Test 2 · ★ · Compliments and respecting differences
Two friends ran a race and Mia won, while Lily came last. What shows Lily is a good friend?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Two friends, Mia, Lily · What happens: run, win, come, show, be · To what, where: race, good friend · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: Two friends ran a race and Mia won, while Lily came last.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 friends | nummod |
| 2 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 ran | nsubj |
| 3 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 race | det |
| 5 | race | race | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ran | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 won | cc |
| 7 | Mia | Mia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 won | nsubj |
| 8 | won | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 ran | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 came | punct |
| 10 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 12 came | mark |
| 11 | Lily | Lily | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 came | nsubj |
| 12 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 ran | conj |
| 13 | last | last | ADV | _ | 12 came | advmod |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 ran | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | past | Two friends | a race | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme race=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | win | past | Mia | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | come | past | Lily | last property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 shows Lily is a good friend?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 shows | nsubj |
| 2 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Lily | Lily | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 friend | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 friend | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 friend | det |
| 6 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 friend | amod |
| 7 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 shows | ccomp |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 shows | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | is a | present | Lily | a good friend | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
She tells everyone the race was unfair
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 tells | nsubj |
| 2 | tells | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 2 tells | obj |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 race | det |
| 5 | race | race | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 unfair | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 unfair | cop |
| 7 | unfair | unfair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 tells | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | present | She | everyone | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | is | past | the race | unfair property | tree rules |
Option 2
She stops talking to Mia for the day
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 stops | nsubj |
| 2 | stops | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | talking | talk | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 stops | xcomp |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 Mia | case |
| 5 | Mia | Mia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 talking | obl |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 day | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 day | det |
| 8 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 talking | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | present | She | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | talk | gerund | She not said here | Mia | day | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to mia=Co-Agent |
Option 3
She says Mia started early, before the whistle went
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 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Mia | Mia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 started | nsubj |
| 4 | started | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 says | ccomp |
| 5 | early | early | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 started | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 went | punct |
| 7 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 10 went | mark |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 whistle | det |
| 9 | whistle | whistle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 went | nsubj |
| 10 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 says | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | She | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | start | past | Mia | early property | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | go | past | the whistle | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
She says «Well done, Mia!» and means it
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 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 done | punct |
| 4 | Well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 done | advmod |
| 5 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 says | ccomp |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 Mia | punct |
| 7 | Mia | Mia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 done | obj |
| 8 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 7 Mia | punct |
| 9 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 done | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 means | cc |
| 11 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 says | conj |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 means | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: express | present | She | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | do in a quote | participle | Mia | well property | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mia=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | mean | present | She not said here | it | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
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