Test 1 · ★★ · Your uh-oh feeling
At a bus stop in Vancouver, a man keeps standing too close to Emma and her stomach knots. What is the best choice?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: man, stomach, best choice · What happens: keep, stand, knot, be · To what, where: bus stop, close
This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 19 «Your uh-oh feeling» 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: At a bus stop in Vancouver, a man keeps standing too close to Emma and her stomach knots.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | At | at | ADP | _ | 4 stop | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 stop | det |
| 3 | bus | bus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stop | compound |
| 4 | stop | stop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 keeps | obl |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 Vancouver | case |
| 6 | Vancouver | Vancouver | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 stop | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 stop | punct |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 man | det |
| 9 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 keeps | nsubj |
| 10 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | standing | stand | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 10 keeps | xcomp |
| 12 | too | too | ADV | _ | 13 close | advmod |
| 13 | close | close | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 standing | obj |
| 14 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 Emma | case |
| 15 | Emma | Emma | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 close | obl |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 knots | cc |
| 17 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 stomach | nmod:poss |
| 18 | stomach | stomach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 knots | nsubj |
| 19 | knots | knot | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 Emma | conj |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 keeps | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | present | a man | a bus stop in Vancouver | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | stand | gerund | a man not said here | close | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer close=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | knot | present | Emma's stomach | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
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: What is the best choice?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 choice | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 choice | amod |
| 5 | choice | choice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the best choice | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Stay still so as not to seem rude
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | still | still | ADV | _ | 1 Stay | advmod |
| 3 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 seem | advmod |
| 4 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 7 seem | mark |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 seem | advmod |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 seem | mark |
| 7 | seem | seem | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Stay | advcl |
| 8 | rude | rude | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 seem | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | imperative | you not said here | still | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | not seem | to-infinitive | you not said here | rude property | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Ignore the feeling, as he has done nothing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ignore | ignore | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 feeling | det |
| 3 | feeling | feeling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ignore | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 done | punct |
| 5 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 8 done | mark |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 done | nsubj |
| 7 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 done | aux |
| 8 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 1 Ignore | parataxis |
| 9 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 8 done | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ignore | imperative | you not said here | the feeling | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feeling=Theme | ||||
| 2 | do | present · perfect | he | nothing | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality |
Option 3
Smile and hope that he leaves soon
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smile | smile | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 hope | cc |
| 3 | hope | hope | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Smile | conj |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 6 leaves | mark |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 leaves | nsubj |
| 6 | leaves | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 hope | ccomp |
| 7 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 6 leaves | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | smile | imperative | you not said here | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | hope | present | you not said here | vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | leave | present | he | soon property | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Move away towards people and tell an adult
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Move | move | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | away | away | ADV | _ | 1 Move | advmod |
| 3 | towards | towards | ADP | _ | 4 people | case |
| 4 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Move | obl |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 tell | cc |
| 6 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Move | conj |
| 7 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 adult | det |
| 8 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 tell | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move away | imperative | you not said here | towards people; away property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme towards people=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | infinitive | you not said here | a adult | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient |
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