Test 10 · ★★★ · Maddie's nose and Connor's «equality»
«Sam asked if her nose hurt, so soppy». Was it soppy?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Sam, nose · What happens: ask, hurt, be
This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 379 «Maddie's nose and Connor's «equality»» 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: «Sam asked if her nose hurt, so soppy».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 asked | punct |
| 2 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 asked | nsubj |
| 3 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 hurt | mark |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 nose | nmod:poss |
| 6 | nose | nose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 hurt | nsubj |
| 7 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 asked | ccomp |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 soppy | punct |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 soppy | advmod |
| 10 | soppy | soppy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 asked | ccomp |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 10 soppy | punct |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 asked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask in a quote | past | Sam | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | hurt a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | past | Sam's nose | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
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: Was it soppy?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 soppy | cop |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 soppy | nsubj |
| 3 | soppy | soppy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 soppy | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | nose | soppy property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Yes, it was none of his business at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 none | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 none | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 none | cop |
| 5 | none | none | PRON | PronType=Neg | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 business | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 business | nmod:poss |
| 8 | business | business | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 none | nmod |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 all | case |
| 10 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 none | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | it | none | all | of his business | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, it was a small kindness she remembered
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 kindness | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 kindness | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 kindness | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 kindness | det |
| 6 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 kindness | amod |
| 7 | kindness | kindness | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 remembered | nsubj |
| 9 | remembered | remember | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 kindness | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | it | a small kindness | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | remember | past | she | a small kindness not said here | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent kindness=Theme |
Option 3
No, he was only asking because he was bored
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 asking | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 asking | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 asking | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 asking | aux |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 asking | advmod |
| 6 | asking | ask | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 10 bored | mark |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 bored | nsubj |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 bored | cop |
| 10 | bored | bored | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 asking | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | past · progressive | he | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | past | he | bored property | tree rules |
Option 4
Yes, he should have laughed along with the rest
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 laughed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 laughed | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 laughed | aux |
| 5 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 laughed | aux |
| 6 | laughed | laugh | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | along | along | ADV | _ | 6 laughed | advmod |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 rest | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 rest | det |
| 10 | rest | rest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 laughed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh | should · perfect · passive | he | with the rest; along property | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
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