Test 2 · ★ · Covering up, false alarms and playing fair
In science you are lost but everyone else seems to get it. What is the brave choice?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: everyone, brave choice · What happens: lose, seem, get, be · To what, where: you, science
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 277 «Covering up, false alarms and playing fair» 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: In science you are lost but everyone else seems to get it.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 science | case |
| 2 | science | science | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 lost | obl |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 lost | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 lost | aux:pass |
| 5 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 9 seems | cc |
| 7 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 9 seems | nsubj |
| 8 | else | else | ADV | _ | 7 everyone | advmod |
| 9 | seems | seem | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 lost | conj |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 get | mark |
| 11 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 seems | xcomp |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 get | obj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 lost | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | present · passive | you | science | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | seem | present | everyone | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | |||||
| 3 | get | to-infinitive | everyone not said here | science | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
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 brave choice?
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 choice | det |
| 4 | brave | brave | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 choice | amod |
| 5 | choice | choice | 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 brave choice | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Put your hand up and say you don't understand
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 hand | nmod:poss |
| 3 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Put | obj |
| 4 | up | up | ADP | _ | 1 Put | compound:prt |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 say | cc |
| 6 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Put | conj |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 understand | nsubj |
| 8 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 understand | aux |
| 9 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 understand | advmod |
| 10 | understand | understand | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 say | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put up | imperative | you not said here | your hand | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent hand=Goal | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | infinitive | you not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | not understand | present · do-support | you | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2
Wait and ask nobody
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 ask | cc |
| 3 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Wait | conj |
| 4 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 ask | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | infinitive | you not said here | nobody | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent nobody=Recipient |
Option 3
Look busy so the teacher moves on to the next part of the lesson
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Look | look | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | busy | busy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Look | xcomp |
| 3 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 6 moves | mark |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 teacher | det |
| 5 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 moves | nsubj |
| 6 | moves | move | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Look | advcl |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 moves | compound:prt |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 part | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 part | det |
| 10 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 part | amod |
| 11 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 moves | obl |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 lesson | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 lesson | det |
| 14 | lesson | lesson | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 part | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | imperative | you not said here | busy property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | move on | present | the teacher | the next part of the lesson | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to part=Trajectory |
Option 4
Pretend and hope it comes up in the test
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pretend | pretend | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 hope | cc |
| 3 | hope | hope | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Pretend | conj |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 comes | nsubj |
| 5 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 hope | ccomp |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 comes | compound:prt |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 test | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 test | det |
| 9 | test | test | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 comes | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hope | present | vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | come up | present | it | the test | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in test=Location |
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