Test 8 · ★ · Speaking up is bravery too
«it's just a laugh, Lily, we only tug it cos we like u». What's Lily's best reply?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: it, we, best reply, Lily · What happens: be, tug, like, reply · To what, where: laugh, u
This is test 8 · ★ 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: «it's just a laugh, Lily, we only tug it cos we like u».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 laugh | punct |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 laugh | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 laugh | cop |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 6 laugh | advmod |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 laugh | det |
| 6 | laugh | laugh | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 tug | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 Lily | punct |
| 8 | Lily | Lily | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 laugh | appos |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 laugh | punct |
| 10 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 tug | nsubj |
| 11 | only | only | ADV | _ | 12 tug | advmod |
| 12 | tug | tug | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 tug | obj |
| 14 | cos | cos | SCONJ | _ | 16 like | mark |
| 15 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 16 like | nsubj |
| 16 | like | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 tug | advcl |
| 17 | u | u | X | _ | 16 like | obj |
| 18 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 17 u | punct |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 tug | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | it | a laugh | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | tug in a quote | present | we | laugh | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ||||
| 3 | like in a quote | present | we | u | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot u=Theme |
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 Lily's best reply?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | Lily | Lily | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 reply | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 Lily | case |
| 5 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 6 reply | amod |
| 6 | reply | reply | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Lily's best reply | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | reply | Lily | nom reply «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
«OK, tug it a bit harder then»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 tug | punct |
| 2 | OK | ok | INTJ | _ | 4 tug | discourse |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 OK | punct |
| 4 | tug | tug | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 tug | obj |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 bit | det |
| 7 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 harder | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | harder | hard | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 tug | xcomp |
| 9 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 tug | advmod |
| 10 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 tug | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tug in a quote | imperative | you not said here | it | then | hard property | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
Option 2
Pull their hair back hard
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pull | pull | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 hair | nmod:poss |
| 3 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Pull | obj |
| 4 | back | back | ADV | _ | 1 Pull | advmod |
| 5 | hard | hard | ADV | Degree=Pos | 1 Pull | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pull back | imperative | you not said here | their hair | hard property | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Theme |
Option 3
Say nothing and cry later
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 1 Say | obj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 cry | cc |
| 4 | cry | cry | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Say | conj |
| 5 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 4 cry | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | nothing | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic | ||||
| 2 | cry speech: express | infinitive | you not said here | late property | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
«I don't like it. Stop.»
Sentence 1: «I don't like it.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 like | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 like | nsubj |
| 3 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 like | aux |
| 4 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 like | advmod |
| 5 | like | like | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 like | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 like | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not like in a quote | present · do-support | I | it | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme |
Sentence 2: Stop.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stop | stop | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Stop | punct |
| 3 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 1 Stop | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | imperative | you not said here | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
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