Test 3 · Staying up, screens and coming home late
Isla, door slammed: «you're SO unfair, I hate this house!» What helps most later?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Isla door, you, I · What happens: slam, be, hate, help · To what, where: house
This is test 3 of lesson 348 «Staying up, screens and coming home late» 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: Isla, door slammed: «you're SO unfair, I hate this house!»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Isla | Isla | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 door | compound |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Isla | punct |
| 3 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 slammed | nsubj |
| 4 | slammed | slam | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 slammed | punct |
| 6 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 10 unfair | punct |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 unfair | nsubj |
| 8 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 unfair | cop |
| 9 | SO | so | ADV | _ | 10 unfair | advmod |
| 10 | unfair | unfair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 slammed | parataxis |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 hate | punct |
| 12 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 13 hate | nsubj |
| 13 | hate | hate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 unfair | parataxis |
| 14 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 15 house | det |
| 15 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 hate | obj |
| 16 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 10 unfair | punct |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 slammed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | slam | past | Isla door | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | you | unfair property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | hate in a quote | present | I | this house | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer house=Stimulus |
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 helps most later?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 helps | nsubj |
| 2 | helps | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 4 later | advmod |
| 4 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 2 helps | advmod |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 helps | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | present | late property | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1
Shout louder next time
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shout | shout | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | louder | loud | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 time | amod |
| 3 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 time | amod |
| 4 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Shout | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | imperative | you not said here | time | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Calm down, say sorry and talk with Mum
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Calm | calm | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | down | down | ADP | _ | 1 Calm | compound:prt |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 say | punct |
| 4 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Calm | conj |
| 5 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 say | xcomp |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 talk | cc |
| 7 | talk | talk | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Calm | conj |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 Mum | case |
| 9 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 talk | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | calm down | imperative | you not said here | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | say speech: apologize | infinitive | you not said here | sorry property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | talk | infinitive | you not said here | with Mum | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with mum=Co-Agent |
Option 3
Stay in her room for days until Mum gives in
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 room | case |
| 3 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 room | nmod:poss |
| 4 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Stay | obl |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 days | case |
| 6 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Stay | obl |
| 7 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 9 gives | mark |
| 8 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 gives | nsubj |
| 9 | gives | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Stay | advcl |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 gives | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | imperative | you not said here | her room | day | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in room=Location | |||
| 2 | give in | present | Mum | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Use the tablet secretly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Use | use | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 tablet | det |
| 3 | tablet | tablet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Use | obj |
| 4 | secretly | secretly | ADV | _ | 1 Use | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | imperative | you not said here | the tablet | secretly property | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tablet=Patient |
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