Test 3 · Rude words at the table

teacher: «Did I just see you roll your eyes at me?» Best thing to say?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: teacher, I, you · What happens: do, see, roll, say · To what, where: eyes · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 of lesson 354 «Rude words at the table» 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: teacher: «Did I just see you roll your eyes at me?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 Did	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 teacher	punct
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 Did	punct
4	Did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 see	nsubj
6	just	just	ADV	_	7 see	advmod
7	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 Did	ccomp
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 roll	nsubj
9	roll	roll	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 see	ccomp
10	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 eyes	nmod:poss
11	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 roll	obj
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 me	case
13	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 roll	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 Did	punct
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 Did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do in a quote	past	teacher			tree rules
2	see in a quote	present	I			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	roll in a quote	present	you	your eyes	at me	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent eye=Theme at i=Trajectory

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: Best thing to say?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	2 thing	amod
2	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 say	mark
4	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 thing	acl
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 thing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	to-infinitive							vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

«No, my eyes just do that when I'm tired, Miss»

The tree, 11 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 tired	punct
2	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 do	discourse
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 do	punct
4	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 eyes	nmod:poss
5	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 do	nsubj
6	just	just	ADV	_	7 do	advmod
7	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 tired	advcl
8	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 do	obj
9	when	when	SCONJ	_	12 tired	mark
10	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 tired	nsubj
11	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 tired	cop
12	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 Miss	punct
14	Miss	Miss	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 tired	conj
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 tired	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do in a quote	present	my eyes	that					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality
2	is in a quote	present	I					tired property	tree rules

Option 2

«Everyone does it»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 does	punct
2	Everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	3 does	nsubj
3	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 does	obj
5	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do in a quote	present	Everyone	it					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

«Yes, sorry, that was rude»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 rude	punct
2	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 sorry	discourse
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Yes	punct
4	sorry	sorry	INTJ	_	8 rude	discourse
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 sorry	punct
6	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 rude	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 rude	cop
8	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 rude	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	past	that					rude property	tree rules

Option 4

«Whatever»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Whatever	punct
2	Whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	root	root
3	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Whatever	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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