |
| 5 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 2 thinks | ccomp |
| 6 | else | else | ADV | _ | 5 someone | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | present | She | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | you | someone | else property | tree rules |
Option 3
She can't see well without her glasses
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 see | nsubj |
| 2 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 see | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 see | advmod |
| 4 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 see | advmod |
| 6 | without | without | ADP | _ | 8 glasses | case |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 glasses | nmod:poss |
| 8 | glasses | glass | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 see | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not see | can | She | without her glasses; well property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4
She's teasing you
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 teasing | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 teasing | aux |
| 3 | teasing | tease | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 teasing | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tease | present · progressive | She | you | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient |
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