Test 19 · ★ · Jealousy, boredom, pride and hard moments
ppl say the new girl is adopted and "her real mum didn't want her". spread it?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ppl, real mum · What happens: say, adopt, not want, spread · To what, where: new girl, girl, it · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 19 · ★ of lesson 292 «Jealousy, boredom, pride and hard moments» 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 | 5 girl | det |
| 4 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 girl | amod |
| 5 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 adopted | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 adopted | aux:pass |
| 7 | adopted | adopt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 say | ccomp |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 want | cc |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 want | punct |
| 10 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 mum | nmod:poss |
| 11 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 mum | amod |
| 12 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 want | nsubj |
| 13 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 want | aux |
| 14 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 15 want | advmod |
| 15 | want | want | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 adopted | conj |
| 16 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 want | obj |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 want | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 say | punct |
| 19 | spread | spread | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 say | conj |
| 20 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 spread | obj |
| 21 | ? | ? | 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 clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | adopt | present · passive | the new girl | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 3 | not want in a quote | past · do-support | girl's real mum | girl | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot she=Theme | ||||
| 4 | spread | infinitive | ppl not said here | it | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location 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, everyone's curious
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 curious | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 5 curious | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 curious | cop |
| 5 | curious | curious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | everyone | curious property | tree rules |
Option 2
Yes, but only to your table
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 table | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 7 table | cc |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 table | advmod |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 table | case |
| 6 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 table | nmod:poss |
| 7 | table | table | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, ask her all about it at lunch in front of everyone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 3 ask | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 ask | iobj |
| 5 | all | all | ADV | _ | 7 it | advmod |
| 6 | about | about | ADP | _ | 7 it | case |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 ask | obl |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 lunch | case |
| 9 | lunch | lunch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ask | obl |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 front | case |
| 11 | front | front | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ask | obl |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 everyone | case |
| 13 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 11 front | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | her = she | lunch | about it; in front of everyone | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent she=Recipient about it=Topic |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
No, it's her story to share or not, and it's cruel
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 story | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 story | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 story | cop |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 story | nmod:poss |
| 6 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 share | mark |
| 8 | share | share | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 story | acl |
| 9 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 10 not | cc |
| 10 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 share | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 cruel | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 cruel | cc |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 cruel | nsubj |
| 14 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 cruel | cop |
| 15 | cruel | cruel | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 story | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | her story | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | share | to-infinitive | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | is | present | story | cruel property | tree rules |
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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