Test 6 · Teasing and laughing at others
«look at her lunch, stinks lol» – said loudly at the table. What would be kind instead?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: look, stink, say, be · To what, where: table · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 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: «look at her lunch, stinks lol» – said loudly at the table.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 look | punct |
| 2 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 said | ccomp |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 lunch | case |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 lunch | nmod:poss |
| 5 | lunch | lunch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 look | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 stinks | punct |
| 7 | stinks | stink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 look | advcl |
| 8 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 7 stinks | discourse |
| 9 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 look | punct |
| 10 | – | - | PUNCT | _ | 11 said | punct |
| 11 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | loudly | loudly | ADV | _ | 11 said | advmod |
| 13 | at | at | ADP | _ | 15 table | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 table | det |
| 15 | table | table | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 said | obl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look in a quote | infinitive | at her lunch | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at lunch=Theme | |||||
| 2 | stink in a quote | present | vn smell_emission-43.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past | the table | loudly property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
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 would be kind instead?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 kind | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 kind | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 kind | cop |
| 4 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | instead | instead | ADV | _ | 4 kind | advmod |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 kind | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | would | instead, kind property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Ask what it is and maybe try some
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 1 Ask | ccomp |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 what | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 what | cop |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 try | cc |
| 6 | maybe | maybe | ADV | _ | 7 try | advmod |
| 7 | try | try | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Ask | conj |
| 8 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 7 try | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | it | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | try | infinitive | you not said here | some | maybe property | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent some=Eventuality |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Move to another table, away from the smell
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Move | move | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 table | case |
| 3 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 4 table | det |
| 4 | table | table | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Move | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 away | punct |
| 6 | away | away | ADV | _ | 1 Move | advmod |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 smell | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 smell | det |
| 9 | smell | smell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 away | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move | imperative | you not said here | another table | away property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to table=Trajectory |
Option 3
Hold your nose
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hold | hold | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 nose | nmod:poss |
| 3 | nose | nose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Hold | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold | imperative | you not said here | your nose | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nose=Theme |
Option 4
Laugh with the others
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laugh | laugh | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | with | with | ADP | _ | 4 others | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 others | det |
| 4 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Laugh | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh | imperative | you not said here | with the others | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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