Test 1 · ★★ · When you want what others have
«literally everyone in my class has the new phone except me, mum's basically punishing me». What's really going on?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: everyone, mum · What happens: have, punish, go on · To what, where: new phone, me
This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 353 «When you want what others have» 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: «literally everyone in my class has the new phone except me, mum's basically punishing me».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 has | punct |
| 2 | literally | literally | ADV | _ | 3 everyone | advmod |
| 3 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 7 has | nsubj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 class | case |
| 5 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 class | nmod:poss |
| 6 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 everyone | nmod |
| 7 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 phone | det |
| 9 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 phone | amod |
| 10 | phone | phone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 has | obj |
| 11 | except | except | ADP | _ | 12 me | case |
| 12 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 phone | nmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 punishing | punct |
| 14 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 punishing | nsubj |
| 15 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 punishing | aux |
| 16 | basically | basically | ADV | _ | 17 punishing | advmod |
| 17 | punishing | punish | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 has | parataxis |
| 18 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 17 punishing | obj |
| 19 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 17 punishing | punct |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 has | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have in a quote | present | everyone | the new phone | except me | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent phone=Patient | |||
| 2 | punish in a quote | present · progressive | mum | me | basically property | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient |
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 really going on?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 going | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 going | aux |
| 3 | really | really | ADV | _ | 4 going | advmod |
| 4 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 going | compound:prt |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 going | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go on | present · progressive | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Mum is punishing her for nothing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 punishing | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 punishing | aux |
| 3 | punishing | punish | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 punishing | obj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 nothing | case |
| 6 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 punishing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | punish | present · progressive | Mum | her = she | for nothing | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent she=Patient for nothing=Theme |
Option 2
Phones are a basic need at nine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phones | phone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 need | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 need | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 need | det |
| 4 | basic | basic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 need | amod |
| 5 | need | need | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 nine | case |
| 7 | nine | nine | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 need | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Phones | a basic need | nine | tree rules |
Option 3
Every child in her class truly has one, so Mum is wrong
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 child | det |
| 2 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 has | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 class | case |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 class | nmod:poss |
| 5 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 child | nmod |
| 6 | truly | truly | ADV | _ | 7 has | advmod |
| 7 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 has | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 wrong | punct |
| 10 | so | so | ADV | _ | 13 wrong | advmod |
| 11 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 wrong | nsubj |
| 12 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 wrong | cop |
| 13 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 has | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | every child in child's class | one | truly property | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient | |||
| 2 | is | present | Mum | wrong property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
It's peer pressure; saying no is not a punishment
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 pressure | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 pressure | cop |
| 3 | peer | peer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 pressure | compound |
| 4 | pressure | pressure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 punishment | nsubj |
| 5 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 6 saying | punct |
| 6 | saying | say | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 pressure | acl |
| 7 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 6 saying | obj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 punishment | cop |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 punishment | advmod |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 punishment | det |
| 11 | punishment | punishment | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | peer pressure | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | gerund | peer pressure not said here | no | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent no=Topic | ||||
| 3 | not is a | present | peer pressure | a punishment | tree rules |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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