Test 5 · ★★★ · Maddie's nose and Connor's «equality»
«Connor's dad said she was asking for it, so it's fine then». Is it?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad, Connor, it · What happens: say, ask, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★★★ 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: «Connor's dad said she was asking for it, so it's fine then».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 said | punct |
| 2 | Connor | Connor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 dad | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 Connor | case |
| 4 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 said | nsubj |
| 5 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 asking | nsubj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 asking | aux |
| 8 | asking | ask | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 said | ccomp |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 it | case |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 asking | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 fine | punct |
| 12 | so | so | ADV | _ | 15 fine | advmod |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 fine | expl |
| 14 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 fine | cop |
| 15 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 said | ccomp |
| 16 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 15 fine | advmod |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 15 fine | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert in a quote | past | Connor's dad | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask in a quote | past · progressive | Connor | for it | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | then | fine 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 | it | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1
Yes, because dads always know best
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 know | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 know | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 6 know | mark |
| 4 | dads | dad | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 know | nsubj |
| 5 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 6 know | advmod |
| 6 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 6 know | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | present | dads | best | always property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer good=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
No, it's an excuse, not a reason
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 excuse | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 excuse | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 excuse | cop |
| 5 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 excuse | det |
| 6 | excuse | excuse | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 reason | punct |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 reason | advmod |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 reason | det |
| 10 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 excuse | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a excuse and a reason | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Only if she actually asked out loud
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 5 asked | advmod |
| 2 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 asked | mark |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 asked | nsubj |
| 4 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 5 asked | advmod |
| 5 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | out | out | ADV | _ | 5 asked | advmod |
| 7 | loud | loud | ADV | _ | 5 asked | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask out speech: ask | past | she | actually, loud, out property | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Yes, if a grown-up says so it's true
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 8 says | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 says | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 says | mark |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 up | det |
| 5 | grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 up | amod |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 up | punct |
| 7 | up | up | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 says | nsubj |
| 8 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 12 true | advmod |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 true | nsubj |
| 11 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 true | cop |
| 12 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 says | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | participle | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | a grown up | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is | present | up | true property | tree rules |
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