Test 1 · ★ · Good pressure, good and bad secrets, and owning up
A girl's friends cheer her on to try out for the school play, which scares her a bit. Which is TRUE?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friends, school play · What happens: cheer on, try out, scare, be · To what, where: girl
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 285 «Good pressure, good and bad secrets, and owning up» 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 girl's friends cheer her on to try out for the school play, which scares her a bit.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 girl | det |
| 2 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 friends | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 girl | case |
| 4 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 cheer | nsubj |
| 5 | cheer | cheer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 cheer | obj |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 cheer | compound:prt |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 try | mark |
| 9 | try | try | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 cheer | advcl |
| 10 | out | out | ADP | _ | 9 try | compound:prt |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 play | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 play | det |
| 13 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 play | compound |
| 14 | play | play | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 try | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 scares | punct |
| 16 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 17 scares | nsubj |
| 17 | scares | scare | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 play | acl:relcl |
| 18 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 scares | obj |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 bit | det |
| 20 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 scares | obl:unmarked |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 cheer | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cheer on | present | a girl's friends | girl | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | try out | to-infinitive | a girl's friends not said here | for the school play | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent for play=Attribute | ||||
| 3 | scare | present | the school play | girl | a bit obl:unmarked | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer |
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 is TRUE?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 TRUE | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 TRUE | cop |
| 3 | TRUE | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 TRUE | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
This is pressure that can help her grow
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | This | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 pressure | det |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 pressure | cop |
| 3 | pressure | pressure | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 help | nsubj |
| 5 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 help | aux |
| 6 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 pressure | acl:relcl |
| 7 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 help | obj |
| 8 | grow | grow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 help | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | this pressure | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | help | can | this pressure | her = she | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary clause=Theme | ||||
| 3 | grow | infinitive | her = she not said here | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
It is the same as a dangerous dare
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 same | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 same | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 same | det |
| 4 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | as | as | ADP | _ | 8 dare | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 dare | det |
| 7 | dangerous | dangerous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 dare | amod |
| 8 | dare | dare | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 same | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | as a dangerous dare; same property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
She must say no to all pressure, even when it's kind
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 say | nsubj |
| 2 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 say | aux |
| 3 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 3 say | obj |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 pressure | case |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 pressure | det |
| 7 | pressure | pressure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 say | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 kind | punct |
| 9 | even | even | ADV | _ | 13 kind | advmod |
| 10 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 13 kind | mark |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 kind | nsubj |
| 12 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 kind | cop |
| 13 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 say | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | must | She | no | all pressure | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent no=Topic to pressure=Recipient | |||
| 2 | is | present | pressure | kind property | tree rules |
Option 4
All peer pressure is harmful
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | All | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 pressure | det |
| 2 | peer | peer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pressure | compound |
| 3 | pressure | pressure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 harmful | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 harmful | cop |
| 5 | harmful | harmful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | all peer pressure | harmful property | tree rules |
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