Test 2 · ★★ · When you want what others have
big sis got student of the month and little bro goes «whatever, it's a rubbish award». What's the kind thing?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: big sis, little bro, bro, kind thing · What happens: get, go, be · To what, where: student, whatever, rubbish award
This is test 2 · ★★ 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: big sis got student of the month and little bro goes «whatever, it's a rubbish award».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 sis | amod |
| 2 | sis | sis | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 got | nsubj |
| 3 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | student | student | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 got | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 month | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 month | det |
| 7 | month | month | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 student | nmod |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 goes | cc |
| 9 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 bro | amod |
| 10 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 goes | nsubj |
| 11 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 got | conj |
| 12 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 13 whatever | punct |
| 13 | whatever | whatever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 goes | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 award | punct |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 award | nsubj |
| 16 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 award | cop |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 award | det |
| 18 | rubbish | rubbish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 award | compound |
| 19 | award | award | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 goes | obl |
| 20 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 19 award | punct |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 got | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | big sis | student of the month | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer student=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | go | present | little bro | whatever | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location whatever=Theme | ||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | bro | a rubbish award | 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 kind thing?
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 thing | det |
| 4 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 thing | amod |
| 5 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the kind thing | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Agree that it's rubbish
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Agree | agree | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 5 rubbish | mark |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 rubbish | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 rubbish | cop |
| 5 | rubbish | rubbish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Agree | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | agree speech: agree | imperative | you not said here | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a not said to happen | present | it | rubbish | tree rules |
Option 2
Tell her to give it back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Tell | iobj |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 give | mark |
| 4 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Tell | xcomp |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 give | obj |
| 6 | back | back | ADV | _ | 4 give | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | her = she | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | give back not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | it | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Say well done to her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 1 Say | advmod |
| 3 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Say | xcomp |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 her | case |
| 5 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 done | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | well property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | do | participle | you not said here | her = she | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Say nothing to her all week
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 |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 her | case |
| 4 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 nothing | nmod |
| 5 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 week | det |
| 6 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Say | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | nothing | her = she | week | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic to she=Recipient |
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