Test 1 · ★ · Sadness, jealousy, boredom, pride and brothers and sisters
A boy in Seattle has stopped seeing friends and enjoying anything for a month. What is true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: stop, see, enjoy, be · To what, where: boy, friends, anything
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 213 «Sadness, jealousy, boredom, pride and brothers and sisters» 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 boy in Seattle has stopped seeing friends and enjoying anything for a month.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 boy | det |
| 2 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 stopped | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Seattle | case |
| 4 | Seattle | Seattle | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 boy | nmod |
| 5 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 stopped | aux |
| 6 | stopped | stop | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | seeing | see | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 stopped | xcomp |
| 8 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 seeing | obj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 enjoying | cc |
| 10 | enjoying | enjoy | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 seeing | conj |
| 11 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 10 enjoying | obj |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 month | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 month | det |
| 14 | month | month | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 enjoying | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 stopped | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | present · perfect · passive | a boy in Seattle | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | see | gerund | friends | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer friend=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | enjoy | gerund | anything | month | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anything=Stimulus |
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 true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
He should tell an adult, because long sadness can be helped
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 tell | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 tell | aux |
| 3 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 adult | det |
| 5 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 tell | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 helped | punct |
| 7 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 12 helped | mark |
| 8 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 sadness | amod |
| 9 | sadness | sadness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 helped | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 helped | aux |
| 11 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 12 helped | aux:pass |
| 12 | helped | help | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 tell | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | should | He | a adult | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | help | can · passive | long sadness | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary |
Option 2
He is just lazy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 lazy | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 lazy | cop |
| 3 | just | just | ADV | _ | 4 lazy | advmod |
| 4 | lazy | lazy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | lazy property | tree rules |
Option 3
Children never get depression
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 get | nsubj |
| 2 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 3 get | advmod |
| 3 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | depression | depression | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 get | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not get | present | Children | depression | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer depression=Stimulus |
Option 4
It will surely pass if he hides it
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 | 4 pass | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 pass | aux |
| 3 | surely | surely | ADV | _ | 4 pass | advmod |
| 4 | pass | pass | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 hides | mark |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 hides | nsubj |
| 7 | hides | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 pass | ccomp |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 hides | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pass | future | It | surely property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | hide a condition, not said to happen | present | he | it | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
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