Test 2 · ★ · Interrupting, boasting, your own story, losing a pet or a…
At a birthday party a boy says, «My present is the most expensive here.» What is the likely result?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy, present, likely result · What happens: say, be · To what, where: birthday party · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 320 «Interrupting, boasting, your own story, losing a pet or a person, bullying, saying no, comparing yourself online, pocket money and curiosity» 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: At a birthday party a boy says, «My present is the most expensive here.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | At | at | ADP | _ | 4 party | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 party | det |
| 3 | birthday | birthday | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 party | compound |
| 4 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 says | obl |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 boy | det |
| 6 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 says | nsubj |
| 7 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 expensive | punct |
| 9 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 15 expensive | punct |
| 10 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 present | nmod:poss |
| 11 | present | present | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 expensive | nsubj |
| 12 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 expensive | cop |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 expensive | det |
| 14 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 15 expensive | advmod |
| 15 | expensive | expensive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 says | ccomp |
| 16 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 15 expensive | advmod |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 says | punct |
| 18 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 7 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a boy | a birthday party | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | My present | here | expensive 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 the likely result?
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 result | det |
| 4 | likely | likely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 result | amod |
| 5 | result | result | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the likely result | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
The birthday child feels thankful
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 child | det |
| 2 | birthday | birthday | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 child | compound |
| 3 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 feels | nsubj |
| 4 | feels | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | thankful | thankful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 feels | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | present | the birthday child | thankful property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Others feel small and may not want to play with him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 feel | nsubj |
| 2 | feel | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 feel | xcomp |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 want | cc |
| 5 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 want | aux |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 want | advmod |
| 7 | want | want | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 feel | conj |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 play | mark |
| 9 | play | play | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 want | xcomp |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 him | case |
| 11 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 play | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | present | Others | small property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | not want | may | Others not said here | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | play not said to happen | to-infinitive | Others not said here | with him = he | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with he=Co-Agent |
Option 3
Everyone will bring bigger presents
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 3 bring | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 bring | aux |
| 3 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | bigger | big | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 presents | amod |
| 5 | presents | present | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 bring | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring | future | Everyone | bigger presents | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent present=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Everyone likes him more
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 2 likes | nsubj |
| 2 | likes | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 likes | obj |
| 4 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 2 likes | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | like | present | Everyone | him = he | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot he=Theme |
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