Test 10 · ★ · Spoiling and losing things
You've stopped sulking after the console row. What's the next step?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: You, next step · What happens: stop, sulk, be
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 361 «Spoiling and losing things» 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: You've stopped sulking after the console row.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 stopped | nsubj |
| 2 | 've | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 stopped | aux |
| 3 | stopped | stop | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | sulking | sulk | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 stopped | xcomp |
| 5 | after | after | ADP | _ | 8 row | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 row | det |
| 7 | console | console | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 row | compound |
| 8 | row | row | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sulking | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 stopped | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | present · perfect | You | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | sulk | gerund | You not said here | after the console row | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=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: What's the next step?
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 | 5 step | det |
| 4 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 step | amod |
| 5 | step | step | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the next step | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Sulk a bit longer to be sure
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sulk | sulk | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 bit | det |
| 3 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 longer | obl:unmarked |
| 4 | longer | long | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 1 Sulk | advmod |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 sure | mark |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 sure | cop |
| 7 | sure | sure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Sulk | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sulk | imperative | you not said here | long property | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | is | to-infinitive | you not said here | sure property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Say sorry and put right the damage
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 | obj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 put | cc |
| 4 | put | put | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 sorry | conj |
| 5 | right | right | ADV | _ | 7 damage | advmod |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 damage | det |
| 7 | damage | damage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 put | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | sorry | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent sorry=Topic | ||||
| 2 | put | participle | you not said here | the damage | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent damage=Goal |
Option 3
Pretend it never happened
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pretend | pretend | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 happened | nsubj |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 happened | advmod |
| 4 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Pretend | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pretend | imperative | you not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | not happen | past | it | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Wait in your room for Mum to say sorry first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 room | case |
| 3 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 room | nmod:poss |
| 4 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Wait | obl |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 Mum | case |
| 6 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Wait | obl |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 say | mark |
| 8 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Wait | advcl |
| 9 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 say | xcomp |
| 10 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 8 say | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | your room | for Mum | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in room=Location | |||
| 2 | say speech: apologize | to-infinitive | you not said here | first, sorry property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
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