Test 9 · ★★ · Your uh-oh feeling
Noah feels uh-oh before his first school play, though nothing is dangerous. What is going on?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Noah, nothing · What happens: feel, be, play, go on · To what, where: first school play
This is test 9 · ★★ 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: Noah feels uh-oh before his first school play, though nothing is dangerous.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noah | Noah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 feels | nsubj |
| 2 | feels | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | uh | uh | INTJ | _ | 2 feels | discourse |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 oh | punct |
| 5 | oh | oh | INTJ | _ | 3 uh | flat |
| 6 | before | before | ADP | _ | 10 play | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 play | nmod:poss |
| 8 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 10 play | amod |
| 9 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 play | compound |
| 10 | play | play | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 feels | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 dangerous | punct |
| 12 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 15 dangerous | mark |
| 13 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 15 dangerous | nsubj |
| 14 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 dangerous | cop |
| 15 | dangerous | dangerous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 feels | parataxis |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 feels | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | present | Noah | Noah's first school play | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent before play=Location | ||||
| 2 | is | present | nothing | dangerous property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | play | Noah | nom play «communication intransitive»: 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: What is going on?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 going | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 going | aux |
| 3 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 3 going | compound:prt |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 going | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go on | present · progressive | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1
It means he should run away from school before it starts
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 | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 run | nsubj |
| 4 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 run | aux |
| 5 | run | run | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 means | ccomp |
| 6 | away | away | ADV | _ | 5 run | advmod |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 school | case |
| 8 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 run | obl |
| 9 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 11 starts | mark |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 starts | nsubj |
| 11 | starts | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 run | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | It | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | run away | should | he | school | away property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from school=Trajectory | |||
| 3 | start | present | school | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
New things can bring a nervous feeling that is safe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 things | amod |
| 2 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 bring | nsubj |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 bring | aux |
| 4 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 feeling | det |
| 6 | nervous | nervous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 feeling | amod |
| 7 | feeling | feeling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 bring | obj |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 safe | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 safe | cop |
| 10 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 feeling | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring | can | New things | a nervous feeling | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent feeling=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | present | a nervous feeling | safe property | tree rules |
Option 3
It means he is ill and must go home
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 | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 ill | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 ill | cop |
| 5 | ill | ill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | ccomp |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 go | cc |
| 7 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 go | aux |
| 8 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 means | conj |
| 9 | home | home | ADV | _ | 8 go | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | It | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | he | ill property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | go | must | home property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
It means the play is dangerous
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 | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 play | det |
| 4 | play | play | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 dangerous | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 dangerous | cop |
| 6 | dangerous | dangerous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | It | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | the play | dangerous property | tree rules |
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