Test 7 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: school reports and teachers an…
Liam reckons "reluctant reader" means someone who reads too much. Right?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Liam, reluctant reader · What happens: reckon, mean, read · To what, where: someone, much
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 17 «Soft words for hard things: school reports and teachers and animals and pets» 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: Liam reckons "reluctant reader" means someone who reads too much.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liam | Liam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 reckons | nsubj |
| 2 | reckons | reckon | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 reader | punct |
| 4 | reluctant | reluctant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 reader | amod |
| 5 | reader | reader | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 means | nsubj |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 reader | punct |
| 7 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 reckons | parataxis |
| 8 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 7 means | obj |
| 9 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 reads | nsubj |
| 10 | reads | read | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 someone | acl:relcl |
| 11 | too | too | ADV | _ | 12 much | advmod |
| 12 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 reads | obj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 reckons | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reckon | present | Liam | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | mean | present | reluctant reader | someone | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Topic | ||||
| 3 | read | present | much | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent much=Topic |
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: Right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Right | right | INTJ | _ | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Right | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
Yes, it means a speed reader
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 means | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 means | nsubj |
| 4 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 reader | det |
| 6 | speed | speed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 reader | compound |
| 7 | reader | reader | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 means | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | it | a speed reader | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reader=Topic |
Option 2
Yes, it means a bookworm
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 means | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 means | nsubj |
| 4 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 bookworm | det |
| 6 | bookworm | bookworm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 means | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | it | a bookworm | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bookworm=Topic |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
No, it means a child who cannot see
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 means | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 means | nsubj |
| 4 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 child | det |
| 6 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 means | obj |
| 7 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 see | nsubj |
| 8 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 see | aux |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 see | advmod |
| 10 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 child | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | it | a child | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Topic | ||||
| 2 | not see | can | a child | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
No, it means a child who dislikes or struggles with reading
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 means | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 means | nsubj |
| 4 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 child | det |
| 6 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 means | obj |
| 7 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 dislikes | nsubj |
| 8 | dislikes | dislike | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 child | acl:relcl |
| 9 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 10 struggles | cc |
| 10 | struggles | struggle | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 dislikes | conj |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 reading | case |
| 12 | reading | reading | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 struggles | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | it | a child | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Topic | ||||
| 2 | dislike | present | a child | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | struggle | present | a child not said here | with reading | vn battle-36.4 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with reading=Co-Agent |
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