Test 3 · Sam is scared: fear is normal
«just hit him back, Sam, then he'll leave u alone innit». Best answer?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, Sam · What happens: hit back, leave · To what, where: him, u
This is test 3 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: «just hit him back, Sam, then he'll leave u alone innit».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 hit | punct |
| 2 | just | just | ADV | _ | 3 hit | advmod |
| 3 | hit | hit | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 hit | obj |
| 5 | back | back | ADV | _ | 3 hit | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 Sam | punct |
| 7 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 hit | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 leave | punct |
| 9 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 12 leave | advmod |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 leave | nsubj |
| 11 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 leave | aux |
| 12 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 hit | conj |
| 13 | u | you | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 12 leave | obj |
| 14 | alone | alone | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 innit | amod |
| 15 | innit | innit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 leave | obj |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 hit | punct |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 hit | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hit back in a quote | imperative | you not said here | him = he | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP ADJP»: agent=Agent he=Patient sam=Result | ||||
| 2 | leave in a quote | future | Sam | u | then | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent you=Theme innit=Attribute |
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 answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 2 answer | amod |
| 2 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 answer | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
OK, but only if he hits me twice
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OK | ok | INTJ | _ | 7 hits | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 hits | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 7 hits | cc |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 hits | advmod |
| 5 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 hits | mark |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 hits | nsubj |
| 7 | hits | hit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 hits | obj |
| 9 | twice | twice | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 7 hits | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hit | present | he | me | twice property | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme i=Co-Theme |
Option 2
OK, I'll hit him first tomorrow
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OK | ok | INTJ | _ | 5 hit | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 OK | punct |
| 3 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 hit | nsubj |
| 4 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 hit | aux |
| 5 | hit | hit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 hit | obj |
| 7 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 5 hit | advmod |
| 8 | tomorrow | tomorrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 hit | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hit | future | I | him = he | tomorrow | first property | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=Co-Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, I'll tell an adult and stay away from him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 tell | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 tell | nsubj |
| 4 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 tell | aux |
| 5 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 adult | det |
| 7 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 tell | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 stay | cc |
| 9 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 tell | conj |
| 10 | away | away | ADV | _ | 9 stay | advmod |
| 11 | from | from | ADP | _ | 12 him | case |
| 12 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 away | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | future | I | a adult | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | stay away | infinitive | I not said here | away property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
I'll bring my big brother tomorrow to do it for me
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 bring | nsubj |
| 2 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 bring | aux |
| 3 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 brother | nmod:poss |
| 5 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 brother | amod |
| 6 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 bring | obj |
| 7 | tomorrow | tomorrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 bring | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 do | mark |
| 9 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 bring | advcl |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 do | obj |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 me | case |
| 12 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 do | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring | future | I | my big brother | tomorrow | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument brother=Destination | |||
| 2 | do | to-infinitive | I not said here | it | for me | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
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