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Test 3 · ★ · Wimp, scaredy-cat and other labels

«look Sam's crying again!!» — it's freezing and windy. What's true?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, it · What happens: look, cry, freeze, be

This is test 3 · ★ 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: «look Sam's crying again!!» — it's freezing and windy.

punctnmod:posscaseadvcladvmodpunctpunctpunctnsubjauxadvclccconjpunctroot«PUNCTlookVERBSamPROPN'sPARTcryingVERBagainADV!!PUNCT»PUNCT—PUNCTitPRON'sAUXfreezingVERBandCCONJwindyADJ.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1««PUNCT_2 lookpunct
2looklookVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
3SamSamPROPNNumber=Sing5 cryingnmod:poss
4's'sPART_3 Samcase
5cryingcryVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part2 lookadvcl
6againagainADV_2 lookadvmod
7!!!!PUNCT_2 lookpunct
8»»PUNCT_2 lookpunct
9—-PUNCT_12 freezingpunct
10ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs12 freezingnsubj
11'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin12 freezingaux
12freezingfreezeVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part2 lookadvcl
13andandCCONJ_14 windycc
14windywindyADJDegree=Pos12 freezingconj
15..PUNCT_2 lookpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1look in a quoteimperativeyou not said hereagainvn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2cry speech: express in a quotegerundyou not said herevn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3freezepresent · progressiveitvn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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: What's true?

nsubjcoppunctrootWhatPRON'sAUXtrueADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int3 truensubj
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 truecop
3truetrueADJDegree=Posrootroot
4??PUNCT_3 truepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresenttrue propertytree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

He must be crying about Jake again, poor thing

nsubjauxauxcaseobladvmodpunctamodconjrootHePRONmustAUXbeAUXcryingVERBaboutADPJakePROPNagainADV,PUNCTpoorADJthingNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 cryingnsubj
2mustmustAUXVerbForm=Fin4 cryingaux
3bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf4 cryingaux
4cryingcryVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
5aboutaboutADP_6 Jakecase
6JakeJakePROPNNumber=Sing4 cryingobl
7againagainADV_4 cryingadvmod
8,,PUNCT_10 thingpunct
9poorpoorADJDegree=Pos10 thingamod
10thingthingNOUNNumber=Sing4 cryingconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1cry speech: expressmust · progressiveHeagainabout Jakevn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about jake=Topic

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Cold wind makes anyone's eyes water

amodnsubjnmod:posscasecompoundobjrootColdADJwindNOUNmakesVERBanyonePRON'sPARTeyesNOUNwaterNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ColdcoldADJDegree=Pos2 windamod
2windwindNOUNNumber=Sing3 makesnsubj
3makesmakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4anyoneanyonePRONNumber=Sing PronType=Ind6 eyesnmod:poss
5's'sPART_4 anyonecase
6eyeseyeNOUNNumber=Plur7 watercompound
7waterwaterNOUNNumber=Sing3 makesobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1makepresentCold windeyes watervn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset water=Product

Option 3

Only weak people's eyes water

advmodamodnmod:posscasecompoundrootOnlyADVweakADJpeopleNOUN'sPARTeyesNOUNwaterNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1OnlyonlyADV_2 weakadvmod
2weakweakADJDegree=Pos3 peopleamod
3peoplepeopleNOUNNumber=Plur5 eyesnmod:poss
4's'sPART_3 peoplecase
5eyeseyeNOUNNumber=Plur6 watercompound
6waterwaterNOUNNumber=Singrootroot

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

It's hay fever in winter

nsubjcopcompoundcasenmodrootItPRON'sAUXhayNOUNfeverNOUNinADPwinterNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 fevernsubj
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 fevercop
3hayhayNOUNNumber=Sing4 fevercompound
4feverfeverNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
5ininADP_6 wintercase
6winterwinterNOUNNumber=Sing4 fevernmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentIthay feverwintertree rules

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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