Test 5 · ★★ · When someone else takes your punishment
Aunt, firmly: «Little Ollie says YOU threw the first punch». What's the best thing to do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Little Ollie, YOU, best thing · What happens: say, throw, be, do · To what, where: first punch · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 345 «When someone else takes your punishment» 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: Aunt, firmly: «Little Ollie says YOU threw the first punch».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aunt | aunt | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 firmly | punct |
| 3 | firmly | firmly | ADV | _ | 1 Aunt | advmod |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 says | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 says | punct |
| 6 | Little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 Ollie | amod |
| 7 | Ollie | Ollie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 says | nsubj |
| 8 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Aunt | parataxis |
| 9 | YOU | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 threw | nsubj |
| 10 | threw | throw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 says | ccomp |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 punch | det |
| 12 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 13 punch | amod |
| 13 | punch | punch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 threw | obj |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 10 threw | punct |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Aunt | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert in a quote | present | Little Ollie | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | throw in a quote | past | YOU | the first punch | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent punch=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.
Sentence 2: What's the best thing to do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 thing | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 thing | amod |
| 5 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 do | mark |
| 7 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 thing | acl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the best thing | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | do | to-infinitive | the best thing not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Say the cousin deserved it for being so annoying all day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 cousin | compound |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 cousin | det |
| 3 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 deserved | nsubj |
| 4 | deserved | deserve | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 deserved | obj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 annoying | case |
| 7 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 annoying | cop |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 annoying | advmod |
| 9 | annoying | annoying | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 deserved | obl |
| 10 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 day | det |
| 11 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 deserved | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | infinitive | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | deserve | past | the Say cousin | it | day | tree rules | |||
| 3 | is | gerund | annoying property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Tell the truth and say sorry to his cousin and aunt
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 truth | det |
| 3 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tell | obj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 say | cc |
| 5 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Tell | conj |
| 6 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 say | xcomp |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 cousin | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 9 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sorry | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 aunt | cc |
| 11 | aunt | aunt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 cousin | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | the truth | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | say speech: apologize | infinitive | you not said here | sorry property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Call Ollie a liar
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Call | call | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | Ollie | Ollie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Call | obj |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 liar | det |
| 4 | liar | liar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Call | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | imperative | you not said here | Ollie | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent ollie=Recipient |
Option 4
Say nothing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 1 Say | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | nothing | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic |
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