Test 7 · ★ · Speaking up, saying no and growing up
A girl in Perth wants to choose all her own school clothes. What is fair?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl · What happens: want, choose, be · To what, where: school clothes
This is test 7 · ★ 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: A girl in Perth wants to choose all her own school clothes.
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 | 5 wants | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Perth | case |
| 4 | Perth | Perth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 girl | nmod |
| 5 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 choose | mark |
| 7 | choose | choose | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 wants | xcomp |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 12 clothes | det:predet |
| 9 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 clothes | nmod:poss |
| 10 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 school | amod |
| 11 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 clothes | compound |
| 12 | clothes | clothes | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 7 choose | obj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 wants | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | a girl in Perth | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | choose not said to happen | to-infinitive | a girl in Perth not said here | girl's school clothes | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=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 is fair?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 fair | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fair | cop |
| 3 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 fair | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | fair property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Her parents must choose everything for her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 parents | nmod:poss |
| 2 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 choose | nsubj |
| 3 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 choose | aux |
| 4 | choose | choose | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 4 choose | obj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 her | case |
| 7 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 choose | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | choose | must | Her parents | everything | for her = she | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent everything=Theme for she=Beneficiary |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
She chooses within the rules she agrees with her parents
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 chooses | nsubj |
| 2 | chooses | choose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | within | within | ADP | _ | 5 rules | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 rules | det |
| 5 | rules | rule | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 chooses | obl |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 agrees | nsubj |
| 7 | agrees | agree | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 rules | acl:relcl |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 parents | case |
| 9 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 parents | nmod:poss |
| 10 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 agrees | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | choose | present | She | within the rules | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | agree speech: agree | present | she | the rules not said here | with her parents | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent rule=Topic |
Option 3
She should copy her older sister exactly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 copy | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 copy | aux |
| 3 | copy | copy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 copy | obj |
| 5 | older | old | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 sister | amod |
| 6 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 copy | obl |
| 7 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 3 copy | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | copy | should | She | her = she | older sister obl; exactly property | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
Option 4
She can wear anything she likes, always
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 wear | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 wear | aux |
| 3 | wear | wear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 3 wear | obj |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 likes | nsubj |
| 6 | likes | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 anything | acl:relcl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 always | punct |
| 8 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 3 wear | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wear | can | She | anything | always property | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent anything=Theme | |||
| 2 | like | present | she | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot |
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