Test 4 · ★ · White lies and kind silence A girl in Perth is about to read her poem at assembly and asks your opinion. One line is hard to hear. What is best?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl, your, One line · What happens: be, read, ask, opine, hear · To what, where: poem, assembly, opinion
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 196 «White lies and kind silence» 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 Perth is about to read her poem at assembly and asks your opinion.
det nsubj case nmod cop mark xcomp nmod:poss obj case obl cc conj nmod:poss obj punct root A DET girl NOUN in ADP Perth PROPN is AUX about ADJ to PART read VERB her PRON poem NOUN at ADP assembly NOUN and CCONJ asks VERB your PRON opinion NOUN . PUNCT 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 6 about nsubj 3 in in ADP _ 4 Perth case 4 Perth Perth PROPN Number=Sing 2 girl nmod 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 about cop 6 about about ADJ Degree=Pos root root 7 to to PART _ 8 read mark 8 read read VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 about xcomp 9 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 10 poem nmod:poss 10 poem poem NOUN Number=Sing 8 read obj 11 at at ADP _ 12 assembly case 12 assembly assembly NOUN Number=Sing 8 read obl 13 and and CCONJ _ 14 asks cc 14 asks ask VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 about conj 15 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 16 opinion nmod:poss 16 opinion opinion NOUN Number=Sing 14 asks obj 17 . . PUNCT _ 6 about punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present a girl in Perth about property tree rules 2 read to-infinitive a girl in Perth not said here girl's poem assembly vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent poem=Theme at assembly=Value 3 ask speech: ask present a girl in Perth not said here your opinion vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent opinion=Recipient 4 opine your nom opinion «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: One line is hard to hear.
nummod nsubj cop mark xcomp punct root One NUM line NOUN is AUX hard ADJ to PART hear VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 One one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 2 line nummod 2 line line NOUN Number=Sing 4 hard nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 hard cop 4 hard hard ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 to to PART _ 6 hear mark 6 hear hear VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 hard xcomp 7 . . PUNCT _ 4 hard punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present One line hard property tree rules 2 hear to-infinitive One line not said here vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer
Sentence 3: What is best?
nsubj cop punct root What PRON is AUX best ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 3 best nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 best cop 3 best good ADJ Degree=Sup root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 best punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present good property tree rules
The options Option 1 Say you are too busy to listen to it
nsubj cop advmod ccomp mark xcomp case obl root Say VERB you PRON are AUX too ADV busy ADJ to PART listen VERB to ADP it PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Say say VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 5 busy nsubj 3 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 busy cop 4 too too ADV _ 5 busy advmod 5 busy busy ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Say ccomp 6 to to PART _ 7 listen mark 7 listen listen VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 busy xcomp 8 to to ADP _ 9 it case 9 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 listen obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert imperative you not said here vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 is present you busy property tree rules 3 listen to-infinitive you not said here it vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to it=Theme
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Praise what is good and suggest she read that line louder
nsubj nsubj cop cc conj nsubj ccomp det obj xcomp root Praise NOUN what PRON is AUX good ADJ and CCONJ suggest VERB she PRON read VERB that DET line NOUN louder ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Praise praise NOUN Number=Sing 4 good nsubj 2 what what PRON PronType=Int 4 good nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 good cop 4 good good ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 and and CCONJ _ 6 suggest cc 6 suggest suggest VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 good conj 7 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 read nsubj 8 read read VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 suggest ccomp 9 that that DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 10 line det 10 line line NOUN Number=Sing 8 read obj 11 louder loud ADJ Degree=Cmp 8 read xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present Praise good property tree rules 2 suggest speech: suggest present Praise not said here vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 read infinitive she that line loud property vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent line=Topic
Option 3 Tell her not to read it at all
iobj advmod mark ccomp obj case obl root Tell VERB her PRON not PART to PART read VERB it PRON at ADP all DET The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Tell tell VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Tell iobj 3 not not PART Polarity=Neg 5 read advmod 4 to to PART _ 5 read mark 5 read read VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Tell ccomp 6 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 read obj 7 at at ADP _ 8 all case 8 all all DET PronType=Tot 5 read obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tell speech: assert imperative you not said here her = she vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic 2 not read not said to happen to-infinitive it all vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent it=Theme at all=Value
Option 4 Tell her it is completely flawless so that she feels confident
iobj nsubj cop advmod ccomp mark fixed nsubj advcl xcomp root Tell VERB her PRON it PRON is AUX completely ADV flawless ADJ so SCONJ that SCONJ she PRON feels VERB confident ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Tell tell VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Tell iobj 3 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 flawless nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 flawless cop 5 completely completely ADV _ 6 flawless advmod 6 flawless flawless ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Tell ccomp 7 so so SCONJ ExtPos=SCONJ 10 feels mark 8 that that SCONJ _ 7 so fixed 9 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 feels nsubj 10 feels feel VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Tell advcl 11 confident confident ADJ Degree=Pos 10 feels xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tell speech: assert imperative you not said here her = she vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient 2 is present it completely, flawless property tree rules 3 feel present she confident property vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
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