Test 1 · Sam is scared: fear is normal
«haha Sam dropped his beans cos Jake looked at him, what a baby». Fair?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Sam, Jake · What happens: drop, look · To what, where: beans
This is test 1 of lesson 366 «Sam is scared: fear is normal» 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: «haha Sam dropped his beans cos Jake looked at him, what a baby».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 dropped | punct |
| 2 | haha | haha | INTJ | _ | 4 dropped | discourse |
| 3 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 dropped | nsubj |
| 4 | dropped | drop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 beans | nmod:poss |
| 6 | beans | bean | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 dropped | obj |
| 7 | cos | cos | SCONJ | _ | 9 looked | mark |
| 8 | Jake | Jake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 looked | nsubj |
| 9 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 dropped | advcl |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 him | case |
| 11 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 looked | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 what | punct |
| 13 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 9 looked | parataxis |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 baby | det |
| 15 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 what | nsubj |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 15 baby | punct |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 dropped | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drop in a quote | past | Sam | Sam's beans | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bean=Theme | ||||
| 2 | look in a quote | past | Jake | at Sam | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at he=Theme |
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: Fair?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Fair | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
No, Sam dropped them on purpose
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 dropped | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 dropped | nsubj |
| 4 | dropped | drop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 dropped | obj |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 purpose | case |
| 7 | purpose | purpose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dropped | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drop | past | Sam | them = they | purpose | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme on purpose=Destination |
Option 2
Yes, Sam should've thrown the beans right at Jake's face
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 thrown | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 thrown | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 thrown | aux |
| 5 | 've | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 thrown | aux |
| 6 | thrown | throw | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 beans | det |
| 8 | beans | bean | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 thrown | obj |
| 9 | right | right | ADV | _ | 6 thrown | advmod |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 13 face | case |
| 11 | Jake | Jake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 face | nmod:poss |
| 12 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 11 Jake | case |
| 13 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 thrown | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | throw | should · perfect · passive | Sam | Jake's face | right property | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination bean=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
No, fear makes anyone jumpy, it's not babyish
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 fear | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | fear | fear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 makes | nsubj |
| 4 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 4 makes | obj |
| 6 | jumpy | jumpy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 makes | xcomp |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 babyish | punct |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 babyish | nsubj |
| 9 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 babyish | cop |
| 10 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 babyish | advmod |
| 11 | babyish | babyish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 makes | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | fear | anyone | jumpy property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset anyone=Product | |||
| 2 | not is | present | fear | babyish property | tree rules |
Option 4
Yes, only babies get scared
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 get | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 babies | advmod |
| 4 | babies | baby | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 get | nsubj |
| 5 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 get | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | babies | scared property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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