Test 6 · ★ · Compliments and respecting differences
At lunch someone says «Her family is weird, she only has a grandma». What is the fair reply?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: someone, family, she, fair reply · What happens: say, be, have · To what, where: lunch, grandma · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★ 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: At lunch someone says «Her family is weird, she only has a grandma».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | At | at | ADP | _ | 2 lunch | case |
| 2 | lunch | lunch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | obl |
| 3 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 9 weird | punct |
| 6 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 family | nmod:poss |
| 7 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 weird | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 weird | cop |
| 9 | weird | weird | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 says | ccomp |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 has | punct |
| 11 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 has | nsubj |
| 12 | only | only | ADV | _ | 13 has | advmod |
| 13 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 says | ccomp |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 grandma | det |
| 15 | grandma | grandma | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 has | obj |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 13 has | punct |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | someone | lunch | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | Her family | weird property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | have in a quote | present | she | a grandma | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grandma=Patient |
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 the fair reply?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 reply | det |
| 4 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 reply | amod |
| 5 | reply | reply | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the fair reply | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Say nothing, as it is just a fact
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 1 Say | obj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 fact | punct |
| 4 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 9 fact | mark |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 fact | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 fact | cop |
| 7 | just | just | ADV | _ | 9 fact | advmod |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 fact | det |
| 9 | fact | fact | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Say | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | nothing | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | it | a fact | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Families come in many shapes, and all deserve respect
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Families | family | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 come | nsubj |
| 2 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADV | _ | 2 come | advmod |
| 4 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 shapes | amod |
| 5 | shapes | shape | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 come | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 deserve | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 deserve | cc |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 deserve | nsubj |
| 9 | deserve | deserve | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 come | conj |
| 10 | respect | respect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 deserve | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come in | present | Families | many shapes | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | deserve | present | all | respect | tree rules |
Option 3
Ask the girl to explain her family to everyone at the table
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 | 3 girl | det |
| 3 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ask | iobj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 explain | mark |
| 5 | explain | explain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Ask | xcomp |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 family | nmod:poss |
| 7 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 explain | obj |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 everyone | case |
| 9 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 5 explain | obl |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 table | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 table | det |
| 12 | table | table | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 explain | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | the girl | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent girl=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | explain speech: assert not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | girl's family | everyone | the table | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent family=Topic to everyone=Recipient |
Option 4
Agree, so that you do not get teased about it too
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Agree | agree | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 teased | punct |
| 3 | so | so | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 9 teased | mark |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 3 so | fixed |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 teased | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 teased | aux |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 teased | advmod |
| 8 | get | get | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 teased | aux:pass |
| 9 | teased | tease | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Agree | ccomp |
| 10 | about | about | ADP | _ | 11 it | case |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 teased | obl |
| 12 | too | too | ADV | _ | 9 teased | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | agree speech: agree | imperative | you not said here | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | not tease | present · passive · do-support | you | about it | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
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