Test 19 · ★ · Facts, opinions, clickbait and saying no to dares
ppl say the girl who wouldn't do the dare is "a scaredy cat, total baby". pass it on?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ppl, girl · What happens: say, not do, be, pass on · To what, where: dare, scaredy cat · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 19 · ★ of lesson 284 «Facts, opinions, clickbait and saying no to dares» 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 | ppl | people | NOUN | Abbr=Yes Number=Plur | 2 say | nsubj |
| 2 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 girl | det |
| 4 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 cat | nsubj |
| 5 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 do | nsubj |
| 6 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 do | aux |
| 7 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 do | advmod |
| 8 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 girl | acl:relcl |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 dare | det |
| 10 | dare | dare | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 do | obj |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 cat | cop |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 cat | punct |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 cat | det |
| 14 | scaredy | scaredy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 cat | amod |
| 15 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 say | ccomp |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 baby | punct |
| 17 | total | total | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 baby | amod |
| 18 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 cat | appos |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 baby | punct |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 say | punct |
| 21 | pass | pass | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 say | parataxis |
| 22 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 pass | obj |
| 23 | on | on | ADP | _ | 21 pass | compound:prt |
| 24 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | ppl | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | not do | would | the girl | the dare | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dare=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | the girl | a scaredy cat | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | pass on | infinitive | dare | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 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 dare her again tomorrow in front of everyone at lunch
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 dare | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 dare | punct |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 dare | cc |
| 4 | dare | dare | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 dare | obj |
| 6 | again | again | ADV | _ | 4 dare | advmod |
| 7 | tomorrow | tomorrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dare | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 front | case |
| 9 | front | front | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dare | obl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 everyone | case |
| 11 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 9 front | nmod |
| 12 | at | at | ADP | _ | 13 lunch | case |
| 13 | lunch | lunch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 everyone | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dare | imperative | you not said here | her = she | front of everyone | again; tomorrow | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, it'll make her braver
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 make | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 make | nsubj |
| 4 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 make | aux |
| 5 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 make | obj |
| 7 | braver | brave | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 make | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | future | it | her = she | brave property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material she=Product |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
No, saying no to a dare took courage; don't spread it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 saying | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 saying | punct |
| 3 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 3 saying | obj |
| 5 | to | to | SCONJ | _ | 8 took | mark |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 dare | det |
| 7 | dare | dare | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 took | nsubj |
| 8 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 saying | ccomp |
| 9 | courage | courage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 took | obj |
| 10 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 13 spread | punct |
| 11 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 13 spread | aux |
| 12 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 spread | advmod |
| 13 | spread | spread | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 saying | advcl |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 spread | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | gerund | no | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | take | past | a dare | courage | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent courage=Theme | ||||
| 3 | not spread | infinitive · do-support | courage | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme |
Option 4
Yes, she should've done it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 done | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 done | nsubj |
| 4 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 done | aux |
| 5 | 've | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 done | aux |
| 6 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 done | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should · perfect | she | it | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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