Test 6 · ★★★ · Standing by a friend
Jake's mates: «Scaredy-Sam! Scaredy-Sam!» Jake says «leave it out, lads». Why's that a big deal?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Jake · What happens: say, leave out, be · To what, where: it, big deal · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★★★ of lesson 370 «Standing by a friend» 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: Jake's mates: «Scaredy-Sam!
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jake | Jake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 mates | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Jake | case |
| 3 | mates | mate | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 Scaredy | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 Scaredy | punct |
| 6 | Scaredy | Scaredy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 mates | nmod |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 Sam | punct |
| 8 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Scaredy | flat |
| 9 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 3 mates | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: Scaredy-Sam!»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scaredy | Scaredy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Sam | compound |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 1 Scaredy | punct |
| 3 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 3 Sam | punct |
| 5 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 Sam | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: Jake says «leave it out, lads».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jake | Jake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 leave | punct |
| 4 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 says | ccomp |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 leave | obj |
| 6 | out | out | ADP | _ | 4 leave | compound:prt |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 lads | punct |
| 8 | lads | lad | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 leave | obl |
| 9 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 leave | punct |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Jake | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | leave out in a quote | infinitive | it | lads obl | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Sentence 4: Why's that a big deal?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 deal | advmod |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 deal | cop |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 6 deal | mark |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 deal | det |
| 5 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 deal | amod |
| 6 | deal | deal | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 deal | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a big deal | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It's hard to stand up to your own friends
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 | 3 hard | expl |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 hard | cop |
| 3 | hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 stand | mark |
| 5 | stand | stand | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 hard | xcomp |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 stand | compound:prt |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 friends | case |
| 8 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 friends | nmod:poss |
| 9 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 friends | amod |
| 10 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 stand | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | hard property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | stand up | to-infinitive | to your own friends | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Jake just wanted them to be quiet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jake | Jake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 wanted | nsubj |
| 2 | just | just | ADV | _ | 3 wanted | advmod |
| 3 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 wanted | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 quiet | mark |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 quiet | cop |
| 7 | quiet | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 wanted | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | Jake | them = they | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot they=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is not said to happen | to-infinitive | them = they not said here | quiet property | tree rules |
Option 3
It means Jake is secretly scared of Sam
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 | Jake | Jake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 scared | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 scared | cop |
| 5 | secretly | secretly | ADV | _ | 6 scared | advmod |
| 6 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | ccomp |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 Sam | case |
| 8 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 scared | obl |
| # | 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 | Jake | of Sam; scared, secretly property | tree rules |
Option 4
It isn't, it's nothing at all
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 | 7 nothing | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 nothing | cop |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 nothing | advmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 nothing | punct |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 nothing | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 nothing | cop |
| 7 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | root | root |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 all | case |
| 9 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 nothing | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is a | present | It | nothing | all | tree rules |
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