Test 1 · Putting the blame on someone else Bro, glaring: «Mum shouted at ME for the living room. That was YOU». What should the boy do?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mum, That, boy · What happens: shout, be, do · To what, where: YOU
This is test 1 of lesson 344 «Putting the blame on someone else» 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: Bro, glaring: «Mum shouted at ME for the living room.
nsubj punct punct punct nsubj conj case obl case det compound obl punct root Bro NOUN , PUNCT glaring ADJ : PUNCT « PUNCT Mum NOUN shouted VERB at ADP ME PRON for ADP the DET living NOUN room NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Bro bro NOUN Number=Sing 3 glaring nsubj 2 , , PUNCT _ 3 glaring punct 3 glaring glaring ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 : : PUNCT _ 7 shouted punct 5 « « PUNCT _ 7 shouted punct 6 Mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 7 shouted nsubj 7 shouted shout VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 glaring conj 8 at at ADP _ 9 ME case 9 ME I PRON Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 7 shouted obl 10 for for ADP _ 13 room case 11 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 13 room det 12 living living NOUN Number=Sing 13 room compound 13 room room NOUN Number=Sing 7 shouted obl 14 . . PUNCT _ 3 glaring punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 shout speech: express in a quote past Mum at ME; for the living room vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for room=Recipient
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: That was YOU».
nsubj cop punct punct root That PRON was AUX YOU PRON » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 That that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 3 YOU nsubj 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 YOU cop 3 YOU you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs root root 4 » » PUNCT _ 3 YOU punct 5 . . PUNCT _ 3 YOU punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a past That YOU tree rules
Sentence 3: What should the boy do?
obj aux det nsubj punct root What PRON should AUX the DET boy NOUN do VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 5 do obj 2 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 5 do aux 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 boy det 4 boy boy NOUN Number=Sing 5 do nsubj 5 do do VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 5 do punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 do should the boy vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
The options Option 1 Give the brother a sweet to keep quiet about it
det obj det obj mark advcl xcomp case obl root Give VERB the DET brother NOUN a DET sweet NOUN to PART keep VERB quiet ADJ about ADP it PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Give give VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 brother det 3 brother brother NOUN Number=Sing 1 Give obj 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 sweet det 5 sweet sweet NOUN Number=Sing 1 Give obj 6 to to PART _ 7 keep mark 7 keep keep VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Give advcl 8 quiet quiet ADJ Degree=Pos 7 keep xcomp 9 about about ADP _ 10 it case 10 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 keep obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 give imperative you not said here a sweet the brother vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent brother=Recipient sweet=Theme 2 keep to-infinitive you not said here about sweet; quiet property vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent about it=Location
Option 2 Say the brother is lying
det nsubj aux ccomp root Say VERB the DET brother NOUN is AUX lying VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Say say VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 brother det 3 brother brother NOUN Number=Sing 5 lying nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 lying aux 5 lying lie VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 1 Say ccomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert imperative you not said here vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 lie present · progressive the brother vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Tell Mum the truth and tidy the room himself
obj det obj cc conj det obj obl:unmarked root Tell VERB Mum NOUN the DET truth NOUN and CCONJ tidy VERB the DET room NOUN himself PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Tell tell VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 Mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 1 Tell obj 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 truth det 4 truth truth NOUN Number=Sing 1 Tell obj 5 and and CCONJ _ 6 tidy cc 6 tidy tidy VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 1 Tell conj 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 room det 8 room room NOUN Number=Sing 6 tidy obj 9 himself himself PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes 6 tidy obl:unmarked
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tell speech: assert imperative you not said here the truth Mum vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient truth=Topic 2 tidy infinitive you not said here the room himself = he obl:unmarked tree rules
Option 4 Say they both did it
nsubj nsubj ccomp obj root Say VERB they PRON both DET did VERB it PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Say say VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 did nsubj 3 both both DET PronType=Tot 4 did nsubj 4 did do VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 1 Say ccomp 5 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 did obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert imperative you not said here vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 do past they it vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
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