Test 2 · ★ · Wimp, scaredy-cat and other labels
Jake: «you're a wimp, just climb the fence, nobody's on the site». Who's right?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Jake, nobody · What happens: be, climb · To what, where: wimp, fence, site
This is test 2 · ★ 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: Jake: «you're a wimp, just climb the fence, nobody's on the site».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jake | Jake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 wimp | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Jake | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 wimp | punct |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 wimp | nsubj |
| 5 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 wimp | cop |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 wimp | det |
| 7 | wimp | wimp | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 climb | punct |
| 9 | just | just | ADV | _ | 10 climb | advmod |
| 10 | climb | climb | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 7 wimp | parataxis |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 fence | det |
| 12 | fence | fence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 climb | obj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 site | punct |
| 14 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 18 site | nsubj |
| 15 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 site | cop |
| 16 | on | on | ADP | _ | 18 site | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 site | det |
| 18 | site | site | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 climb | obl |
| 19 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 18 site | punct |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 wimp | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | Jake | a wimp | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | climb in a quote | infinitive | the fence | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location fence=Theme | |||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | nobody | the site | tree rules |
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 right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Nobody, it's only a fence round some mud
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 7 fence | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nobody | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 fence | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 fence | cop |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 fence | advmod |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 fence | det |
| 7 | fence | fence | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | round | round | ADP | _ | 10 mud | case |
| 9 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 10 mud | det |
| 10 | mud | mud | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 fence | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Nobody | a fence | round some mud | tree rules |
Option 2
Jake, fences are there for climbing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jake | Jake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 fences | compound |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Jake | punct |
| 3 | fences | fence | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 there | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 there | cop |
| 5 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 climbing | case |
| 7 | climbing | climbing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 there | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Jake fences | for climbing; there property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Sam, building sites are dangerous
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 sites | compound |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Sam | punct |
| 3 | building | building | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sites | compound |
| 4 | sites | site | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 dangerous | nsubj |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 dangerous | cop |
| 6 | dangerous | dangerous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Sam building sites | dangerous property | tree rules |
Option 4
Jake, the site is empty at night so it's safe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jake | Jake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 empty | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Jake | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 site | det |
| 4 | site | site | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 empty | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 empty | cop |
| 6 | empty | empty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 night | case |
| 8 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 empty | obl |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 12 safe | advmod |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 safe | nsubj |
| 11 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 safe | cop |
| 12 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 empty | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Jake | night | empty property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | is | present | site | safe property | tree rules |
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