Test 2 · Walking away
«oi chicken, you just gonna walk off??» What does a wise kid do?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: oi chicken, wise kid · What happens: walk off, do
This is test 2 of lesson 371 «Walking away» 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: «oi chicken, you just gonna walk off??»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 chicken | punct |
| 2 | oi | oi | X | _ | 3 chicken | compound |
| 3 | chicken | chicken | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 walk | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 chicken | punct |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 walk | nsubj |
| 6 | just | just | ADV | _ | 8 walk | advmod |
| 7 | gonna | gonna | X | Foreign=Yes | 8 walk | dep |
| 8 | walk | walk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 9 | off | off | ADP | _ | 8 walk | compound:prt |
| 10 | ?? | ?? | PUNCT | _ | 8 walk | punct |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 walk | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walk off in a quote | infinitive | oi chicken | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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 does a wise kid do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 do | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 do | aux |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 kid | det |
| 4 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 kid | amod |
| 5 | kid | kid | 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 | present · do-support | a wise kid | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
Turn back and fight him, just to prove you're not
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turn | turn | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | back | back | ADV | _ | 1 Turn | advmod |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 fight | cc |
| 4 | fight | fight | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Turn | conj |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 fight | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 prove | punct |
| 7 | just | just | ADV | _ | 9 prove | advmod |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 prove | mark |
| 9 | prove | prove | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Turn | conj |
| 10 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 prove | obj |
| 11 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 prove | ccomp |
| 12 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 're | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn back | imperative | you not said here | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | fight | infinitive | you not said here | him = he | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | ||||
| 3 | prove | to-infinitive | you not said here | you | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme |
Option 2
Stand still and wait for him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stand | stand | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | still | still | ADV | _ | 1 Stand | advmod |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 wait | cc |
| 4 | wait | wait | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Stand | conj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 him | case |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 wait | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand | imperative | you not said here | still | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | wait | infinitive | you not said here | for him = he | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Shout a worse name back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shout | shout | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 name | det |
| 3 | worse | bad | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 name | amod |
| 4 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Shout | obj |
| 5 | back | back | ADV | _ | 1 Shout | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | imperative | you not said here | a worse name | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Topic |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Keep walking; names don't hurt like a fight
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | walking | walk | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 Keep | xcomp |
| 3 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 7 hurt | punct |
| 4 | names | name | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 hurt | nsubj |
| 5 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 hurt | aux |
| 6 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 hurt | advmod |
| 7 | hurt | hurt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Keep | advcl |
| 8 | like | like | ADP | _ | 10 fight | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 fight | det |
| 10 | fight | fight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 hurt | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | imperative | you not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | walk | gerund | you not said here | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | not hurt | present · do-support | names | like a fight | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
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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