Test 11 · Teasing and laughing at others
Teacher's note: «Maya called a classmate names about her glasses». What did Maya do that mattered most?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Maya, Teacher, that · What happens: call, note, do, matter · To what, where: classmate names, most · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 of lesson 346 «Teasing and laughing at others» 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: Teacher's note: «Maya called a classmate names about her glasses».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 note | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Teacher | case |
| 3 | note | note | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 called | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 called | punct |
| 6 | Maya | Maya | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 called | nsubj |
| 7 | called | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 note | parataxis |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 names | det |
| 9 | classmate | classmate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 names | compound |
| 10 | names | name | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 called | obj |
| 11 | about | about | ADP | _ | 13 glasses | case |
| 12 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 glasses | nmod:poss |
| 13 | glasses | glass | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 names | nmod |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 7 called | punct |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 note | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call in a quote | past | Maya | a classmate names | about Maya's glasses | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent name=Recipient | |||
| 2 | note | Teacher | nom note «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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 did Maya do that mattered most?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | Maya | Maya | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 mattered | nsubj |
| 6 | mattered | matter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | ccomp |
| 7 | most | most | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 6 mattered | obj |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past · do-support | Maya | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | matter | past | that | most | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Bought new glasses
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bought | buy | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 glasses | amod |
| 2 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 glasses | amod |
| 3 | glasses | glass | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | buy | participle | vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Said sorry to the girl's face and stood up for her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Said | xcomp |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 face | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 girl | det |
| 5 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 face | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 girl | case |
| 7 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Said | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 stood | cc |
| 9 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Said | conj |
| 10 | up | up | ADP | _ | 9 stood | compound:prt |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 her | case |
| 12 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 stood | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: apologize | past | the girl's face | sorry property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to face=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | stand up | past | for girl | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Stayed in at golden time
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stayed | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | in | in | ADV | _ | 1 Stayed | advmod |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 time | case |
| 4 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 time | amod |
| 5 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Stayed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay in | past | time | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Signed the sorry note and gave it to the teacher
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Signed | sign | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 note | det |
| 3 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 note | amod |
| 4 | note | note | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Signed | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 gave | cc |
| 6 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Signed | conj |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 gave | obj |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 teacher | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 teacher | det |
| 10 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 gave | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sign | past | the sorry note | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent note=Destination | |||||
| 2 | give | past | note | the teacher | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to teacher=Recipient |
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