Test 5 · ★ · Compliments and respecting differences

A Sikh boy in your class wears a turban, and you are curious. What is a good way to learn more?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Sikh boy, you · What happens: wear, be, learn · To what, where: turban, good way, more

This is test 5 · ★ 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: A Sikh boy in your class wears a turban, and you are curious.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 boy	det
2	Sikh	sikh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 boy	amod
3	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wears	nsubj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 class	case
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 class	nmod:poss
6	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 boy	nmod
7	wears	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 turban	det
9	turban	turban	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wears	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 curious	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 curious	cc
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	14 curious	nsubj
13	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 curious	cop
14	curious	curious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 wears	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 wears	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	present	a Sikh boy in your class	a turban					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent turban=Theme
2	is	present	you					curious property	tree rules

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 a good way to learn more?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 way	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 way	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 way	det
4	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 way	amod
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 learn	mark
7	learn	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 way	acl
8	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 learn	obj
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 way	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		a good way					tree rules
2	learn	to-infinitive		more					vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Ask him politely, if he is happy to talk about it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Ask	obj
3	politely	politely	ADV	_	1 Ask	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 happy	punct
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 happy	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 happy	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 happy	cop
8	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Ask	parataxis
9	to	to	PART	_	10 talk	mark
10	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 happy	xcomp
11	about	about	ADP	_	12 it	case
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 talk	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here	him = he	politely property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
2	is a condition, not said to happen	present	he		happy property	tree rules
3	talk	to-infinitive	he not said here		about it	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic

Option 2

Ask the whole class to guess what is under it, as a game

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 class	det
3	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 class	amod
4	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 guess	mark
6	guess	guess	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Ask	ccomp
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	10 it	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 it	cop
9	under	under	ADP	_	10 it	case
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 guess	ccomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 game	punct
12	as	as	ADP	_	14 game	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 game	det
14	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here	the whole class		as a game	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent class=Recipient clause=Topic
2	guess not said to happen	to-infinitive					vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is	present			class		tree rules

Option 3

Tell him it looks like a towel

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tell	iobj
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 looks	nsubj
4	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Tell	parataxis
5	like	like	ADP	_	7 towel	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 towel	det
7	towel	towel	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 looks	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		him = he				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
2	look	present	it					like a towel	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 4

Pull it gently to see how it is tied

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pull	pull	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Pull	obj
3	gently	gently	ADV	_	1 Pull	advmod
4	to	to	PART	_	5 see	mark
5	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Pull	advcl
6	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	9 tied	advmod
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 tied	nsubj:pass
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 tied	aux:pass
9	tied	tie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 see	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	pull	imperative	you not said here	it	gently property	vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	see	to-infinitive	you not said here			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	tie	present · passive		it		vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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