Test 14 · ★ · Compliments and respecting differences
new kid talks funny, can we copy his accent
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: new kid, we, kid · What happens: talk, copy, accent · To what, where: accent
This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 226 «Compliments and respecting differences» 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 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 kid | amod |
| 2 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 talks | nsubj |
| 3 | talks | talk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | funny | funny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 talks | xcomp |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 copy | punct |
| 6 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 copy | aux |
| 7 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 copy | nsubj |
| 8 | copy | copy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 talks | conj |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 accent | nmod:poss |
| 10 | accent | accent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 copy | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | talk | present | new kid | funny property | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | copy | can | we | kid's accent | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent accent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | accent | kid | nom accent «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, it's just a laugh
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 laugh | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 laugh | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 laugh | cop |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 7 laugh | advmod |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 laugh | det |
| 7 | laugh | laugh | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a laugh | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
No, mocking him is bullying and hurts
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 mocking | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | mocking | mock | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 bullying | csubj |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 mocking | obj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 bullying | aux |
| 6 | bullying | bully | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 hurts | cc |
| 8 | hurts | hurt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 bullying | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mock | gerund | him = he | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | |||||
| 2 | bully | present · progressive | mocking | vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | hurt | present | mocking not said here | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3
Yes, he'll get used to it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 used | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 used | nsubj |
| 4 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 used | aux |
| 5 | get | get | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 used | aux:pass |
| 6 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 it | case |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 used | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | future · passive | he | it | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 4
Only behind his back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 4 back | advmod |
| 2 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 4 back | case |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 back | nmod:poss |
| 4 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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