Test 19 · ★★ · Bikes, scooters and car parks
the boys say the girl who fell off the shopping trolley "deserved it, so dumb". spread it?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: boys, girl, shopping trolley · What happens: say, fall off, deserve, spread · To what, where: girl, shopping trolley, trolley · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 19 · ★★ of lesson 272 «Bikes, scooters and car parks» 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 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 boys | det |
| 2 | boys | boy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 say | nsubj |
| 3 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 girl | det |
| 5 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 say | obj |
| 6 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 fell | nsubj |
| 7 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 girl | acl:relcl |
| 8 | off | off | ADP | _ | 11 trolley | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 trolley | det |
| 10 | shopping | shopping | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 trolley | compound |
| 11 | trolley | trolley | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 fell | obl |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 deserved | punct |
| 13 | deserved | deserve | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 trolley | acl:relcl |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 deserved | obj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 dumb | punct |
| 16 | so | so | ADV | _ | 17 dumb | advmod |
| 17 | dumb | dumb | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 say | ccomp |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 dumb | punct |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 say | punct |
| 20 | spread | spread | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 say | ccomp |
| 21 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 spread | obj |
| 22 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | the boys | the girl | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | fall off | past | the girl | the shopping trolley | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient trolley=Extent | ||||
| 3 | deserve in a quote | past | the shopping trolley not said here | trolley | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | spread | infinitive | trolley | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=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.
The options
Option 1
Yes, and make a meme of it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 make | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 make | punct |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 make | cc |
| 4 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 meme | det |
| 6 | meme | meme | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 make | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 it | case |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 meme | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | imperative | you not said here | a meme of meme | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset meme=Product |
Option 2
Yes, but only in the group chat where the teachers can't see it
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 8 chat | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 8 chat | cc |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 chat | advmod |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 chat | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 chat | det |
| 7 | group | group | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 chat | compound |
| 8 | chat | chat | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 14 see | advmod |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 teachers | det |
| 11 | teachers | teacher | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 see | nsubj |
| 12 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 see | aux |
| 13 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 see | advmod |
| 14 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 chat | advcl |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 see | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not see | can | the teachers | chat | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
Option 3
Yes, it's funny and it's true
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 funny | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 funny | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 funny | cop |
| 5 | funny | funny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 true | cc |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 true | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 true | cop |
| 9 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 funny | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | it | funny property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | it | true property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, don't pass on mean talk; and never ride on trolleys
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 pass | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 5 pass | aux |
| 4 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 pass | advmod |
| 5 | pass | pass | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 pass | compound:prt |
| 7 | mean | mean | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 talk | amod |
| 8 | talk | talk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 pass | obj |
| 9 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 12 ride | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 ride | cc |
| 11 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 12 ride | advmod |
| 12 | ride | ride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 pass | parataxis |
| 13 | on | on | ADP | _ | 14 trolleys | case |
| 14 | trolleys | trolley | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 ride | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not pass on | imperative · do-support | you not said here | mean talk | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent talk=Theme | ||||
| 2 | not ride | present | trolleys | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
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