Test 7 · ★ · Wimp, scaredy-cat and other labels
«oi Maddie, boy in a skirt!» She's in tracksuit bottoms as always. Why's it daft?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Maddie, skirt · What happens: be · To what, where: tracksuit bottoms
This is test 7 · ★ 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: «oi Maddie, boy in a skirt!»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 oi | punct |
| 2 | oi | oi | X | Foreign=Yes | 3 Maddie | flat:foreign |
| 3 | Maddie | Maddie | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 boy | punct |
| 5 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 Maddie | appos |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 skirt | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 skirt | det |
| 8 | skirt | skirt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 boy | nmod |
| 9 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 5 boy | punct |
| 10 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 boy | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: She's in tracksuit bottoms as always.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 bottoms | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 bottoms | cop |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 bottoms | case |
| 4 | tracksuit | tracksuit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bottoms | compound |
| 5 | bottoms | bottom | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 6 | as | as | ADP | _ | 7 always | case |
| 7 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 5 bottoms | nmod |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 bottoms | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Maddie | tracksuit bottoms | tree rules |
Sentence 3: Why's it daft?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 daft | advmod |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 daft | cop |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 daft | nsubj |
| 4 | daft | daft | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 daft | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | skirt | daft property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
It's a name that doesn't even fit her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 name | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 name | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 name | det |
| 4 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 fit | nsubj |
| 6 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 fit | aux |
| 7 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 fit | advmod |
| 8 | even | even | ADV | _ | 9 fit | advmod |
| 9 | fit | fit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 name | acl:relcl |
| 10 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 fit | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a name | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not fit | present · do-support | a name | her = she | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Because Maddie is really a boy and not a girl
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Because | because | SCONJ | _ | 6 boy | mark |
| 2 | Maddie | Maddie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 boy | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 boy | cop |
| 4 | really | really | ADV | _ | 6 boy | advmod |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 boy | det |
| 6 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 girl | cc |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 girl | advmod |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 girl | det |
| 10 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 boy | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Maddie | a boy and a girl | tree rules |
Option 3
Because she is wearing a skirt today
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Because | because | SCONJ | _ | 4 wearing | mark |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 wearing | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 wearing | aux |
| 4 | wearing | wear | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 skirt | det |
| 6 | skirt | skirt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wearing | obj |
| 7 | today | today | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wearing | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wear | present · progressive | she | a skirt | today | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent skirt=Theme |
Option 4
Because girls can't wear tracksuits
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Because | because | SCONJ | _ | 5 wear | mark |
| 2 | girls | girl | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 wear | nsubj |
| 3 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 wear | aux |
| 4 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 wear | advmod |
| 5 | wear | wear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | tracksuits | tracksuit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 wear | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not wear | can | girls | tracksuits | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent tracksuit=Source |
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