Test 15 · ★ · Anger, fears (films, needles, thunder, spiders, deep water…
kids say the girl who's scared of spiders "is a total baby". pass it on?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: kids, girl · What happens: say, be, pass on · To what, where: total baby, baby · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 15 · ★ of lesson 319 «Anger, fears (films, needles, thunder, spiders, deep water, the news, getting lost) and boredom» 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 | kids | kid | NOUN | 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 | 4 girl | det |
| 4 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 baby | nsubj |
| 5 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 scared | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 scared | cop |
| 7 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 girl | acl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 spiders | case |
| 9 | spiders | spider | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 scared | obl |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 scared | punct |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 baby | cop |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 baby | det |
| 13 | total | total | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 baby | amod |
| 14 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 say | ccomp |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 baby | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 say | punct |
| 17 | pass | pass | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 say | parataxis |
| 18 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 pass | obj |
| 19 | on | on | ADP | _ | 17 pass | compound:prt |
| 20 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | kids | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | the girl | of spiders; scared property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | the girl | a total baby | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | pass on | infinitive | baby | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 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, she is a baby
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 baby | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 baby | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 baby | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 baby | det |
| 6 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | she | a baby | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
No, lots of people fear spiders; don't spread it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 fear | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 fear | punct |
| 3 | lots | lot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 fear | nsubj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 people | case |
| 5 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 lots | nmod |
| 6 | fear | fear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | spiders | spider | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 fear | obj |
| 8 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 11 spread | punct |
| 9 | do | do | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 11 spread | aux |
| 10 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 spread | advmod |
| 11 | spread | spread | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 fear | conj |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 spread | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fear | present | lots of people | spiders | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer spider=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | not spread | infinitive · do-support | lots of people not said here | it | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme |
Option 3
Yes, and put a spider in her bag
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 put | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 put | punct |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 put | cc |
| 4 | put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 spider | det |
| 6 | spider | spider | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 put | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 bag | case |
| 8 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 bag | nmod:poss |
| 9 | bag | bag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 put | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | imperative | you not said here | a spider | her bag | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent spider=Theme in bag=Destination |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, and laugh at her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 laugh | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 laugh | punct |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 laugh | cc |
| 4 | laugh | laugh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 her | case |
| 6 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 laugh | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh | present | at her = she | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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