Test 3 · ★ · Speaking up is bravery too
«Sam, ur mental, Jake'll batter u for that». What's true about Sam's words to Jake?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Jake, Sam · What happens: batter, be, word · To what, where: u
This is test 3 · ★ 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: «Sam, ur mental, Jake'll batter u for that».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 Sam | punct |
| 2 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 mental | punct |
| 4 | ur | your | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 mental | nmod:poss |
| 5 | mental | mental | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 Sam | amod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 batter | punct |
| 7 | Jake | Jake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 batter | nsubj |
| 8 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 batter | aux |
| 9 | batter | batter | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 Sam | parataxis |
| 10 | u | you | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 batter | obj |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 that | case |
| 12 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 9 batter | obl |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 9 batter | punct |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 Sam | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | batter in a quote | future | Jake | u | for that | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent you=Instrument |
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 about Sam's words to Jake?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | about | about | ADP | _ | 7 words | case |
| 5 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 words | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 Sam | case |
| 7 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 true | obl |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 Jake | case |
| 9 | Jake | Jake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 words | nmod |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | about Sam's words to Jake; true property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | word | Sam | to Jake | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent to=obl |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
They were brave and fair, said without fists
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 brave | nsubj |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 brave | cop |
| 3 | brave | brave | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 fair | cc |
| 5 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 brave | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 said | punct |
| 7 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 brave | conj |
| 8 | without | without | ADP | _ | 9 fists | case |
| 9 | fists | fist | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 said | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | They | brave property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | They not said here | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past | They not said here | without fists | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
They were rude to Jake
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 rude | nsubj |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 rude | cop |
| 3 | rude | rude | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 Jake | case |
| 5 | Jake | Jake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 rude | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | They | Jake | rude property | tree rules |
Option 3
They were stupid; he should've hit Jake first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 stupid | nsubj |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 stupid | cop |
| 3 | stupid | stupid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 8 hit | punct |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 hit | nsubj |
| 6 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 hit | aux |
| 7 | 've | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 hit | aux |
| 8 | hit | hit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 stupid | parataxis |
| 9 | Jake | Jake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 hit | obj |
| 10 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 8 hit | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | They | stupid property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | hit | should · perfect | he | Jake | first property | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme jake=Co-Theme |
Option 4
They broke a school rule
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 broke | nsubj |
| 2 | broke | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 rule | det |
| 4 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rule | compound |
| 5 | rule | rule | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 broke | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | past | They | a school rule | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rule=Patient |
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