Test 1 · ★★ · Getting help is not telling tales «u told ur MUM?? grass». Sam's been dodging the bus shelter boys for 3 weeks. Was he right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: u, Sam · What happens: tell, dodge, be · To what, where: grass, MUM, shelter boys · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 369 «Getting help is not telling tales» 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: «u told ur MUM?? grass».
punct nsubj nmod:poss iobj punct obl punct punct root « PUNCT u PRON told VERB ur PRON MUM NOUN ?? PUNCT grass NOUN » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 « « PUNCT _ 3 told punct 2 u you PRON Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 3 told nsubj 3 told tell VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 ur your PRON Abbr=Yes Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 MUM nmod:poss 5 MUM mum NOUN Number=Sing 3 told iobj 6 ?? ?? PUNCT _ 7 grass punct 7 grass grass NOUN Number=Sing 3 told obl 8 » » PUNCT _ 3 told punct 9 . . 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 u grass ur's MUM vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient
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: Sam's been dodging the bus shelter boys for 3 weeks.
nsubj aux aux det compound compound obj case nummod obl punct root Sam PROPN 's AUX been AUX dodging VERB the DET bus NOUN shelter NOUN boys NOUN for ADP 3 NUM weeks NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Sam Sam PROPN Number=Sing 4 dodging nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 dodging aux 3 been be AUX Tense=Past VerbForm=Part 4 dodging aux 4 dodging dodge VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 boys det 6 bus bus NOUN Number=Sing 7 shelter compound 7 shelter shelter NOUN Number=Sing 8 boys compound 8 boys boy NOUN Number=Plur 4 dodging obj 9 for for ADP _ 11 weeks case 10 3 3 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 11 weeks nummod 11 weeks week NOUN Number=Plur 4 dodging obl 12 . . PUNCT _ 4 dodging punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 dodge present · progressive Sam the shelter boys week vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent boy=Location
Sentence 3: Was he right?
cop nsubj punct root Was AUX he PRON right ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 right cop 2 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 right nsubj 3 right right ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 right punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is past Sam right property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice No, he should've waited longer
discourse punct nsubj aux aux advmod root No INTJ , PUNCT he PRON should AUX 've AUX waited VERB longer ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no INTJ Polarity=Neg 6 waited discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 No punct 3 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 waited nsubj 4 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 6 waited aux 5 've have AUX VerbForm=Inf 6 waited aux 6 waited wait VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part root root 7 longer long ADV Degree=Cmp 6 waited advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 wait should · perfect he long property vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 2 Yes, but only because he's a baby
discourse punct cc advmod mark nsubj cop det root Yes INTJ , PUNCT but CCONJ only ADV because SCONJ he PRON 's AUX a DET baby NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 9 baby discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Yes punct 3 but but CCONJ _ 9 baby cc 4 only only ADV _ 9 baby advmod 5 because because SCONJ _ 9 baby mark 6 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 baby nsubj 7 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 baby cop 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 baby det 9 baby baby NOUN Number=Sing root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present he a baby tree rules
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer Yes, it was getting help, not grassing
discourse punct nsubj aux obj punct advmod conj root Yes INTJ , PUNCT it PRON was AUX getting VERB help NOUN , PUNCT not PART grassing VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 5 getting discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Yes punct 3 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 getting nsubj 4 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 getting aux 5 getting get VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 6 help help NOUN Number=Sing 5 getting obj 7 , , PUNCT _ 9 grassing punct 8 not not PART Polarity=Neg 9 grassing advmod 9 grassing grass VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 5 getting conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 get past · progressive it help vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer help=Stimulus 2 not grass gerund vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent
Option 4 No, he should have sorted it all out by himself
discourse punct nsubj aux aux obj det compound:prt case obl root No INTJ , PUNCT he PRON should AUX have AUX sorted VERB it PRON all DET out ADP by ADP himself PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no INTJ Polarity=Neg 6 sorted discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 No punct 3 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 sorted nsubj 4 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 6 sorted aux 5 have have AUX VerbForm=Inf 6 sorted aux 6 sorted sort VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part root root 7 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 sorted obj 8 all all DET PronType=Tot 7 it det 9 out out ADP _ 6 sorted compound:prt 10 by by ADP _ 11 himself case 11 himself himself PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes 6 sorted obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 sort out should · perfect he it by himself = he vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
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