Test 10 · ★ · Giggles, skipping and the collection plate
After an honest confession, Matthew feels light. His sister asks «so you can keep the coin now?». Best answer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Matthew, sister, you · What happens: feel, ask, keep · To what, where: coin · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 · ★ 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: After an honest confession, Matthew feels light.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | After | after | ADP | _ | 4 confession | case |
| 2 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 confession | det |
| 3 | honest | honest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 confession | amod |
| 4 | confession | confession | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 feels | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 confession | punct |
| 6 | Matthew | Matthew | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 feels | nsubj |
| 7 | feels | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | light | light | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 feels | xcomp |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 feels | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | present | Matthew | after a honest confession | light property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
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: His sister asks «so you can keep the coin now?».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 sister | nmod:poss |
| 2 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 asks | nsubj |
| 3 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 keep | punct |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 8 keep | advmod |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 keep | nsubj |
| 7 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 keep | aux |
| 8 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 asks | ccomp |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 coin | det |
| 10 | coin | coin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 keep | obj |
| 11 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 8 keep | advmod |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 keep | punct |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 keep | punct |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 asks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | Matthew's sister | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | keep in a quote | can | you | the coin | now | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coin=Theme |
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 · ← Mova's choice
Only if it's small
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 5 small | advmod |
| 2 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 small | mark |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 small | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 small | cop |
| 5 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | it | small property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
No, I still give it back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 give | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 give | nsubj |
| 4 | still | still | ADV | _ | 5 give | advmod |
| 5 | give | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 give | obj |
| 7 | back | back | ADV | _ | 5 give | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give back | present | I | it | still | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 3
Yes, I'm forgiven
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 forgiven | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 forgiven | nsubj |
| 4 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 forgiven | aux:pass |
| 5 | forgiven | forgive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forgive | present · passive | I | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 4
Yes, God doesn't mind coins
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 mind | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 mind | nsubj |
| 4 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 mind | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 mind | advmod |
| 6 | mind | mind | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | coins | coin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 mind | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not mind | present · do-support | God | coins | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coin=Theme |
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