Test 14 · Going to the doctor and staying together in crowds
kids say the girl who got lost at the match "is too dumb to stay with her mum". pass it on?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: kids, girl · What happens: say, lose, be, stay, pass on · To what, where: girl, match · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 14 of lesson 332 «Going to the doctor and staying together in crowds» 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 dumb | nsubj |
| 5 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 lost | nsubj |
| 6 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 lost | aux:pass |
| 7 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 girl | acl:relcl |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 match | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 match | det |
| 10 | match | match | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 lost | obl |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 match | punct |
| 12 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 dumb | cop |
| 13 | too | too | ADV | _ | 14 dumb | advmod |
| 14 | dumb | dumb | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 say | ccomp |
| 15 | to | to | PART | _ | 16 stay | mark |
| 16 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 dumb | xcomp |
| 17 | with | with | ADP | _ | 19 mum | case |
| 18 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 mum | nmod:poss |
| 19 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 stay | obl |
| 20 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 mum | punct |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 say | punct |
| 22 | pass | pass | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 say | parataxis |
| 23 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 pass | obj |
| 24 | on | on | ADP | _ | 22 pass | compound:prt |
| 25 | ? | ? | 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 | lose | past · passive | the girl | the match | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | the girl | dumb property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | stay in a quote | to-infinitive | the girl not said here | with girl's mum | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with mum=Location | ||||
| 5 | pass on | infinitive | match | 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, and tease her about it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 tease | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 tease | punct |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 tease | cc |
| 4 | tease | tease | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 tease | obj |
| 6 | about | about | ADP | _ | 7 it | case |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 tease | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tease | imperative | you not said here | her = she | about it | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient |
Option 2
Yes, she's dumb
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 dumb | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 dumb | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 dumb | cop |
| 5 | dumb | dumb | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | she | dumb property | tree rules |
Option 3
Yes, it's funny
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 funny | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 funny | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 funny | cop |
| 5 | funny | funny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | it | funny property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, it's easy to get lost in a crowd; don't spread it
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 easy | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 easy | expl |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 easy | cop |
| 5 | easy | easy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 get | mark |
| 7 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 easy | csubj |
| 8 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 get | xcomp |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 crowd | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 crowd | det |
| 11 | crowd | crowd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 lost | obl |
| 12 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 15 spread | punct |
| 13 | do | do | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 15 spread | aux |
| 14 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 15 spread | advmod |
| 15 | spread | spread | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 easy | conj |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 spread | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | easy property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | get | to-infinitive | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||||
| 3 | lose | participle | a crowd | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S_ING»: agent=Agent in crowd=Eventuality | |||||
| 4 | not spread | infinitive · do-support | crowd | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme |
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