Test 3 · ★ · Peer pressure, happy secrets and being trusted Your grandma tells you she has knitted your sister a scarf for her birthday. Your sister asks what she's getting. What is best?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: grandma, sister · What happens: tell, knit, ask, get, be · To what, where: you, scarf, sister · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 315 «Peer pressure, happy secrets and being trusted» 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 grandma tells you she has knitted your sister a scarf for her birthday.
nmod:poss nsubj iobj nsubj aux ccomp nmod:poss obj det obj case nmod:poss obl punct root Your PRON grandma NOUN tells VERB you PRON she PRON has AUX knitted VERB your PRON sister NOUN a DET scarf NOUN for ADP her PRON birthday NOUN . PUNCT 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 grandma nmod:poss 2 grandma grandma NOUN Number=Sing 3 tells nsubj 3 tells tell VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 3 tells iobj 5 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 knitted nsubj 6 has have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 knitted aux 7 knitted knit VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part 3 tells ccomp 8 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 9 sister nmod:poss 9 sister sister NOUN Number=Sing 7 knitted obj 10 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 scarf det 11 scarf scarf NOUN Number=Sing 7 knitted obj 12 for for ADP _ 14 birthday case 13 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 14 birthday nmod:poss 14 birthday birthday NOUN Number=Sing 7 knitted obl 15 . . PUNCT _ 3 tells punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tell speech: assert present Your grandma you vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic 2 knit present · perfect grandma a scarf your sister for grandma's birthday vn build-26.1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent sister=Beneficiary scarf=Product for birthday=Asset
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: Your sister asks what she's getting.
nmod:poss nsubj obl nsubj aux ccomp punct root Your PRON sister NOUN asks VERB what PRON she PRON 's AUX getting VERB . PUNCT 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 sister nmod:poss 2 sister sister NOUN Number=Sing 3 asks nsubj 3 asks ask VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 what what PRON PronType=Rel 7 getting obl 5 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 getting nsubj 6 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 getting aux 7 getting get VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 3 asks ccomp 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 asks punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 ask speech: ask present Your sister vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 get present · progressive sister vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
Sentence 3: What is best?
nsubj cop punct root What PRON is AUX best ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 3 best nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 best cop 3 best good ADJ Degree=Sup root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 best punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present good property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ✓ the right answer Keep the surprise and say «You'll have to wait and see!»
The tree, 12 words det obj cc conj punct nsubj aux ccomp mark xcomp cc conj punct punct root Keep VERB the DET surprise NOUN and CCONJ say VERB « PUNCT You PRON 'll AUX have VERB to PART wait VERB and CCONJ see VERB ! PUNCT » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Keep keep VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 surprise det 3 surprise surprise NOUN Number=Sing 1 Keep obj 4 and and CCONJ _ 5 say cc 5 say say VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 1 Keep conj 6 « « PUNCT _ 9 have punct 7 You you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 9 have nsubj 8 'll will AUX VerbForm=Fin 9 have aux 9 have have VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 say ccomp 10 to to PART _ 11 wait mark 11 wait wait VERB VerbForm=Inf 9 have xcomp 12 and and CCONJ _ 13 see cc 13 see see VERB VerbForm=Inf 11 wait conj 14 ! ! PUNCT _ 1 Keep punct 15 » » PUNCT _ 1 Keep punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 keep imperative you not said here the surprise vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent surprise=Theme 2 say speech: express infinitive you not said here vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 have in a quote future You tree rules 4 wait in a quote to-infinitive You not said here vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 5 see in a quote infinitive You not said here vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice Tell her straight away, because keeping secrets from your sister is always bad
iobj advmod advmod punct mark csubj obj case nmod:poss obl cop advmod advcl root Tell VERB her PRON straight ADV away ADV , PUNCT because SCONJ keeping VERB secrets NOUN from ADP your PRON sister NOUN is AUX always ADV bad ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Tell tell VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Tell iobj 3 straight straight ADV _ 4 away advmod 4 away away ADV _ 1 Tell advmod 5 , , PUNCT _ 14 bad punct 6 because because SCONJ _ 14 bad mark 7 keeping keep VERB VerbForm=Ger 14 bad csubj 8 secrets secret NOUN Number=Plur 7 keeping obj 9 from from ADP _ 11 sister case 10 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 11 sister nmod:poss 11 sister sister NOUN Number=Sing 7 keeping obl 12 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 14 bad cop 13 always always ADV PronType=Tot 14 bad advmod 14 bad bad ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Tell advcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tell speech: assert imperative you not said here her = she away property vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient 2 keep gerund secrets from your sister vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer secret=Beneficiary from sister=Eventuality 3 is present keeping always, bad property tree rules
Option 3 Make up a scary lie about the present
compound:prt det amod obj case det nmod root Make VERB up ADP a DET scary ADJ lie NOUN about ADP the DET present NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Make make VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 up up ADP _ 1 Make compound:prt 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 lie det 4 scary scary ADJ Degree=Pos 5 lie amod 5 lie lie NOUN Number=Sing 1 Make obj 6 about about ADP _ 8 present case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 present det 8 present present NOUN Number=Sing 5 lie nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 make up imperative you not said here a scary lie about the present vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme lie=Pivot
Option 4 Tell her and ask her to act surprised
iobj cc conj iobj mark xcomp xcomp root Tell VERB her PRON and CCONJ ask VERB her PRON to PART act VERB surprised ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Tell tell VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Tell iobj 3 and and CCONJ _ 4 ask cc 4 ask ask VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 1 Tell conj 5 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 ask iobj 6 to to PART _ 7 act mark 7 act act VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 ask xcomp 8 surprised surprised ADJ Degree=Pos 7 act xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tell speech: assert imperative you not said here her = she vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient 2 ask speech: ask infinitive you not said here her = she vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic 3 act not said to happen to-infinitive you not said here surprised property vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
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