Test 3 · ★ · Leaving someone out
Head teacher, calm: «Why did you say she couldn't be the princess?» What's the right way forward?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, teacher, right way · What happens: say, not be, be · To what, where: princess · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 347 «Leaving someone out» 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: Head teacher, calm: «Why did you say she couldn't be the princess?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 teacher | compound |
| 2 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 calm | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 calm | punct |
| 4 | calm | calm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 say | punct |
| 6 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 10 say | punct |
| 7 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 10 say | advmod |
| 8 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 say | aux |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 say | nsubj |
| 10 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 calm | conj |
| 11 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 princess | nsubj |
| 12 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 16 princess | aux |
| 13 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 16 princess | advmod |
| 14 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 16 princess | cop |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 princess | det |
| 16 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 say | ccomp |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 calm | punct |
| 18 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 calm | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: ask in a quote | past · do-support | you | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | not is a in a quote | could | teacher | the princess | 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's the right way forward?
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 way | det |
| 4 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 way | amod |
| 5 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | forward | forward | ADV | _ | 5 way | advmod |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the right way | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Say it was only a game, princesses aren't real anyway
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 game | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 game | cop |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 game | advmod |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 game | det |
| 6 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Say | ccomp |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 real | punct |
| 8 | princesses | princess | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 real | nsubj |
| 9 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 real | cop |
| 10 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 real | advmod |
| 11 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Say | parataxis |
| 12 | anyway | anyway | ADV | _ | 11 real | advmod |
| # | 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 | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | it | a game | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | not is | present | princesses | anyway, real property | tree rules |
Option 2
Say everyone says it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Say | ccomp |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 says | 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 | say speech: assert | present | everyone | it | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Understand it was wrong, say sorry and play fairly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Understand | understand | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 wrong | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 wrong | cop |
| 4 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Understand | ccomp |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 say | punct |
| 6 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Understand | conj |
| 7 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 say | xcomp |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 play | cc |
| 9 | play | play | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Understand | conj |
| 10 | fairly | fairly | ADV | _ | 9 play | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | understand | imperative | you not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | is | past | it | wrong property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | say speech: apologize | infinitive | you not said here | sorry property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | play | infinitive | you not said here | fairly property | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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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