Test 9 · Walking away
Maddie: «If I walk off, they'll say I'm soft». What's true?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, they · What happens: walk off, say, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 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: Maddie: «If I walk off, they'll say I'm soft».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maddie | Maddie | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 11 say | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 11 say | punct |
| 4 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 walk | mark |
| 5 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 walk | nsubj |
| 6 | walk | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 say | advcl |
| 7 | off | off | ADP | _ | 6 walk | compound:prt |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 walk | punct |
| 9 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 say | nsubj |
| 10 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 say | aux |
| 11 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Maddie | parataxis |
| 12 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 14 soft | nsubj |
| 13 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 soft | cop |
| 14 | soft | soft | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 say | ccomp |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 14 soft | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Maddie | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walk off a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | I | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert in a quote | future | they | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | I | soft property | tree rules |
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 true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
She has to fight to keep her name in the playground
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 has | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 fight | mark |
| 4 | fight | fight | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 has | xcomp |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 keep | mark |
| 6 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 fight | advcl |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 name | nmod:poss |
| 8 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 keep | obj |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 playground | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 playground | det |
| 11 | playground | playground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 keep | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | She | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | fight | to-infinitive | She not said here | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | keep | to-infinitive | She not said here | her name | the playground | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent name=Theme in playground=Location | |||
| 4 | name | her = she | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Walking away from a bigger person is smart, not soft
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walking | walk | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 smart | csubj |
| 2 | away | away | ADV | _ | 1 Walking | advmod |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 person | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 person | det |
| 5 | bigger | big | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 person | amod |
| 6 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Walking | obl |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 smart | cop |
| 8 | smart | smart | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 soft | punct |
| 10 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 soft | advmod |
| 11 | soft | soft | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 smart | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walk away | gerund | from a bigger person; away property | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from person=Source | |||||
| 2 | is | present | Walking | smart property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | not be | Walking not said here | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Only boys can walk away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 boys | advmod |
| 2 | boys | boy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 walk | nsubj |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 walk | aux |
| 4 | walk | walk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | away | away | ADV | _ | 4 walk | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walk away | can | boys | away property | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
She should wait for them to hit first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 wait | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 wait | aux |
| 3 | wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 7 hit | mark |
| 5 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 hit | nsubj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 hit | mark |
| 7 | hit | hit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 wait | advcl |
| 8 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 7 hit | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | should | She | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | hit | to-infinitive | them = they | first property | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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