Test 7 · Sam is scared: fear is normal
Teacher: «Sam, you've read nothing all afternoon. Anything wrong?» What's best for Sam to say?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: read, be, say · To what, where: nothing · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 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: Teacher: «Sam, you've read nothing all afternoon.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 Sam | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 Sam | punct |
| 4 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Teacher | appos |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 read | punct |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 read | nsubj |
| 7 | 've | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 read | aux |
| 8 | read | read | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 Sam | acl:relcl |
| 9 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 8 read | obj |
| 10 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 afternoon | det |
| 11 | afternoon | afternoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 read | obl:unmarked |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Teacher | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | read in a quote | present · perfect | you | nothing | afternoon | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic |
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: Anything wrong?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | root | root |
| 2 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Anything | amod |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Anything | punct |
| 4 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 1 Anything | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: What's best for Sam to say?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 best | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 best | cop |
| 3 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 Sam | case |
| 5 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 best | obl |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 say | mark |
| 7 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 best | xcomp |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 best | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | for Sam; good property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | to-infinitive | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
«Nothing, I'm fine, Miss»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 fine | punct |
| 2 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 6 fine | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Nothing | punct |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 fine | nsubj |
| 5 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 fine | cop |
| 6 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 Miss | punct |
| 8 | Miss | Miss | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 fine | conj |
| 9 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 fine | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | Nothing | fine property | tree rules |
Option 2
«No, Miss, I'm just thick»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 Miss | punct |
| 2 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 Miss | discourse |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 Miss | punct |
| 4 | Miss | Miss | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 thick | punct |
| 6 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 thick | nsubj |
| 7 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 thick | cop |
| 8 | just | just | ADV | _ | 9 thick | advmod |
| 9 | thick | thick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 Miss | amod |
| 10 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 9 thick | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | I | thick property | tree rules |
Option 3
«Jake's dead after school, Miss»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 dead | punct |
| 2 | Jake | Jake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 dead | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 Jake | case |
| 4 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | after | after | ADP | _ | 6 school | case |
| 6 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dead | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 Miss | punct |
| 8 | Miss | Miss | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 dead | conj |
| 9 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 dead | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
«Jake said he'd get me at the gate, I'm scared»
The tree, 12 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 said | punct |
| 2 | Jake | Jake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 said | nsubj |
| 3 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 get | nsubj |
| 5 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 get | aux |
| 6 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 said | ccomp |
| 7 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 get | obj |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 gate | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 gate | det |
| 10 | gate | gate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 get | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 scared | punct |
| 12 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 14 scared | nsubj |
| 13 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 scared | cop |
| 14 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 said | ccomp |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 14 scared | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert in a quote | past | Jake | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | get in a quote | would | Jake | Jake | the gate | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent i=Theme at gate=Asset | |||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | Jake | scared property | tree rules |
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