Test 1 · ★ · Wimp, scaredy-cat and other labels «Scaredy-Sam lol everyone's saying it». You don't want to. What's best?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Scaredy, You · What happens: say, not want, be · To what, where: it · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 367 «Wimp, scaredy-cat and other labels» 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: «Scaredy-Sam lol everyone's saying it».
punct nsubj punct flat discourse nsubj aux obj punct punct root « PUNCT Scaredy PROPN - PUNCT Sam PROPN lol INTJ everyone PRON 's AUX saying VERB it PRON » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 « « PUNCT _ 2 Scaredy punct 2 Scaredy Scaredy PROPN Number=Sing 8 saying nsubj 3 - - PUNCT _ 4 Sam punct 4 Sam Sam PROPN Number=Sing 2 Scaredy flat 5 lol lol INTJ _ 8 saying discourse 6 everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 8 saying nsubj 7 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 saying aux 8 saying say VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 9 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 saying obj 10 » » PUNCT _ 8 saying punct 11 . . PUNCT _ 8 saying punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert in a quote present · progressive Scaredy it vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=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: You don't want to.
nsubj aux advmod xcomp punct root You PRON do AUX n't PART want VERB to PART . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 You you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 4 want nsubj 2 do do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 want aux 3 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 4 want advmod 4 want want VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 to to PART _ 4 want xcomp 6 . . PUNCT _ 4 want punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not want present · do-support You vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
Sentence 3: What's best?
nsubj cop punct root What PRON 's AUX best ADJ ? PUNCT 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 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 best punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
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The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Don't say it, and sit with Sam
aux advmod obj punct cc conj case obl root Do AUX n't PART say VERB it PRON , PUNCT and CCONJ sit VERB with ADP Sam PROPN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Do do AUX Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 3 say aux 2 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 3 say advmod 3 say say VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 4 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 say obj 5 , , PUNCT _ 7 sit punct 6 and and CCONJ _ 7 sit cc 7 sit sit VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 3 say conj 8 with with ADP _ 9 Sam case 9 Sam Sam PROPN Number=Sing 7 sit obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not say speech: assert imperative · do-support you not said here it vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic 2 sit infinitive you not said here with Sam vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Option 2 Say it just once so that you fit in with everyone
obj advmod advmod mark fixed nsubj advcl compound:prt case obl root Say VERB it PRON just ADV once ADV so SCONJ that SCONJ you PRON fit VERB in ADP with ADP everyone PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Say say VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Say obj 3 just just ADV _ 4 once advmod 4 once once ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Mult 1 Say advmod 5 so so SCONJ ExtPos=SCONJ 8 fit mark 6 that that SCONJ _ 5 so fixed 7 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 8 fit nsubj 8 fit fit VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Say advcl 9 in in ADP _ 8 fit compound:prt 10 with with ADP _ 11 everyone case 11 everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 8 fit obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert imperative you not said here it once property vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic 2 fit in present you with everyone vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
Option 3 Make up a new one for Freddie
compound:prt det amod xcomp case nmod root Make VERB up ADP a DET new ADJ one NOUN for ADP Freddie PROPN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Make make VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 up up ADP _ 1 Make compound:prt 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 one det 4 new new ADJ Degree=Pos 5 one amod 5 one one NOUN Number=Sing 1 Make xcomp 6 for for ADP _ 7 Freddie case 7 Freddie Freddie PROPN Number=Sing 5 one nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 make up imperative you not said here a new one for Freddie vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
Option 4 Say it but quietly
obj cc conj root Say VERB it PRON but CCONJ quietly ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Say say VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Say obj 3 but but CCONJ _ 4 quietly cc 4 quietly quietly ADV _ 1 Say conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert imperative you not said here it vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic
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