Test 6 · ★★ · Confession, prayer and making amends at church
Gran, very hurt: «You don't mean that, do you?» after Owen said he doesn't believe. Best move?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Gran, You, Owen · What happens: hurt, not mean, do, say, not believe · To what, where: that, you · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 365 «Confession, prayer and making amends at church» 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: Gran, very hurt: «You don't mean that, do you?» after Owen said he doesn't believe.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gran | Gran | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 hurt | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Gran | punct |
| 3 | very | very | ADV | _ | 4 hurt | advmod |
| 4 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 mean | punct |
| 6 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 10 mean | punct |
| 7 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 mean | nsubj |
| 8 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 mean | aux |
| 9 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 mean | advmod |
| 10 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 hurt | ccomp |
| 11 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 10 mean | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 do | punct |
| 13 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 10 mean | parataxis |
| 14 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 13 do | iobj |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 13 do | punct |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 13 do | punct |
| 17 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 19 said | mark |
| 18 | Owen | Owen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 said | nsubj |
| 19 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 do | advcl |
| 20 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 believe | nsubj |
| 21 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 23 believe | aux |
| 22 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 23 believe | advmod |
| 23 | believe | believe | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 said | ccomp |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 hurt | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hurt | past | Gran | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | not mean in a quote | present · do-support | You | that | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Topic | ||||
| 3 | do in a quote | infinitive | you | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Eventuality | |||||
| 4 | say speech: assert | past | Owen | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 5 | not believe | present · do-support | Owen | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: 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: 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
Say it again louder
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Say | obj |
| 3 | again | again | ADV | _ | 1 Say | advmod |
| 4 | louder | loud | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 1 Say | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | it | again | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
Option 2
Leave the room and slam the door behind him
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 room | det |
| 3 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Leave | obj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 slam | cc |
| 5 | slam | slam | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Leave | conj |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 door | det |
| 7 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 slam | obj |
| 8 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 9 him | case |
| 9 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 slam | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | imperative | you not said here | the room | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=Theme | ||||
| 2 | slam | infinitive | you not said here | the door | behind him = he | vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent door=Patient behind he=Location |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Say sorry and say he only said it because he was cross
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 | xcomp |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 say | cc |
| 4 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Say | conj |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 said | nsubj |
| 6 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 said | advmod |
| 7 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 say | ccomp |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 said | obj |
| 9 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 12 cross | mark |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 cross | nsubj |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 cross | cop |
| 12 | cross | cross | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 said | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: apologize | imperative | you not said here | sorry property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | infinitive | you not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past | he | it | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic | ||||
| 4 | is | past | he | cross property | tree rules |
Option 4
Say she's old-fashioned
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 fashioned | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 fashioned | cop |
| 4 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 fashioned | amod |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 old | punct |
| 6 | fashioned | fashioned | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Say | ccomp |
| # | 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 | |||||
| 2 | is | present | she | fashioned property | tree rules |
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