Test 6 · Sam is scared: fear is normal
«Sam's a chicken, won't even do the cannonball lol». Who's being sensible?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Sam · What happens: be, not do · To what, where: chicken, cannonball
This is test 6 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: «Sam's a chicken, won't even do the cannonball lol».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 chicken | punct |
| 2 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 chicken | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 chicken | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 chicken | det |
| 5 | chicken | chicken | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 do | punct |
| 7 | wo | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 do | aux |
| 8 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 do | advmod |
| 9 | even | even | ADV | _ | 10 do | advmod |
| 10 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 5 chicken | parataxis |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 cannonball | det |
| 12 | cannonball | cannonball | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 do | obj |
| 13 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 10 do | discourse |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 10 do | punct |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 chicken | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | Sam | a chicken | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not do in a quote | future | the cannonball | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cannonball=Eventuality |
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: Who's being sensible?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 sensible | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 sensible | cop |
| 3 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 sensible | cop |
| 4 | sensible | sensible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 sensible | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | sensible property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The lifeguard, for letting them laugh
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 lifeguard | det |
| 2 | lifeguard | lifeguard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 laugh | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 letting | punct |
| 4 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 5 letting | mark |
| 5 | letting | let | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 lifeguard | acl |
| 6 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 letting | obj |
| 7 | laugh | laugh | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | gerund | the lifeguard not said here | them = they | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | ||||
| 2 | laugh | infinitive | the lifeguard | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
The boys, because everyone must jump
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 boys | det |
| 2 | boys | boy | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 jump | punct |
| 4 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 7 jump | mark |
| 5 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 7 jump | nsubj |
| 6 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 jump | aux |
| 7 | jump | jump | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 boys | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | jump | must | everyone | the boys not said here | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Agent |
Option 3
Nobody, because swimming trips are pointless anyway
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 pointless | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 7 pointless | mark |
| 4 | swimming | swimming | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 trips | compound |
| 5 | trips | trip | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 pointless | nsubj |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 pointless | cop |
| 7 | pointless | pointless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Nobody | parataxis |
| 8 | anyway | anyway | ADV | _ | 7 pointless | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | swimming trips | anyway, pointless property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Sam, for not jumping when he wasn't ready
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 jumping | punct |
| 3 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 5 jumping | mark |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 jumping | advmod |
| 5 | jumping | jump | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Sam | acl:relcl |
| 6 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 10 ready | advmod |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 ready | nsubj |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 ready | cop |
| 9 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 ready | advmod |
| 10 | ready | ready | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 jumping | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not jump | gerund | Sam not said here | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | not is | past | Sam | ready property | tree rules |
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