Test 6 · ★ · Giggles, skipping and the collection plate
Mum whispers «Phone. Now.» in the middle of the service. What's the best response?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mum, best response · What happens: whisper, be · To what, where: Phone
This is test 6 · ★ 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: Mum whispers «Phone.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 whispers | nsubj |
| 2 | whispers | whisper | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 Phone | punct |
| 4 | Phone | phone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 whispers | obj |
| 5 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 whispers | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | whisper speech: assert | present | Mum | Phone | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent phone=Topic |
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: Now.» in the middle of the service.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 middle | advmod |
| 2 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Now | punct |
| 3 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 1 Now | punct |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 middle | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 middle | det |
| 6 | middle | middle | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 service | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 service | det |
| 9 | service | service | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 middle | nmod |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 middle | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: What's the best response?
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 response | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 response | amod |
| 5 | response | response | 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 best response | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Put it in your pocket and keep playing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Put | obj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 pocket | case |
| 4 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 pocket | nmod:poss |
| 5 | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Put | obl | ||
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 keep | cc |
| 7 | keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Put | conj |
| 8 | playing | play | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 keep | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | imperative | you not said here | it | your pocket | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in pocket=Destination | |||
| 2 | keep | infinitive | you not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | play | gerund | you not said here | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Hand it over and say sorry later
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hand | hand | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Hand | obj |
| 3 | over | over | ADP | _ | 1 Hand | compound:prt |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 say | cc |
| 5 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Hand | conj |
| 6 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 say | xcomp |
| 7 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 5 say | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hand over | imperative | you not said here | it | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | say speech: apologize | infinitive | you not said here | late, sorry property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Turn the brightness down
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turn | turn | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 brightness | det |
| 3 | brightness | brightness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Turn | obj |
| 4 | down | down | ADP | _ | 1 Turn | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn down | imperative | you not said here | the brightness | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brightness=Theme |
Option 4
Say you were reading the Bible
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 reading | nsubj |
| 3 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 reading | aux |
| 4 | reading | read | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Say | ccomp |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Bible | det |
| 6 | Bible | Bible | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 reading | obj |
| # | 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 | read | past · progressive | you | the Bible | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bible=Topic |
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