Test 5 · ★ · Cheek to grown-ups and saying sorry
supply teacher says «ze homework» and the back row cracks up. You laughed too. Best fix?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: supply teacher, back row, You · What happens: say, crack up, laugh · To what, where: ze homework · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★ 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: supply teacher says «ze homework» and the back row cracks up.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | supply | supply | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 teacher | compound |
| 2 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 homework | punct |
| 5 | ze | ze | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 homework | compound |
| 6 | homework | homework | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | obj |
| 7 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 homework | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 cracks | cc |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 row | det |
| 10 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 row | compound |
| 11 | row | row | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 cracks | nsubj |
| 12 | cracks | crack | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | conj |
| 13 | up | up | ADP | _ | 12 cracks | compound:prt |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | supply teacher | ze homework | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent homework=Topic | ||||
| 2 | crack up | present | the back row | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=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: You laughed too.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 laughed | nsubj |
| 2 | laughed | laugh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | too | too | ADV | _ | 2 laughed | advmod |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 laughed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh | past | You | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Sentence 3: Best fix?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 2 fix | amod |
| 2 | fix | fix | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 fix | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
Laugh louder to fit in
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laugh | laugh | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | louder | loud | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 1 Laugh | xcomp |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 fit | mark |
| 4 | fit | fit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Laugh | advcl |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 fit | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh | imperative | you not said here | loud property | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | fit in | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Ask the head for a new teacher
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 head | det |
| 3 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ask | obj |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 teacher | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 teacher | det |
| 6 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 teacher | amod |
| 7 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ask | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | the head | for a new teacher | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent head=Recipient |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Say sorry to her and treat her with respect
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Say | xcomp |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 her | case |
| 4 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 sorry | obl |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 treat | cc |
| 6 | treat | treat | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Say | conj |
| 7 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 treat | obj |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 respect | case |
| 9 | respect | respect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 treat | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: apologize | imperative | you not said here | sorry property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | treat | infinitive | you not said here | her = she | with respect | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient with respect=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Say the others in the back row started it, not you
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 others | det |
| 3 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 started | nsubj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 row | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 row | det |
| 6 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 row | compound |
| 7 | row | row | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 started | nsubj |
| 8 | started | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Say | ccomp |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 started | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 you | punct |
| 11 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 you | advmod |
| 12 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 started | obl |
| # | 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 | start | past | the others | row | you obl | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
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