Test 2 · ★★ · Promises to friends and to yourself
Lily's mum on the phone: «She came home crying, she walked on her own». What's the best next step for Hannah?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: mum, best next step · What happens: come, cry, walk, be · To what, where: own
This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 359 «Promises to friends and to yourself» 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: Lily's mum on the phone: «She came home crying, she walked on her own».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lily | Lily | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 mum | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Lily | case |
| 3 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 came | nsubj |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 phone | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 phone | det |
| 6 | phone | phone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 mum | nmod |
| 7 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 came | punct |
| 8 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 10 came | punct |
| 9 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 came | nsubj |
| 10 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | home | home | ADV | _ | 10 came | advmod |
| 12 | crying | cry | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 came | advcl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 walked | punct |
| 14 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 walked | nsubj |
| 15 | walked | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 came | parataxis |
| 16 | on | on | ADP | _ | 18 own | case |
| 17 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 own | nmod:poss |
| 18 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 walked | obl |
| 19 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 15 walked | punct |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 came | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come in a quote | past | Lily's mum on the phone | home property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | cry speech: express in a quote | gerund | Lily's mum on the phone not said here | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | walk in a quote | past | mum | mum's own | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on own=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: What's the best next step for Hannah?
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 | 6 step | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 6 step | amod |
| 5 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 step | amod |
| 6 | step | step | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 Hannah | case |
| 8 | Hannah | Hannah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 step | nmod |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the best next step for Hannah | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Stop being friends with Lily
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 friends | compound |
| 2 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 friends | cop |
| 3 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 Lily | case |
| 5 | Lily | Lily | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 friends | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | infinitive | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ||||||
| 2 | is a | gerund | Stop friends | with Lily | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Say sorry and keep the promise from now on
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 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 keep | cc |
| 4 | keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Say | conj |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 promise | det |
| 6 | promise | promise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 keep | obj |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 now | case |
| 8 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 keep | advmod |
| 9 | on | on | ADV | _ | 8 now | fixed |
| # | 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 | keep | infinitive | you not said here | the promise | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent promise=Theme |
Option 3
Say Lily is too slow
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | Lily | Lily | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 slow | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 slow | cop |
| 4 | too | too | ADV | _ | 5 slow | advmod |
| 5 | slow | slow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Say | ccomp |
| # | 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 | is | present | Lily | slow property | tree rules |
Option 4
Say it was a one-off, so it doesn't really count
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 off | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 off | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 off | det |
| 5 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 off | nummod |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 one | punct |
| 7 | off | off | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Say | ccomp |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 count | punct |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 14 count | advmod |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 count | nsubj |
| 11 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 count | aux |
| 12 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 count | advmod |
| 13 | really | really | ADV | _ | 14 count | advmod |
| 14 | count | count | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Say | conj |
| # | 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 | is a | past | it | a one off | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | not count | present · do-support | off | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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