Test 2 · ★ · Compliments, respecting differences and disabilities
A boy has a scar across his face. What is the right thing to do?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy, right thing · What happens: have, be, do · To what, where: scar, face
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 298 «Compliments, respecting differences and disabilities» 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 boy has a scar across his face.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 boy | det |
| 2 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 has | nsubj |
| 3 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 scar | det |
| 5 | scar | scar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 has | obj |
| 6 | across | across | ADP | _ | 8 face | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 face | nmod:poss |
| 8 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 scar | nmod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 has | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | a boy | a scar | boy's face | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scar=Patient |
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 right thing to do?
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 thing | det |
| 4 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 thing | amod |
| 5 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 do | mark |
| 7 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 thing | acl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the right thing | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | do | to-infinitive | the right thing not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1
Stare to see how it happened
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stare | stare | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | PART | _ | 3 see | mark |
| 3 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Stare | advcl |
| 4 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 happened | advmod |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 happened | nsubj |
| 6 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 see | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stare | imperative | you not said here | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | see | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | happen | past | it | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Ask him about it in front of everyone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Ask | obj |
| 3 | about | about | ADP | _ | 4 it | case |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Ask | obl |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 front | case |
| 6 | front | front | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ask | obl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 everyone | case |
| 8 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 6 front | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | him = he | front of everyone | about it | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient about it=Topic |
Option 3
Point it out to your friends
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Point | point | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Point | obj |
| 3 | out | out | ADP | _ | 1 Point | compound:prt |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 friends | case |
| 5 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 friends | nmod:poss |
| 6 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Point | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | point out | imperative | you not said here | it | your friends | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to friend=Recipient |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Treat him the same as anyone else
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Treat | treat | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Treat | obj |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 same | det |
| 4 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Treat | obj |
| 5 | as | as | ADP | _ | 6 anyone | case |
| 6 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 1 Treat | obl |
| 7 | else | else | ADV | _ | 6 anyone | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | treat | imperative | you not said here | him = he | as anyone | 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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