Test 2 · ★ · Cheek to grown-ups and saying sorry
Priest: «Is there anything else troubling you?» You called someone a name last week. Best answer?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Priest, You · What happens: be, trouble, call · To what, where: anything, you, someone · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 355 «Cheek to grown-ups and saying sorry» 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: Priest: «Is there anything else troubling you?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Priest | priest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 anything | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 Is | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 Is | punct |
| 4 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 anything | cop |
| 5 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 4 Is | expl |
| 6 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | root | root |
| 7 | else | else | ADV | _ | 6 anything | advmod |
| 8 | troubling | trouble | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 anything | acl |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 troubling | obj |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 troubling | punct |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 anything | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | Priest | anything | else property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | trouble in a quote | gerund | you | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus you=Experiencer |
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: You called someone a name last week.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 called | nsubj |
| 2 | called | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 2 called | obj |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 name | det |
| 5 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 called | obj |
| 6 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 week | amod |
| 7 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 called | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 called | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | past | You | someone | week | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent someone=Theme name=Result |
Sentence 3: Best answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 2 answer | amod |
| 2 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 answer | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
Ask him what he did last week
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Ask | obj |
| 3 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 did | obj |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 did | nsubj |
| 5 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Ask | ccomp |
| 6 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 week | amod |
| 7 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 did | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | him = he | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | do | past | he | week | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Tell him about the name too
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Tell | iobj |
| 3 | about | about | ADP | _ | 5 name | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 name | det |
| 5 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tell | obl |
| 6 | too | too | ADV | _ | 1 Tell | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | him = he | about the name | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent he=Recipient about name=Topic |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Say no and leave the room quickly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | no | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 1 Say | discourse |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 leave | cc |
| 4 | leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Say | conj |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 room | det |
| 6 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 leave | obj |
| 7 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 4 leave | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | leave | infinitive | you not said here | the room | quickly property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=Theme |
Option 4
Say someone else in your class did it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 7 did | nsubj |
| 3 | else | else | ADV | _ | 2 someone | advmod |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 class | case |
| 5 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 class | nmod:poss |
| 6 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 someone | nmod |
| 7 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Say | ccomp |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 did | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | do | past | someone | class | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
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