Test 7 · ★ · Anger, fears (films, needles, thunder, spiders, deep water…
A friend has been watching the news about floods every night and is scared. What is good advice?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, good advice · What happens: watch, be · To what, where: news
This is test 7 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: A friend has been watching the news about floods every night and is scared.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 friend | det |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 watching | nsubj |
| 3 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 watching | aux |
| 4 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 watching | aux |
| 5 | watching | watch | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 news | det |
| 7 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 watching | obj |
| 8 | about | about | ADP | _ | 9 floods | case |
| 9 | floods | flood | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 news | nmod |
| 10 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 night | det |
| 11 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 watching | obl:unmarked |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 scared | cc |
| 13 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 scared | cop |
| 14 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 watching | conj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 watching | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | watch | present · perfect · progressive | a friend | the news | night | about floods | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent news=Theme | ||
| 2 | is | present | a friend not said here | scared property | tree rules |
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 good advice?
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 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 advice | amod |
| 4 | advice | advice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | good advice | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Do not mention it to anyone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 mention | aux |
| 2 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 3 mention | advmod |
| 3 | mention | mention | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 mention | obj |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 anyone | case |
| 6 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 3 mention | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not mention speech: other | imperative · do-support | you not said here | it | anyone | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Topic to anyone=Recipient |
Option 2
Keep the TV on in your room all night
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 TV | det |
| 3 | TV | TV | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Keep | obj |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 1 Keep | compound:prt |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 room | case |
| 6 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 room | nmod:poss |
| 7 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Keep | obl |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 night | det |
| 9 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Keep | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep on | imperative | you not said here | the TV | your room | night | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent tv=Theme in room=Location |
Option 3
Watch even more so you are ready
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Watch | watch | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | even | even | ADV | _ | 3 more | advmod |
| 3 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 1 Watch | advmod |
| 4 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 7 ready | mark |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 ready | nsubj |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 ready | cop |
| 7 | ready | ready | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Watch | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | watch | imperative | you not said here | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | you | ready property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Ask an adult to explain and watch less of it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 adult | det |
| 3 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ask | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 explain | mark |
| 5 | explain | explain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Ask | xcomp |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 watch | cc |
| 7 | watch | watch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 explain | conj |
| 8 | less | less | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 watch | obj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 it | case |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 less | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | a adult | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | explain speech: assert not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | watch | infinitive | you not said here | less of adult | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent less=Theme |
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