Test 4 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: school reports and teachers
Gran says: "Your teacher thinks you know your own mind, eh? Like your grandad." What is she hinting?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Gran, teacher, you, your · What happens: say, think, know, mind, hint · To what, where: own mind · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 16 «Soft words for hard things: school reports and teachers» of the euphemisms 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: Gran says: "Your teacher thinks you know your own mind, eh?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gran | Gran | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 thinks | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 thinks | punct |
| 5 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 teacher | nmod:poss |
| 6 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 thinks | nsubj |
| 7 | thinks | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 says | ccomp |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 know | nsubj |
| 9 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 thinks | ccomp |
| 10 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 mind | nmod:poss |
| 11 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 mind | amod |
| 12 | mind | mind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 know | obj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 eh | punct |
| 14 | eh | eh | INTJ | _ | 7 thinks | discourse |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: ask | present | Gran | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | think speech: other in a quote | present | Your teacher | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | know in a quote | present | you | your own mind | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer mind=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | mind in a quote | your | nom mind «cognition transitive»: 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: Like your grandad."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Like | like | ADP | _ | 3 grandad | case |
| 2 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 grandad | nmod:poss |
| 3 | grandad | grandad | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 grandad | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 grandad | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: What is she hinting?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 hinting | obj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 hinting | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 hinting | nsubj |
| 4 | hinting | hint | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 hinting | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hint speech: other | present · progressive | teacher | vn say-37.7-1-2 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
That you are clever at quizzes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 clever | nsubj |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 clever | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 clever | cop |
| 4 | clever | clever | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 quizzes | case |
| 6 | quizzes | quiz | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 clever | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | That | quizzes | clever property | tree rules |
Option 2
That you look like grandad
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 look | nsubj |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 look | nsubj |
| 3 | look | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | like | like | ADP | _ | 5 grandad | case |
| 5 | grandad | grandad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 look | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | present | That | like grandad | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 3
That you remember names well
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 remember | nsubj |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 remember | nsubj |
| 3 | remember | remember | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | names | name | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 remember | obj |
| 5 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 3 remember | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | remember | present | That | names | well property | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent name=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
That you are stubborn
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 stubborn | nsubj |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 stubborn | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 stubborn | cop |
| 4 | stubborn | stubborn | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | That | stubborn property | tree rules |
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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