Test 4 · Rude words at the table
kid in the playground: «oh sh— !» and the reception kid next to him goes «sh—!» too. What's the lesson?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: kid, lesson · What happens: go, be · To what, where: sh
This is test 4 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: kid in the playground: «oh sh— !» and the reception kid next to him goes «sh—!» too.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 goes | nsubj |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 playground | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 playground | det |
| 4 | playground | playground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 kid | nmod |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 sh | punct |
| 6 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 sh | punct |
| 7 | oh | oh | INTJ | _ | 8 sh | discourse |
| 8 | sh | sh | INTJ | _ | 1 kid | discourse |
| 9 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 sh | punct |
| 10 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 1 kid | punct |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 1 kid | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 kid | cc |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 kid | det |
| 14 | reception | reception | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 kid | compound |
| 15 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 kid | conj |
| 16 | next | next | ADV | _ | 15 kid | advmod |
| 17 | to | to | ADP | _ | 18 him | case |
| 18 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 kid | nmod |
| 19 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 20 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 21 sh | punct |
| 21 | sh | sh | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 goes | obj |
| 22 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 21 sh | punct |
| 23 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 19 goes | punct |
| 24 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 19 goes | punct |
| 25 | too | too | ADV | _ | 19 goes | advmod |
| 26 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 19 goes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | kid in the playground and the reception kid to him | sh | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sh=Theme |
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 lesson?
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 | 4 lesson | det |
| 4 | lesson | lesson | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the lesson | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Reception kids already know every word
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reception | reception | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 kids | compound |
| 2 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 know | nsubj |
| 3 | already | already | ADV | _ | 4 know | advmod |
| 4 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 word | det |
| 6 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 know | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | present | Reception kids | every word | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus |
Option 2
It doesn't matter in a playground
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 matter | nsubj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 matter | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 matter | advmod |
| 4 | matter | matter | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 playground | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 playground | det |
| 7 | playground | playground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 matter | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not matter | present · do-support | It | a playground | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 3
Only their parents' words get copied
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 5 words | advmod |
| 2 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 parents | nmod:poss |
| 3 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 words | nmod:poss |
| 4 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 3 parents | case |
| 5 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 copied | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | get | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 copied | aux:pass |
| 7 | copied | copy | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | copy | present · passive | their parents's words | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | word | their parents | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Little ones copy what they hear
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 ones | amod |
| 2 | ones | one | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 copy | nsubj |
| 3 | copy | copy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 hear | obj |
| 5 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 hear | nsubj |
| 6 | hear | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 copy | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | copy | present | Little ones | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | hear | present | they | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |
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