Test 3 · ★ · Facts, opinions, clickbait and saying no to dares
Your friend in Toronto says «If you don't climb the pylon, you're a baby!». What is the best reply?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend, you, best reply · What happens: say, not climb, be · To what, where: pylon, baby · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: Your friend in Toronto says «If you don't climb the pylon, you're a baby!».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 friend | nmod:poss |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 says | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Toronto | case |
| 4 | Toronto | Toronto | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 friend | nmod |
| 5 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 11 climb | punct |
| 7 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 11 climb | mark |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 11 climb | nsubj |
| 9 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 climb | aux |
| 10 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 climb | advmod |
| 11 | climb | climb | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 says | ccomp |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 pylon | det |
| 13 | pylon | pylon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 climb | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 baby | punct |
| 15 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 18 baby | nsubj |
| 16 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 baby | cop |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 baby | det |
| 18 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 climb | obl |
| 19 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 11 climb | punct |
| 20 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 11 climb | punct |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: express | present | Your friend in Toronto | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | not climb a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present · do-support | you | the pylon | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location pylon=Theme | ||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | you | a baby | 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 best reply?
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 reply | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 reply | amod |
| 5 | reply | reply | 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 best reply | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
«You go first and I'll follow right behind you»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 go | punct |
| 2 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 go | nsubj |
| 3 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 3 go | advmod |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 follow | cc |
| 6 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 follow | nsubj |
| 7 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 follow | aux |
| 8 | follow | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 go | conj |
| 9 | right | right | ADV | _ | 11 you | advmod |
| 10 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 11 you | case |
| 11 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 follow | obl |
| 12 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 go | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go in a quote | present | You | first property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | follow in a quote | future | I | behind you | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme behind you=Location |
Option 2
«I'll do it tomorrow»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 3 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 do | obj |
| 6 | tomorrow | tomorrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 do | obl:unmarked |
| 7 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do in a quote | future | I | it | tomorrow | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
Option 3
«OK, but only halfway»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 halfway | punct |
| 2 | OK | ok | INTJ | _ | 6 halfway | discourse |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 halfway | punct |
| 4 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 halfway | cc |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 halfway | advmod |
| 6 | halfway | halfway | ADV | _ | root | root |
| 7 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 halfway | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
«No way — electricity can kill»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 way | punct |
| 2 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 3 way | det |
| 3 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 kill | punct |
| 5 | electricity | electricity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 kill | nsubj |
| 6 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 kill | aux |
| 7 | kill | kill | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 way | acl:relcl |
| 8 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 7 kill | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kill in a quote | can | electricity | no way not said here | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme |
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