Test 5 · ★ · Wimp, scaredy-cat and other labels Teacher, sharp: «Who drew the chicken on Sam's pencil case?» Nobody answers. What's the kind thing for a witness to do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Nobody, kind thing · What happens: draw, answer, be, do · To what, where: chicken, pencil case
This is test 5 · ★ 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: Teacher, sharp: «Who drew the chicken on Sam's pencil case?»
nsubj punct punct punct nsubj conj det obj case nmod:poss case compound obl punct punct root Teacher NOUN , PUNCT sharp ADJ : PUNCT « PUNCT Who PRON drew VERB the DET chicken NOUN on ADP Sam PROPN 's PART pencil NOUN case NOUN ? PUNCT » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Teacher teacher NOUN Number=Sing 3 sharp nsubj 2 , , PUNCT _ 3 sharp punct 3 sharp sharp ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 : : PUNCT _ 7 drew punct 5 « « PUNCT _ 7 drew punct 6 Who who PRON PronType=Rel 7 drew nsubj 7 drew draw VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 sharp conj 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 chicken det 9 chicken chicken NOUN Number=Sing 7 drew obj 10 on on ADP _ 14 case case 11 Sam Sam PROPN Number=Sing 14 case nmod:poss 12 's 's PART _ 11 Sam case 13 pencil pencil NOUN Number=Sing 14 case compound 14 case case NOUN Number=Sing 7 drew obl 15 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 sharp punct 16 » » PUNCT _ 3 sharp punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 draw in a quote past the chicken Sam's pencil case vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent chicken=Theme on case=Destination
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: Nobody answers.
nsubj punct root Nobody PRON answers VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Nobody nobody PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 2 answers nsubj 2 answers answer VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 . . PUNCT _ 2 answers punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 answer speech: assert present Nobody vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: What's the kind thing for a witness to do?
cop det amod nsubj case det nmod mark acl punct root What PRON 's AUX the DET kind ADJ thing NOUN for ADP a DET witness NOUN to PART do VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int root root 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 What cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 thing det 4 kind kind ADJ Degree=Pos 5 thing amod 5 thing thing NOUN Number=Sing 1 What nsubj 6 for for ADP _ 8 witness case 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 witness det 8 witness witness NOUN Number=Sing 5 thing nmod 9 to to PART _ 10 do mark 10 do do VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 thing acl 11 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 What punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present the kind thing for a witness tree rules 2 do to-infinitive the kind thing for a witness not said here vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Tell the teacher quietly afterwards
det obj advmod advmod root Tell VERB the DET teacher NOUN quietly ADV afterwards ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Tell tell VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 teacher det 3 teacher teacher NOUN Number=Sing 1 Tell obj 4 quietly quietly ADV _ 1 Tell advmod 5 afterwards afterwards ADV _ 1 Tell advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tell speech: assert imperative you not said here the teacher afterwards, quietly property vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient
Option 2 Draw a chicken on theirs as well
det obj case obl advmod fixed root Draw VERB a DET chicken NOUN on ADP theirs PRON as ADV well ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Draw draw VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 chicken det 3 chicken chicken NOUN Number=Sing 1 Draw obj 4 on on ADP _ 5 theirs case 5 theirs their PRON Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 1 Draw obl 6 as as ADV ExtPos=ADV 1 Draw advmod 7 well well ADV Degree=Pos 6 as fixed
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 draw imperative you not said here a chicken on theirs = they vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent chicken=Theme on their=Destination
Option 3 Keep quiet forever, it's not your business
xcomp advmod punct nsubj cop advmod nmod:poss parataxis root Keep VERB quiet ADJ forever ADV , PUNCT it PRON 's AUX not PART your PRON business NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Keep keep VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 quiet quiet ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Keep xcomp 3 forever forever ADV _ 1 Keep advmod 4 , , PUNCT _ 9 business punct 5 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 business nsubj 6 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 business cop 7 not not PART Polarity=Neg 9 business advmod 8 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 9 business nmod:poss 9 business business NOUN Number=Sing 1 Keep parataxis
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 keep imperative you not said here forever, quiet property vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 2 not is a present it your business tree rules
Option 4 Laugh with the others
case det obl root Laugh VERB with ADP the DET others NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Laugh laugh VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 with with ADP _ 4 others case 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 others det 4 others other NOUN Number=Plur 1 Laugh obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 laugh imperative you not said here with the others vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
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