Test 3 · ★ · Covering up, false alarms and playing fair
A classmate invites you to go swimming and you do not want to. Which answer is honest and kind?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: classmate, you, answer · What happens: invite, go, swim, not want, be · To what, where: you
This is test 3 · ★ 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: A classmate invites you to go swimming and you do not want to.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 classmate | det |
| 2 | classmate | classmate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 invites | nsubj |
| 3 | invites | invite | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 invites | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 go | mark |
| 6 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 invites | xcomp |
| 7 | swimming | swim | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 go | xcomp |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 want | cc |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 12 want | nsubj |
| 10 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 want | aux |
| 11 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 want | advmod |
| 12 | want | want | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 invites | conj |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 want | xcomp |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 invites | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | invite | present | a classmate | you | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | go not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | swim | gerund | you not said here | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | not want | present · do-support | you | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot |
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: Which answer is honest and kind?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 answer | det |
| 2 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 honest | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 honest | cop |
| 4 | honest | honest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 kind | cc |
| 6 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 honest | conj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 honest | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | which answer | honest property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | which answer not said here | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
«Thanks, but I can't come this time»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 Thanks | punct |
| 2 | Thanks | thanks | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 come | punct |
| 4 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 8 come | cc |
| 5 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 come | nsubj |
| 6 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 come | aux |
| 7 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 come | advmod |
| 8 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 Thanks | conj |
| 9 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 10 time | det |
| 10 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 come | obl:unmarked |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 Thanks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not come in a quote | can | I | time | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
«I've got a broken leg, so I can't swim»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 got | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 got | nsubj |
| 3 | 've | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 got | aux |
| 4 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 leg | det |
| 6 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 leg | amod |
| 7 | leg | leg | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 got | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 swim | punct |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 13 swim | advmod |
| 10 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 13 swim | nsubj |
| 11 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 swim | aux |
| 12 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 swim | advmod |
| 13 | swim | swim | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 got | conj |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 got | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get in a quote | present · perfect | I | a broken leg | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer leg=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | break in a quote | participle | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 3 | not swim in a quote | can | I | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
«I'm going to the moon that day, sorry»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 going | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 going | nsubj |
| 3 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 going | aux |
| 4 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 moon | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 moon | det |
| 7 | moon | moon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 going | obl |
| 8 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 9 day | det |
| 9 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 going | obl:unmarked |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 going | punct |
| 11 | sorry | sorry | INTJ | _ | 4 going | discourse |
| 12 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 going | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go in a quote | present · progressive | I | the moon | day | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to moon=Initial_Location |
Option 4
«My parents say that you are rude to me»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 say | punct |
| 2 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 parents | nmod:poss |
| 3 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 say | nsubj |
| 4 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 8 rude | mark |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 rude | nsubj |
| 7 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 rude | cop |
| 8 | rude | rude | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 say | ccomp |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 me | case |
| 10 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 rude | obl |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert in a quote | present | My parents | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | you | My parents = parent | rude property | tree rules |
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