Test 10 · Sam is scared: fear is normal
«does ur dad ever get scared?» What's most likely true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad · What happens: get, be
This is test 10 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: «does ur dad ever get scared?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 get | punct |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 get | aux |
| 3 | ur | your | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 dad | nmod:poss |
| 4 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 get | nsubj |
| 5 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 6 get | advmod |
| 6 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 get | xcomp |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 get | punct |
| 9 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 get | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get in a quote | present · do-support | ur's dad | ever | scared property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: 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: What's most likely true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 true | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 true | cop |
| 3 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 4 likely | advmod |
| 4 | likely | likely | ADV | _ | 5 true | advmod |
| 5 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | likely, true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Only in films
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 3 films | advmod |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 3 films | case |
| 3 | films | film | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Yes, grown-ups get scared too
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 get | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 ups | amod |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 grown | punct |
| 5 | ups | up | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 get | nsubj |
| 6 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 get | xcomp |
| 8 | too | too | ADV | _ | 6 get | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | participle | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | get | present | grown ups | scared property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3
No, adults never feel fear about anything
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 feel | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | adults | adult | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 feel | nsubj |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 feel | advmod |
| 5 | feel | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | fear | fear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 feel | obj |
| 7 | about | about | ADP | _ | 8 anything | case |
| 8 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 6 fear | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not feel | present | adults | fear | about anything | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent fear=Theme about anything=Location |
Option 4
Only if they're cowards
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 5 cowards | advmod |
| 2 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 cowards | mark |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 cowards | nsubj |
| 4 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 cowards | cop |
| 5 | cowards | coward | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | they | cowards | tree rules |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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