Test 8 · ★ · Leaving someone out
Kid: «I laughed at her wrong answer and she never noticed, so no harm». What's true?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: I, Kid · What happens: laugh, not notice, answer, be · To what, where: wrong answer, harm
This is test 8 · ★ 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: Kid: «I laughed at her wrong answer and she never noticed, so no harm».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 laughed | parataxis |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Kid | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 laughed | punct |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 laughed | nsubj |
| 5 | laughed | laugh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 answer | case |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 answer | nmod:poss |
| 8 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 answer | amod |
| 9 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 laughed | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 noticed | cc |
| 11 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 noticed | nsubj |
| 12 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 13 noticed | advmod |
| 13 | noticed | notice | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 laughed | conj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 harm | punct |
| 15 | so | so | ADV | _ | 17 harm | advmod |
| 16 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 17 harm | det |
| 17 | harm | harm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 noticed | obj |
| 18 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 17 harm | punct |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 laughed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh in a quote | past | I | Kid's wrong answer | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not notice in a quote | past | Kid | no harm | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer harm=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | answer in a quote | Kid | nom answer «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's true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Wrong answers are funny
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 answers | amod |
| 2 | answers | answer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 funny | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 funny | cop |
| 4 | funny | funny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Wrong answers | funny property | tree rules |
Option 2
No harm done if she didn't look round, she never knew
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 2 harm | det |
| 2 | harm | harm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 knew | nsubj |
| 3 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 harm | acl |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 look | mark |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 look | nsubj |
| 6 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 look | aux |
| 7 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 look | advmod |
| 8 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 done | advcl |
| 9 | round | round | ADV | _ | 8 look | advmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 harm | punct |
| 11 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 knew | nsubj |
| 12 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 13 knew | advmod |
| 13 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | participle | no harm not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | not look round a condition, not said to happen | past · do-support | harm | round property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | not know | past | no harm | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
She might have; laughing at mistakes stops people trying
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 have | nsubj |
| 2 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 have | aux |
| 3 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 8 stops | punct |
| 5 | laughing | laugh | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 stops | csubj |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 mistakes | case |
| 7 | mistakes | mistake | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 laughing | obl |
| 8 | stops | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 have | conj |
| 9 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 stops | obj |
| 10 | trying | try | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 stops | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | might | She | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | laugh | gerund | mistakes | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | stop | present | laughing | people | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | try | gerund | laughing not said here | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4
It's only harmful in tests
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 harmful | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 harmful | cop |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 harmful | advmod |
| 4 | harmful | harmful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 tests | case |
| 6 | tests | test | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 harmful | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | tests | harmful property | tree rules |
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