Test 11 · Jake and the head teacher
Teacher asks: «When you feel the anger rising in class, Jake, what could you do?» Best answer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Teacher, you, anger · What happens: ask, feel, rise, do · To what, where: anger, class · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 of lesson 373 «Jake and the head teacher» 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: Teacher asks: «When you feel the anger rising in class, Jake, what could you do?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 asks | nsubj |
| 2 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 2 asks | punct |
| 4 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 feel | punct |
| 5 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 feel | advmod |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 feel | nsubj |
| 7 | feel | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 asks | parataxis |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 anger | det |
| 9 | anger | anger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 feel | obj |
| 10 | rising | rise | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 anger | acl |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 class | case |
| 12 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 rising | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 Jake | punct |
| 14 | Jake | Jake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 feel | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 do | punct |
| 16 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 19 do | obj |
| 17 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 19 do | aux |
| 18 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 19 do | nsubj |
| 19 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 feel | conj |
| 20 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 asks | punct |
| 21 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 asks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | Teacher | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | feel in a quote | present | you | the anger | Jake obl | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anger=Theme | |||
| 3 | rise in a quote | gerund | the anger not said here | class | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in class=Location | ||||
| 4 | do in a quote | could | you | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
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: Best answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 2 answer | amod |
| 2 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 answer | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Show my calm card and step out to cool off
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Show | show | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 card | nmod:poss |
| 3 | calm | calm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 card | amod |
| 4 | card | card | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Show | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 step | cc |
| 6 | step | step | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Show | conj |
| 7 | out | out | ADV | _ | 6 step | advmod |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 cool | mark |
| 9 | cool | cool | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 step | advcl |
| 10 | off | off | ADP | _ | 9 cool | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | imperative | you not said here | my calm card | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent card=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | step out | infinitive | you not said here | out property | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | cool off | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 2
Hit the desk instead of hitting a person, then sit down
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hit | hit | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 desk | det |
| 3 | desk | desk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Hit | obj |
| 4 | instead | instead | ADV | ExtPos=SCONJ | 6 hitting | mark |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 instead | fixed |
| 6 | hitting | hit | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Hit | advcl |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 person | det |
| 8 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 hitting | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 sit | punct |
| 10 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 11 sit | advmod |
| 11 | sit | sit | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Hit | conj |
| 12 | down | down | ADP | _ | 11 sit | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hit | imperative | you not said here | the desk | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme desk=Co-Theme | ||||
| 2 | hit | gerund | you not said here | a person | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme person=Co-Theme | ||||
| 3 | sit down | infinitive | you not said here | then | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Shout until it goes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shout | shout | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 4 goes | mark |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 goes | nsubj |
| 4 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Shout | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | imperative | you not said here | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | go | present | it | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Keep it in until home time
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Keep | obj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 1 Keep | compound:prt |
| 4 | until | until | ADP | _ | 6 time | case |
| 5 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 time | compound |
| 6 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Keep | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep in | imperative | you not said here | it | time | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
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