Test 4 · ★ · Copying and peeking in tests
Max, furious: «you took my console?! it's NOT FAIR!» What does Mum mean when she says «It's a consequence, not revenge»?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Max, console, Mum · What happens: take, not be, mean, say, be · To what, where: console, consequence · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 340 «Copying and peeking in tests» 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: Max, furious: «you took my console?! it's NOT FAIR!»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max | Max | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 took | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 furious | punct |
| 3 | furious | furious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Max | amod |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Max | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 took | punct |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 took | nsubj |
| 7 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 console | nmod:poss |
| 9 | console | console | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 took | obj |
| 10 | ?! | ?! | PUNCT | _ | 14 FAIR | punct |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 FAIR | nsubj |
| 12 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 FAIR | cop |
| 13 | NOT | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 FAIR | advmod |
| 14 | FAIR | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 took | parataxis |
| 15 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 14 FAIR | punct |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 7 took | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take in a quote | past | Max | my console | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent console=Theme | ||||
| 2 | not is in a quote | present | console | fair 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 does Mum mean when she says «It's a consequence, not revenge»?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 mean | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 mean | aux |
| 3 | Mum | Mum | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 mean | nsubj |
| 4 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 says | advmod |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 says | nsubj |
| 7 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 mean | ccomp |
| 8 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 12 consequence | punct |
| 9 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 consequence | nsubj |
| 10 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 consequence | cop |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 consequence | det |
| 12 | consequence | consequence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 says | ccomp |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 revenge | punct |
| 14 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 15 revenge | advmod |
| 15 | revenge | revenge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 consequence | conj |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 12 consequence | punct |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 mean | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present · do-support | Mum | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | Mum | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | console | a consequence and revenge | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
She will never give it back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 give | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 give | aux |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 give | advmod |
| 4 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 give | obj |
| 6 | back | back | ADV | _ | 4 give | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not give back | future | She | it | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 2
She is angry and wants him to suffer
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 angry | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 angry | cop |
| 3 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 wants | cc |
| 5 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 angry | conj |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 wants | obj |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 suffer | mark |
| 8 | suffer | suffer | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 wants | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | She | angry property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | want | present | She not said here | him = he | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | suffer not said to happen | to-infinitive | him = he not said here | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3
She is joking
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 joking | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 joking | aux |
| 3 | joking | joke | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | joke speech: other | present · progressive | She | vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
It is to help him learn, not to hurt him back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 help | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 help | cop |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 help | mark |
| 4 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 help | obj |
| 6 | learn | learn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 help | xcomp |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 hurt | punct |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 hurt | advmod |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 hurt | mark |
| 10 | hurt | hurt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 learn | ccomp |
| 11 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 hurt | obj |
| 12 | back | back | ADV | _ | 10 hurt | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | help property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | learn | infinitive | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 3 | not hurt back | to-infinitive | him = he | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Patient |
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