Test 7 · ★ · Giggles, skipping and the collection plate
cousin copying the loud choir lady and everyone's sniggering. She turns round. Best move?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cousin, everyone, She · What happens: copy, snigger, turn round · To what, where: loud choir lady
This is test 7 · ★ 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: cousin copying the loud choir lady and everyone's sniggering.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | copying | copy | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 cousin | acl |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 lady | det |
| 4 | loud | loud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 lady | amod |
| 5 | choir | choir | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lady | compound |
| 6 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 copying | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 sniggering | cc |
| 8 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 10 sniggering | nsubj |
| 9 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 sniggering | aux |
| 10 | sniggering | snigger | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 lady | conj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 cousin | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | copy | gerund | cousin not said here | the loud choir lady | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lady=Theme | ||||
| 2 | snigger | present · progressive | everyone | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «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: She turns round.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 turns | nsubj |
| 2 | turns | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | round | round | ADV | _ | 2 turns | advmod |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 turns | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn round | present | She | round property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
Sentence 3: 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 · ← Mova's choice
Pretend you're coughing so she doesn't notice
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pretend | pretend | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 coughing | nsubj |
| 3 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 coughing | aux |
| 4 | coughing | cough | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Pretend | xcomp |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 notice | advmod |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 notice | nsubj |
| 7 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 notice | aux |
| 8 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 notice | advmod |
| 9 | notice | notice | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Pretend | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pretend | imperative | you not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | cough | present · progressive | you | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | not notice | present · do-support | she | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Stop, and say sorry to her after
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stop | stop | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 say | punct |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 say | cc |
| 4 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Stop | conj |
| 5 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 say | obj |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 her | case |
| 7 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 sorry | obl |
| 8 | after | after | ADP | _ | 5 sorry | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | imperative | you not said here | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | infinitive | you not said here | sorry | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent sorry=Topic |
Option 3
Blame your cousin loudly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blame | blame | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 3 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Blame | obj |
| 4 | loudly | loudly | ADV | _ | 1 Blame | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | blame | imperative | you not said here | your cousin | loudly property | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cousin=Theme |
Option 4
Copy her too
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Copy | copy | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Copy | obj |
| 3 | too | too | ADV | _ | 1 Copy | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | copy | imperative | you not said here | her = she | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
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