Test 9 · Maddie the tomboy
«Mad Maddie lol». Can a joke nickname hurt?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: hurt · To what, where: joke nickname
This is test 9 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: «Mad Maddie lol».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 Mad | punct |
| 2 | Mad | Mad | PROPN | _ | root | root |
| 3 | Maddie | Maddie | PROPN | _ | 2 Mad | flat |
| 4 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 2 Mad | discourse |
| 5 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 Mad | punct |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 Mad | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: Can a joke nickname hurt?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 hurt | aux |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 nickname | det |
| 3 | joke | joke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 nickname | compound |
| 4 | nickname | nickname | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 hurt | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 hurt | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hurt | can · passive | a joke nickname | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Only if it's said in maths
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 5 said | advmod |
| 2 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 said | mark |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 said | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 said | aux:pass |
| 5 | said | say | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 maths | case |
| 7 | maths | math | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 said | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present · passive | it | maths | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: subject=Theme in math=Manner |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Yes, even a joke can sting
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 sting | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | even | even | ADV | _ | 5 joke | advmod |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 joke | det |
| 5 | joke | joke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sting | nsubj |
| 6 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 sting | aux |
| 7 | sting | sting | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sting | can | a joke | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3
Only if it's spelled wrong
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 5 spelled | advmod |
| 2 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 spelled | mark |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 spelled | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 spelled | aux:pass |
| 5 | spelled | spell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 spelled | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spell | present · passive | it | wrong property | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme |
Option 4
No, nicknames never hurt
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 nicknames | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | nicknames | nickname | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 hurt | nsubj |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 hurt | advmod |
| 5 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not hurt | past | nicknames | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
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