Test 1 · ★ · Giggles, skipping and the collection plate
mate during prayers pulls a face, «don't laugh, don't laugh…» you snort. Best move?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, you · What happens: pull, not laugh, snort · To what, where: face · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 364 «Giggles, skipping and the collection plate» 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: mate during prayers pulls a face, «don't laugh, don't laugh…» you snort.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 pulls | nsubj |
| 2 | during | during | ADP | _ | 3 prayers | case |
| 3 | prayers | prayer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 mate | nmod |
| 4 | pulls | pull | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 face | det |
| 6 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 pulls | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 laugh | punct |
| 8 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 11 laugh | punct |
| 9 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 11 laugh | aux |
| 10 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 laugh | advmod |
| 11 | laugh | laugh | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 4 pulls | parataxis |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 laugh | punct |
| 13 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 15 laugh | aux |
| 14 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 15 laugh | advmod |
| 15 | laugh | laugh | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 11 laugh | conj |
| 16 | … | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 laugh | punct |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 pulls | punct |
| 18 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 19 snort | nsubj |
| 19 | snort | snort | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 pulls | parataxis |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 pulls | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pull | present | mate during prayers | a face | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not laugh in a quote | infinitive · do-support | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | not laugh in a quote | infinitive · do-support | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | snort | present | you | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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: Best move?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 2 move | amod |
| 2 | move | move | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 move | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
Laugh louder, it's funny anyway
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 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 funny | punct |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 funny | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 funny | cop |
| 6 | funny | funny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Laugh | parataxis |
| 7 | anyway | anyway | ADV | _ | 6 funny | advmod |
| # | 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 | is | present | it | anyway, funny property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Look away, breathe, say sorry after
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Look | look | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | away | away | ADV | _ | 1 Look | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 breathe | punct |
| 4 | breathe | breathe | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Look | conj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 say | punct |
| 6 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Look | conj |
| 7 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 say | xcomp |
| 8 | after | after | ADP | _ | 6 say | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look away | imperative | you not said here | away property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | breathe | infinitive | you not said here | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | say speech: apologize | infinitive | you not said here | sorry property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent after=Topic |
Option 3
Pull a face back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pull | pull | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 face | det |
| 3 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Pull | obj |
| 4 | back | back | ADV | _ | 1 Pull | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pull back | imperative | you not said here | a face | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Theme |
Option 4
Leave the church
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 church | det |
| 3 | church | church | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Leave | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | imperative | you not said here | the church | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent church=Theme |
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