Test 7 · ★ · Sadness, jealousy, boredom, pride and brothers and sisters
A girl pushed a younger child in the queue and feels guilty. What will help her feel better?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl, child · What happens: push, feel, help · To what, where: younger child, queue, child
This is test 7 · ★ 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 girl pushed a younger child in the queue and feels guilty.
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 | 3 pushed | nsubj |
| 3 | pushed | push | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 child | det |
| 5 | younger | young | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 child | amod |
| 6 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pushed | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 queue | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 queue | det |
| 9 | queue | queue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pushed | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 feels | cc |
| 11 | feels | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 pushed | conj |
| 12 | guilty | guilty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 feels | xcomp |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 pushed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | push | past | a girl | a younger child | the queue | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent child=Theme in queue=Trajectory | |||
| 2 | feel | present | a girl not said here | guilty property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=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 will help her feel better?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 help | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 help | aux |
| 3 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 help | obj |
| 5 | feel | feel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 help | xcomp |
| 6 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 feel | xcomp |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 help | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | future | child | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | feel | infinitive | child not said here | good property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Saying sorry and doing something kind for the child
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Saying | obj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 doing | cc |
| 4 | doing | do | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Saying | conj |
| 5 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 4 doing | obj |
| 6 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 something | amod |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 child | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 child | det |
| 9 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 doing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | gerund | sorry | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent sorry=Topic | |||||
| 2 | do | gerund | something | for the child | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality |
Option 2
Pushing someone else
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pushing | push | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 1 Pushing | obj |
| 3 | else | else | ADV | _ | 2 someone | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | push | gerund | someone | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Theme |
Option 3
Telling herself it did not happen
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Telling | tell | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 1 Telling | iobj |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 happen | nsubj |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 happen | aux |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 happen | advmod |
| 6 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Telling | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | gerund | herself = she | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent herself=Recipient clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | not happen | past · do-support | it | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Avoiding the child forever, so neither of them remembers it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Avoiding | avoid | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 remembers | advcl |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 child | det |
| 3 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Avoiding | obj |
| 4 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 1 Avoiding | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Avoiding | punct |
| 6 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 remembers | advmod |
| 7 | neither | neither | DET | PronType=Neg | 10 remembers | nsubj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 them | case |
| 9 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 neither | nmod |
| 10 | remembers | remember | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 remembers | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | avoid | gerund | neither not said here | the child | forever property | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent child=Location | |||
| 2 | remember | present | neither | child | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
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