Test 1 · ★ · Maddie and Chloe's plaits
«she laughed at my trousers so i yanked her plaits, she started it». Fair?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: she, i · What happens: laugh, yank, start · To what, where: trousers, plaits, it
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 380 «Maddie and Chloe's plaits» 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: «she laughed at my trousers so i yanked her plaits, she started it».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 laughed | punct |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 laughed | nsubj |
| 3 | laughed | laugh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 trousers | case |
| 5 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 trousers | nmod:poss |
| 6 | trousers | trousers | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 laughed | obl |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 yanked | advmod |
| 8 | i | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 yanked | nsubj |
| 9 | yanked | yank | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 laughed | advcl |
| 10 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 plaits | nmod:poss |
| 11 | plaits | plait | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 yanked | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 started | punct |
| 13 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 started | nsubj |
| 14 | started | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 laughed | parataxis |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 started | obj |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 14 started | punct |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 laughed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh in a quote | past | she | my trousers | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | yank in a quote | past | i | her plaits | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent plait=Patient | ||||
| 3 | start in a quote | past | she | it | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
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: Fair?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Fair | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
Yes, plaits are made for pulling, everyone knows
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 made | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | plaits | plait | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 made | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 made | aux:pass |
| 5 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 pulling | case |
| 7 | pulling | pulling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 made | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 knows | punct |
| 9 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 10 knows | nsubj |
| 10 | knows | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 made | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present · passive | plaits | for pulling | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: subject=Product for pulling=Asset | ||||
| 2 | know | present | everyone | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2
Only if her plaits are really long
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 7 long | advmod |
| 2 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 long | mark |
| 3 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 plaits | nmod:poss |
| 4 | plaits | plait | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 long | nsubj |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 long | cop |
| 6 | really | really | ADV | _ | 7 long | advmod |
| 7 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | her plaits | long property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
No, laughing isn't an excuse for hurting her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 laughing | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 laughing | punct |
| 3 | laughing | laugh | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 excuse | csubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 excuse | cop |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 excuse | advmod |
| 6 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 excuse | det |
| 7 | excuse | excuse | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 9 hurting | mark |
| 9 | hurting | hurt | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 excuse | acl |
| 10 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 hurting | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh | gerund | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | not is a | present | laughing | a excuse | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | hurt | gerund | a excuse not said here | her = she | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Patient |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, because she was the one who started it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 one | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 one | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 7 one | mark |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 one | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 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 started | nsubj |
| 9 | started | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 one | acl:relcl |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 started | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | she | the one | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | start | past | the one | it | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
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