Test 10 · ★ · Maddie and Chloe's plaits
«I was just embarrassed, that's why». Does that make it OK?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: I, that · What happens: be, make · To what, where: it
This is test 10 · ★ 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: «I was just embarrassed, that's why».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 embarrassed | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 embarrassed | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 embarrassed | cop |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 embarrassed | advmod |
| 5 | embarrassed | embarrassed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 why | punct |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 9 why | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 why | cop |
| 9 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 embarrassed | parataxis |
| 10 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 9 why | punct |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 embarrassed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | past | I | embarrassed property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | that | why 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: Does that make it OK?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 make | aux |
| 2 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 make | nsubj |
| 3 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 make | obj |
| 5 | OK | ok | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 make | xcomp |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 make | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present · do-support | that | it | ok property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product |
The options
Option 1
No, embarrassment isn't a real feeling
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 8 feeling | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | embarrassment | embarrassment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 feeling | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 feeling | cop |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 feeling | advmod |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 feeling | det |
| 7 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 feeling | amod |
| 8 | feeling | feeling | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is a | present | embarrassment | a real feeling | tree rules |
Option 2
Yes, embarrassment excuses anything you do
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 anything | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | embarrassment | embarrassment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 excuses | compound |
| 4 | excuses | excuse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 anything | compound |
| 5 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | root | root |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 do | nsubj |
| 7 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 anything | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | you | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Yes, if you were very, very embarrassed at the time
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 9 embarrassed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 9 embarrassed | mark |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 embarrassed | nsubj |
| 5 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 embarrassed | cop |
| 6 | very | very | ADV | _ | 9 embarrassed | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 very | punct |
| 8 | very | very | ADV | _ | 9 embarrassed | advmod |
| 9 | embarrassed | embarrassed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 time | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 time | det |
| 12 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 embarrassed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | you | time | embarrassed property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, it explains it but doesn't make it OK
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 explains | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 explains | nsubj |
| 4 | explains | explain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 explains | obj |
| 6 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 9 make | cc |
| 7 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 make | aux |
| 8 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 make | advmod |
| 9 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 explains | conj |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 make | obj |
| 11 | OK | ok | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 make | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | explain speech: assert | present | it | it | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | ||||
| 2 | not make | present · do-support | it | ok property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product |
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