Test 3 · ★ · Maddie and Chloe's plaits
«give her a sweet, she'll be fine». Will a sweet fix it?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, she, sweet · What happens: give, be, fix · To what, where: sweet, her, it
This is test 3 · ★ 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: «give her a sweet, she'll be fine».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 give | punct |
| 2 | give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 give | iobj |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 sweet | det |
| 5 | sweet | sweet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 give | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 fine | punct |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 fine | nsubj |
| 8 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 fine | aux |
| 9 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 10 fine | cop |
| 10 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 give | conj |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 10 fine | punct |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 give | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give in a quote | imperative | you not said here | a sweet | her = she | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient sweet=Theme | |||
| 2 | is in a quote | future | she | 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: Will a sweet fix it?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 fix | aux |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 sweet | det |
| 3 | sweet | sweet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 fix | nsubj |
| 4 | fix | fix | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 fix | obj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 fix | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fix | future | a sweet | it | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, she needs a real sorry, not a gift
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 needs | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 needs | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 needs | nsubj |
| 4 | needs | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 sorry | det |
| 6 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 sorry | amod |
| 7 | sorry | sorry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 needs | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 gift | punct |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 gift | advmod |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 gift | det |
| 11 | gift | gift | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sorry | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present | she | a real sorry and a gift | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot sorry=Theme |
Option 2
Yes, sweets fix anything, they always do
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 fix | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 fix | punct |
| 3 | sweets | sweet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 fix | nsubj |
| 4 | fix | fix | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 4 fix | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 fix | punct |
| 7 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 do | nsubj |
| 8 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 9 do | advmod |
| 9 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 fix | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fix | present | sweets | anything | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent anything=Patient |
Option 3
Yes, as long as it's chocolate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 long | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | as | as | ADV | _ | 4 long | advmod |
| 4 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | as | as | ADP | _ | 8 chocolate | case |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 chocolate | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 chocolate | cop |
| 8 | chocolate | chocolate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 long | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | it | as chocolate | tree rules |
Option 4
Only if it's a really big bag of sweets
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 8 bag | advmod |
| 2 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 bag | mark |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 bag | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 bag | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 bag | det |
| 6 | really | really | ADV | _ | 7 big | advmod |
| 7 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 bag | amod |
| 8 | bag | bag | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 sweets | case |
| 10 | sweets | sweet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 bag | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a big bag | of sweets | tree rules |
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