Test 1 · ★ · Standing up for yourself, nightmares and the dark
A girl in Toronto has her pencil case taken every day by a classmate. Which response is clear but calm?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl, response · What happens: have, take, be · To what, where: pencil case
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 100 «Standing up for yourself, nightmares and the dark» of the everyday 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: A girl in Toronto has her pencil case taken every day by a classmate.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 girl | det |
| 2 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 has | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Toronto | case |
| 4 | Toronto | Toronto | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 girl | nmod |
| 5 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 case | nmod:poss |
| 7 | pencil | pencil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 case | compound |
| 8 | case | case | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 has | obj |
| 9 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 case | acl |
| 10 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 day | det |
| 11 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 taken | obl:unmarked |
| 12 | by | by | ADP | _ | 14 classmate | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 classmate | det |
| 14 | classmate | classmate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 taken | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 has | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | a girl in Toronto | girl's pencil case | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent case=Patient | ||||
| 2 | take | participle | girl's pencil case not said here | day | by a classmate | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: 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: Which response is clear but calm?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 response | det |
| 2 | response | response | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 clear | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 clear | cop |
| 4 | clear | clear | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 calm | cc |
| 6 | calm | calm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 clear | conj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 clear | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | which response | clear property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | which response not said here | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Saying «Stop, that's mine» and telling the teacher
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 Stop | punct |
| 3 | Stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Saying | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 mine | punct |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 7 mine | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 mine | cop |
| 7 | mine | my | PRON | Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 Stop | parataxis |
| 8 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 Stop | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 telling | cc |
| 10 | telling | tell | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Saying | conj |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 teacher | det |
| 12 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 telling | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | gerund | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | stop in a quote | infinitive | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ||||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | that | mine | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | tell speech: assert | gerund | the teacher | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Grabbing it back hard and pushing him away from her desk
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grabbing | grab | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Grabbing | obj |
| 3 | back | back | ADV | _ | 1 Grabbing | advmod |
| 4 | hard | hard | ADV | Degree=Pos | 1 Grabbing | advmod |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 pushing | cc |
| 6 | pushing | push | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Grabbing | conj |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 pushing | obj |
| 8 | away | away | ADV | _ | 6 pushing | advmod |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 desk | case |
| 10 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 desk | nmod:poss |
| 11 | desk | desk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 away | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grab back | gerund | it | hard property | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | push | gerund | him = he | away property | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
Option 3
Crying and saying nothing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crying | cry | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 saying | cc |
| 3 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Crying | conj |
| 4 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 saying | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cry speech: express | gerund | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | gerund | nothing | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic |
Option 4
Taking his bag in return
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taking | take | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 bag | nmod:poss |
| 3 | bag | bag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Taking | obj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 return | case |
| 5 | return | return | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Taking | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | gerund | his bag | return | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent bag=Value in return=Location |
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