Test 4 · ★ · Speaking up, saying no and growing up
Maya feels ugly after looking at photos of a famous girl online. What would help her most?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Maya · What happens: feel, look, help · To what, where: Maya
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 215 «Speaking up, saying no and growing up» 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: Maya feels ugly after looking at photos of a famous girl online.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maya | Maya | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 feels | nsubj |
| 2 | feels | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | ugly | ugly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 feels | xcomp |
| 4 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 5 looking | mark |
| 5 | looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 feels | advcl |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 photos | case |
| 7 | photos | photo | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 looking | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 girl | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 girl | det |
| 10 | famous | famous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 girl | amod |
| 11 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 photos | nmod |
| 12 | online | online | ADV | _ | 5 looking | advmod |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 feels | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | present | Maya | ugly property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | look | gerund | Maya not said here | at photos of a famous girl; online property | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at photo=Theme |
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 would help her most?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 help | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | 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 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 3 help | advmod |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 help | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | would | Maya | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary |
The options
Option 1
Copying everything the famous girl wears
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Copying | copy | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 wears | csubj |
| 2 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 1 Copying | obj |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 girl | det |
| 4 | famous | famous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 girl | amod |
| 5 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Copying | obj |
| 6 | wears | wear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | copy | gerund | everything | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | wear | present | Copying | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Posting only perfect, edited photos of herself as well
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Posting | post | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 perfect | advmod |
| 3 | perfect | perfect | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Posting | xcomp |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 photos | punct |
| 5 | edited | edit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 photos | amod |
| 6 | photos | photo | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Posting | obl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 herself | case |
| 8 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 6 photos | nmod |
| 9 | as | as | ADV | ExtPos=ADV | 6 photos | advmod |
| 10 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 9 as | fixed |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | post | gerund | edited photos of herself | perfect property | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | edit | participle | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Knowing online photos show only the best moments
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Knowing | know | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 photos | amod |
| 2 | online | online | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 photos | amod |
| 3 | photos | photo | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 show | nsubj |
| 4 | show | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 moments | advmod |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 moments | det |
| 7 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 8 moments | amod |
| 8 | moments | moment | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 show | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | gerund | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 2 | show | present | Knowing online photos | moment | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Looking at more photos every day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 4 photos | case |
| 3 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 photos | amod |
| 4 | photos | photo | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Looking | obl |
| 5 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 day | det |
| 6 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Looking | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | gerund | day | at more photos | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at photo=Theme |
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