Test 10 · ★ · Speaking up is bravery too
«Maddie, u shouldn't have pulled Chloe's plaits, that was mean». Is Sam a good friend here?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Maddie, that · What happens: not pull, be · To what, where: plaits, Sam
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 368 «Speaking up is bravery too» 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: «Maddie, u shouldn't have pulled Chloe's plaits, that was mean».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 Maddie | punct |
| 2 | Maddie | Maddie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 pulled | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Maddie | punct |
| 4 | u | you | PRON | Number=Sing | 2 Maddie | conj |
| 5 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 pulled | aux |
| 6 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 pulled | advmod |
| 7 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 pulled | aux |
| 8 | pulled | pull | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 9 | Chloe | Chloe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 plaits | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 Chloe | case |
| 11 | plaits | plait | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 pulled | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 mean | punct |
| 13 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 15 mean | nsubj |
| 14 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 mean | cop |
| 15 | mean | mean | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 plaits | parataxis |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 15 mean | punct |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 pulled | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not pull in a quote | should · perfect | Maddie | Chloe's plaits | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plait=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is in a quote | past | that | mean property | 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: Is Sam a good friend here?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 Sam | cop |
| 2 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 friend | nmod:poss |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 friend | det |
| 4 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 friend | amod |
| 5 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 friend | advmod |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 friend | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Sam | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Yes, real friends tell you when you're wrong
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 tell | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 tell | punct |
| 3 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 friends | amod |
| 4 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 tell | nsubj |
| 5 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 tell | iobj |
| 7 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 10 wrong | advmod |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 wrong | nsubj |
| 9 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 wrong | cop |
| 10 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 tell | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | present | real friends | you | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | is | present | you | wrong property | tree rules |
Option 2
No, it's none of his business what she does to Chloe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 none | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 none | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 none | cop |
| 5 | none | none | PRON | PronType=Neg | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 business | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 business | nmod:poss |
| 8 | business | business | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 none | nmod |
| 9 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 11 does | obj |
| 10 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 does | nsubj |
| 11 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 none | acl:relcl |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 Chloe | case |
| 13 | Chloe | Chloe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 does | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | none | of his business | tree rules | |||
| 2 | do | present | she | Chloe | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
Option 3
No, a good friend always takes your side
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 takes | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 friend | det |
| 4 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 friend | amod |
| 5 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 takes | nsubj |
| 6 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 7 takes | advmod |
| 7 | takes | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 side | nmod:poss |
| 9 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 takes | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | present | a good friend | your side | always property | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent side=Theme |
Option 4
Yes, but only if Chloe pays him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 pays | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 pays | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 7 pays | cc |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 pays | advmod |
| 5 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 pays | mark |
| 6 | Chloe | Chloe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 pays | nsubj |
| 7 | pays | pay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 pays | iobj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay | present | Chloe | him = he | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Asset |
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