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Test 7 · ★ · Speaking up is bravery too

Teacher, a bit rattled: «Are you saying I'm unfair, Sam?» Best reply?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, I · What happens: rattle, say, be · To what, where: Teacher · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★ 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: Teacher, a bit rattled: «Are you saying I'm unfair, Sam?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rattled	obl:unmarked
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 rattled	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bit	det
4	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rattled	obl:unmarked
5	rattled	rattle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 rattled	punct
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 saying	punct
8	Are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 saying	aux
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 saying	nsubj
10	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 rattled	advcl
11	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 unfair	nsubj
12	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 unfair	cop
13	unfair	unfair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 saying	ccomp
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 Sam	punct
15	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 unfair	conj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 unfair	punct
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 saying	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rattle	participle		Teacher				a bit obl:unmarked	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: ask in a quote	present · progressive	you						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is in a quote	present	I					unfair 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: Best reply?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	2 reply	amod
2	reply	reply	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 reply	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

«Maddie told me to say it»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 told	punct
2	Maddie	Maddie	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 told	nsubj
3	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 told	iobj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 say	mark
6	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 told	xcomp
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 say	obj
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 told	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert in a quote	past	Maddie		me				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic
2	say speech: assert not said to happen, in a quote	to-infinitive	Maddie not said here	it					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Option 2

«Yeah, you're well unfair»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 unfair	punct
2	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	7 unfair	discourse
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 unfair	punct
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 unfair	nsubj
5	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 unfair	cop
6	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 unfair	advmod
7	unfair	unfair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 unfair	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	you					unfair, well property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

«No, Miss, I'm asking why the rules are different»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 asking	punct
2	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 Miss	discourse
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 Miss	punct
4	Miss	Miss	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 asking	vocative
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 asking	punct
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 asking	nsubj
7	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 asking	aux
8	asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
9	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	13 different	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 rules	det
11	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 different	nsubj
12	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 different	cop
13	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 asking	xcomp
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 asking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask in a quote	present · progressive	I					Miss vocative	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is not said to happen, in a quote	present	the rules					different property	tree rules

Option 4

«Forget it, Miss, I didn't say anything, honestly, nothing at all»

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Forget	punct
2	Forget	forget	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 Forget	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 Miss	punct
5	Miss	Miss	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Forget	vocative
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 say	punct
7	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 say	nsubj
8	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 say	aux
9	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 say	advmod
10	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 Forget	parataxis
11	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 say	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 honestly	punct
13	honestly	honestly	ADV	_	10 say	advmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 nothing	punct
15	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	10 say	parataxis
16	at	at	ADP	_	17 all	case
17	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	15 nothing	nmod
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Forget	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forget in a quote	imperative	you not said here	it				Miss vocative	tree rules
2	not say speech: assert in a quote	past · do-support	I	anything				honestly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent anything=Topic

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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