Test 7 · ★ · Holidays of the region
A new girl celebrates Eid and brings sweets to share. What is the respectful thing to do?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: new girl, respectful thing · What happens: celebrate, bring, share, be, do · To what, where: Eid, sweets
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 265 «Holidays of the region» 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 new girl celebrates Eid and brings sweets to share.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 girl | det |
| 2 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 girl | amod |
| 3 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 celebrates | nsubj |
| 4 | celebrates | celebrate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | Eid | Eid | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 celebrates | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 brings | cc |
| 7 | brings | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 celebrates | conj |
| 8 | sweets | sweet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 brings | obj |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 share | mark |
| 10 | share | share | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 brings | xcomp |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 celebrates | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | celebrate | present | a new girl | Eid | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eid=Theme | ||||
| 2 | bring | present | a new girl not said here | sweets | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | share | to-infinitive | a new girl not said here | 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 the respectful thing to do?
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 thing | det |
| 4 | respectful | respectful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 thing | amod |
| 5 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 do | mark |
| 7 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 thing | acl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the respectful thing | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | do | to-infinitive | the respectful thing not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Thank her and be glad to learn about her festival
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thank | thank | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Thank | obj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 glad | cc |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 glad | cop |
| 5 | glad | glad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Thank | conj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 learn | mark |
| 7 | learn | learn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 glad | advcl |
| 8 | about | about | ADP | _ | 10 festival | case |
| 9 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 festival | nmod:poss |
| 10 | festival | festival | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 learn | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | thank speech: thank | present | her = she | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is | infinitive | glad property | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | learn | to-infinitive | about her festival | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about festival=Topic |
Option 2
Say Eid is not a real holiday
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | Eid | Eid | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 holiday | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 holiday | cop |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 holiday | advmod |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 holiday | det |
| 6 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 holiday | amod |
| 7 | holiday | holiday | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Say | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | not is a | present | Eid | a real holiday | tree rules |
Option 3
Refuse because it is not Christmas
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Refuse | refuse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 Christmas | nsubj |
| 2 | because | because | ADP | ExtPos=ADP | 3 it | case |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Refuse | nmod |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 Christmas | cop |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 Christmas | advmod |
| 6 | Christmas | Christmas | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is a | present | Refuse because it | Christmas | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Tell her to celebrate it only at home, not at school with everyone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Tell | iobj |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 celebrate | mark |
| 4 | celebrate | celebrate | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Tell | xcomp |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 celebrate | obj |
| 6 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 home | advmod |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 home | case |
| 8 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 celebrate | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 school | punct |
| 10 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 school | advmod |
| 11 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 school | case |
| 12 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tell | obl |
| 13 | with | with | ADP | _ | 14 everyone | case |
| 14 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 12 school | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | her = she | school with everyone | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | |||
| 2 | celebrate not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | it | home | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
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