Test 12 · ★ · Growing, seeing and hearing
kids laughin at Amy's new glasses
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗
This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 211 «Growing, seeing and hearing» 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 laughin | compound |
| 2 | laughin | laughin | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 glasses | case |
| 4 | Amy | Amy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 glasses | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 Amy | case |
| 6 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 glasses | amod |
| 7 | glasses | glass | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 laughin | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Tell her not to wear them
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 wear | advmod |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 wear | mark |
| 5 | wear | wear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Tell | ccomp |
| 6 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 wear | obj |
| # | 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 wear not said to happen | to-infinitive | them = they | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent they=Source |
Option 2
Join in, glasses are funny
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Join | join | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 1 Join | compound:prt |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 funny | punct |
| 4 | glasses | glass | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 funny | nsubj |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 funny | cop |
| 6 | funny | funny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Join | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | join in | imperative | you not said here | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 2 | is | present | glasses | funny property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Differences like glasses are normal, never a reason to tease
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Differences | difference | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 normal | nsubj |
| 2 | like | like | ADP | _ | 3 glasses | case |
| 3 | glasses | glass | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Differences | nmod |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 normal | cop |
| 5 | normal | normal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 reason | punct |
| 7 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 9 reason | advmod |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 reason | det |
| 9 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 normal | parataxis |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 tease | mark |
| 11 | tease | tease | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 reason | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Differences like glasses | normal property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | tease | to-infinitive | Differences like glasses not said here | vn ferret-35.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Hide her glasses for a joke
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hide | hide | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Hide | obj |
| 3 | glasses | glass | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Hide | obj |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 joke | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 joke | det |
| 6 | joke | joke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Hide | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | imperative | you not said here | her = she | for a joke | tree rules |
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