Test 8 · ★★★ · Maddie's nose and Connor's «equality»
Maddie: «I'm still angry but I know I shoved him too». Can both be true?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Maddie, I · What happens: be, know, shove · To what, where: Maddie · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★★★ 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: Maddie: «I'm still angry but I know I shoved him too».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maddie | Maddie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 angry | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 angry | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 angry | punct |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 angry | nsubj |
| 5 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 angry | cop |
| 6 | still | still | ADV | _ | 7 angry | advmod |
| 7 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 10 know | cc |
| 9 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 know | nsubj |
| 10 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 angry | conj |
| 11 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 shoved | nsubj |
| 12 | shoved | shove | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 know | ccomp |
| 13 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 shoved | obj |
| 14 | too | too | ADV | _ | 12 shoved | advmod |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 10 know | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 angry | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | Maddie | still | angry property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | know in a quote | present | I | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | shove in a quote | past | I | Maddie | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
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: Can both be true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 true | aux |
| 2 | both | both | ADV | _ | 4 true | advmod |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 true | cop |
| 4 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | can | both, true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Yes, you can own your part and still be angry
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 own | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 own | nsubj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 own | aux |
| 5 | own | own | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 part | nmod:poss |
| 7 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 own | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 angry | cc |
| 9 | still | still | ADV | _ | 11 angry | advmod |
| 10 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 11 angry | cop |
| 11 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 own | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | own | can | you | your part | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot part=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | infinitive | you not said here | still | angry property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Only if Connor says sorry to her first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 4 says | advmod |
| 2 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 4 says | mark |
| 3 | Connor | Connor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 says | xcomp |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 her | case |
| 7 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 sorry | obl |
| 8 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 4 says | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: apologize | present | Connor | first, sorry property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
No, angry people can never admit anything
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 angry | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 people | amod |
| 4 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 admit | nsubj |
| 5 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 admit | aux |
| 6 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 7 admit | advmod |
| 7 | admit | admit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 7 admit | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not admit speech: other | can | angry people | anything | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Theme |
Option 4
No, if you were the one who shoved first you can't be angry
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 one | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 one | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 one | mark |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 one | nsubj |
| 5 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 one | cop |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 one | det |
| 7 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 shoved | nsubj |
| 9 | shoved | shove | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 one | acl:relcl |
| 10 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 9 shoved | advmod |
| 11 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 15 angry | nsubj |
| 12 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 15 angry | aux |
| 13 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 15 angry | advmod |
| 14 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 15 angry | cop |
| 15 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 one | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | you | the one | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | shove | past | the one | first property | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | not is | can | you | the one not said here | angry property | tree rules |
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