Test 6 · ★ · Speaking up is bravery too
«Kieran started it, not the Station Road kid» — says Maddie, his mate. Why does that matter?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Kieran, Maddie · What happens: start, say, do · To what, where: it, matter · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★ 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: «Kieran started it, not the Station Road kid» — says Maddie, his mate.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 started | punct |
| 2 | Kieran | Kieran | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 started | nsubj |
| 3 | started | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 says | ccomp |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 started | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 kid | punct |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 kid | advmod |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 kid | det |
| 8 | Station | Station | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 Road | compound |
| 9 | Road | Road | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 kid | compound |
| 10 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 started | obl |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 started | punct |
| 12 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 13 says | punct |
| 13 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | Maddie | Maddie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 says | nsubj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 mate | punct |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 mate | nmod:poss |
| 17 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 Maddie | appos |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start in a quote | past | Kieran | it | the Road kid obl | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | |||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | Maddie | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
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: Why does that matter?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Why | conj |
| 3 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 matter | det |
| 4 | matter | matter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 does | obj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | that matter | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent matter=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
It means Kieran can't be her friend
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 | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Kieran | Kieran | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 friend | nsubj |
| 4 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 friend | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 friend | advmod |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 friend | cop |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 friend | nmod:poss |
| 8 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | It | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | not is a | can | Kieran | Kieran's friend | tree rules |
Option 2
It doesn't matter, because friends always come first
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 matter | nsubj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 matter | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 matter | advmod |
| 4 | matter | matter | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 come | punct |
| 6 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 9 come | mark |
| 7 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 come | nsubj |
| 8 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 9 come | advmod |
| 9 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 matter | parataxis |
| 10 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 9 come | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not matter | present · do-support | It | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | come | present | friends | always, first property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
The truth matters even about your own friend
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 truth | det |
| 2 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 matters | nsubj |
| 3 | matters | matter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | even | even | ADV | _ | 8 friend | advmod |
| 5 | about | about | ADP | _ | 8 friend | case |
| 6 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 friend | nmod:poss |
| 7 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 friend | amod |
| 8 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 matters | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | matter | present | the truth | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 4
It means the Station Road kid is perfect
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 | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 kid | det |
| 4 | Station | Station | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Road | compound |
| 5 | Road | Road | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 kid | compound |
| 6 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 perfect | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 perfect | cop |
| 8 | perfect | perfect | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | It | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | the Road kid | perfect property | tree rules |
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