Test 9 · ★ · Speaking up is bravery too
«He said my mum's gonna die so I hit him». What should the head teacher do?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: He, mum, I, head teacher · What happens: say, die, hit, do · To what, where: him · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★ 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: «He said my mum's gonna die so I hit him».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 said | punct |
| 2 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 said | nsubj |
| 3 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 mum | nmod:poss |
| 5 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 die | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 mum | case |
| 7 | gonna | gonna | X | Foreign=Yes | 8 die | dep |
| 8 | die | die | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 said | ccomp |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 hit | advmod |
| 10 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 hit | nsubj |
| 11 | hit | hit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 die | advcl |
| 12 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 hit | obj |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 said | punct |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert in a quote | past | He | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | die in a quote | infinitive | my mum | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | |||||
| 3 | hit in a quote | past | I | him = he | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=Co-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 should the head teacher do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 do | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 do | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 teacher | det |
| 4 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 teacher | compound |
| 5 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 do | nsubj |
| 6 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | the head teacher | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
Punish only the other boy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Punish | punish | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 boy | advmod |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 boy | det |
| 4 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 boy | amod |
| 5 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Punish | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | punish | imperative | you not said here | the other boy | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Patient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Help Jake with his worry and still deal with the hitting
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Help | help | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | Jake | Jake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Help | obj |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 worry | case |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 worry | nmod:poss |
| 5 | worry | worry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Help | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 deal | cc |
| 7 | still | still | ADV | _ | 8 deal | advmod |
| 8 | deal | deal | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Help | conj |
| 9 | with | with | SCONJ | _ | 11 hitting | mark |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 hitting | det |
| 11 | hitting | hit | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 deal | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | imperative | you not said here | Jake | with Jake's worry | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent jake=Beneficiary with worry=Theme | |||
| 2 | deal | present | you not said here | still | vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | hit | gerund | you not said here | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | worry | Jake | nom worry «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
Tell Jake his mum is fine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | Jake | Jake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Tell | obj |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 mum | nmod:poss |
| 4 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 fine | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 fine | cop |
| 6 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Tell | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | Jake | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent jake=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | is | present | Jake's mum | fine property | tree rules |
Option 4
Let Jake off completely because of his mum
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | Jake | Jake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Let | obj |
| 3 | off | off | ADP | _ | 1 Let | compound:prt |
| 4 | completely | completely | ADV | _ | 1 Let | advmod |
| 5 | because | because | ADP | ExtPos=ADP | 8 mum | case |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 because | fixed |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 mum | nmod:poss |
| 8 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Let | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let off | imperative | you not said here | Jake | because Jake's mum; completely property | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jake=Theme |
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