Test 2 · ★ · Maddie and Chloe's plaits
«it's just hair pulling, doesn't even hurt». True?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: it, hair · What happens: be, pull, not hurt · To what, where: hair
This is test 2 · ★ 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: «it's just hair pulling, doesn't even hurt».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 hair | punct |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 hair | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 hair | cop |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 hair | advmod |
| 5 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | pulling | pull | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 hair | acl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 hurt | punct |
| 8 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 hurt | aux |
| 9 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 hurt | advmod |
| 10 | even | even | ADV | _ | 11 hurt | advmod |
| 11 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 5 hair | parataxis |
| 12 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 11 hurt | punct |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 hair | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | it | hair | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | pull in a quote | gerund | hair not said here | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | not hurt in a quote | present · do-support | 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: True?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | True | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 True | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
Yes, only babies cry about having their hair pulled
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 cry | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 babies | advmod |
| 4 | babies | baby | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 cry | nsubj |
| 5 | cry | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | about | about | SCONJ | _ | 7 having | mark |
| 7 | having | have | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 cry | advcl |
| 8 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 hair | nmod:poss |
| 9 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 having | obj |
| 10 | pulled | pull | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 having | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cry speech: express | present | babies | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | have | gerund | babies not said here | babies's hair | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | pull | participle | babies's hair not said here | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
No, it hurts and the head can be sore for days
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 hurts | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 hurts | nsubj |
| 4 | hurts | hurt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 sore | cc |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 head | det |
| 7 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 sore | nsubj |
| 8 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 sore | aux |
| 9 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 10 sore | cop |
| 10 | sore | sore | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 hurts | conj |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 days | case |
| 12 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 sore | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hurt | present | it | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | is | can | the head | day | sore property | tree rules |
Option 3
No, but it stops hurting at once
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 stops | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 stops | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 5 stops | cc |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 stops | nsubj |
| 5 | stops | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | hurting | hurt | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 stops | xcomp |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 once | case |
| 8 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 6 hurting | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | present | it | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | hurt | gerund | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, hair can't feel anything, it's not alive
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 feel | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 feel | nsubj |
| 4 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 feel | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 feel | advmod |
| 6 | feel | feel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 6 feel | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 alive | punct |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 alive | nsubj |
| 10 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 alive | cop |
| 11 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 alive | advmod |
| 12 | alive | alive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 feel | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not feel | can | hair | anything | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Theme | ||||
| 2 | not is | present | hair | alive property | tree rules |
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