Test 8 · Maddie the tomboy
«dad said no boxing, so that's that forever». Is it?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad, that, boxing · What happens: say, be · To what, where: boxing · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 of lesson 378 «Maddie the tomboy» 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: «dad said no boxing, so that's that forever».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 said | punct |
| 2 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 said | nsubj |
| 3 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 5 boxing | det |
| 5 | boxing | boxing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 said | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 forever | punct |
| 7 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 11 forever | mark |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 11 forever | nsubj |
| 9 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 forever | cop |
| 10 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 11 forever | nsubj |
| 11 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 3 said | ccomp |
| 12 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 11 forever | punct |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert in a quote | past | dad | no boxing | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent boxing=Topic | ||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | that | forever 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: Is it?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Is | nsubj |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Is | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | present | boxing | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1
Yes, parents never change their minds
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 change | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 change | nsubj |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 change | advmod |
| 5 | change | change | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 minds | nmod:poss |
| 7 | minds | mind | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 change | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not change | present | parents | parents's minds | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Patient | ||||
| 2 | mind | parents = parent | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Not always, talking calmly can change a parent's mind
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 2 always | advmod |
| 2 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 7 change | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 always | punct |
| 4 | talking | talk | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 change | csubj |
| 5 | calmly | calmly | ADV | _ | 4 talking | advmod |
| 6 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 change | aux |
| 7 | change | change | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 parent | det |
| 9 | parent | parent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 mind | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 parent | case |
| 11 | mind | mind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 change | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | talk | gerund | calmly property | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | change | can | talking | a parent's mind | always property | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Patient | |||
| 3 | mind | a parent | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
Yes, unless she sulks for long enough to make him give in
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 sulks | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 sulks | punct |
| 3 | unless | unless | SCONJ | _ | 5 sulks | mark |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 sulks | nsubj |
| 5 | sulks | sulk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 long | case |
| 7 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 sulks | obj |
| 8 | enough | enough | ADV | _ | 7 long | advmod |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 make | mark |
| 10 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 sulks | advcl |
| 11 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 make | obj |
| 12 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 make | xcomp |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 give | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sulk | present | she | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | make | to-infinitive | she not said here | him = he | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | give in | infinitive | him = he not said here | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
No, she can just go without telling him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 go | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 go | nsubj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 go | aux |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 6 go | advmod |
| 6 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 8 telling | mark |
| 8 | telling | tell | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 go | advcl |
| 9 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 telling | iobj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | can | she | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | gerund | she not said here | him = he | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |
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