Test 8 · ★ · Maddie and Chloe's plaits
«chloe asked MADDIE for football help?? after the plaits thing??» What does it show?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: chloe, thing · What happens: ask, help, show · To what, where: MADDIE · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★ 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: «chloe asked MADDIE for football help?? after the plaits thing??»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 asked | punct |
| 2 | chloe | chloe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 asked | nsubj |
| 3 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | MADDIE | MADDIE | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 asked | iobj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 football | case |
| 6 | football | football | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 help | obl |
| 7 | help | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 asked | ccomp |
| 8 | ?? | ?? | ADV | _ | 7 help | advmod |
| 9 | after | after | ADP | _ | 12 thing | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 thing | det |
| 11 | plaits | plait | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 thing | compound |
| 12 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 help | obl |
| 13 | ?? | ?? | PUNCT | _ | 7 help | punct |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 asked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask in a quote | past | chloe | MADDIE | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent maddie=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | help in a quote | present | after the plaits thing | for football | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
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: What does it show?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 show | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 show | aux |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 show | nsubj |
| 4 | show | show | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 show | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present · do-support | thing | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Chloe secretly wanted to get her back later
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chloe | Chloe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 wanted | nsubj |
| 2 | secretly | secretly | ADV | _ | 3 wanted | advmod |
| 3 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 get | mark |
| 5 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 wanted | xcomp |
| 6 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 get | obj |
| 7 | back | back | ADV | _ | 5 get | advmod |
| 8 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 5 get | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | Chloe | secretly property | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | ||||
| 2 | get back not said to happen | to-infinitive | Chloe not said here | Chloe | late property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus |
Option 2
Maddie bullied her into saying it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maddie | Maddie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 bullied | nsubj |
| 2 | bullied | bully | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 bullied | obj |
| 4 | into | into | SCONJ | _ | 5 saying | mark |
| 5 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 bullied | advcl |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 saying | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bully | past | Maddie | her = she | vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | gerund | Maddie not said here | it | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Trust can come back slowly after a proper sorry
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trust | trust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 come | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 come | aux |
| 3 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | back | back | ADV | _ | 3 come | advmod |
| 5 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 3 come | advmod |
| 6 | after | after | ADP | _ | 9 sorry | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 sorry | det |
| 8 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 sorry | amod |
| 9 | sorry | sorry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 come | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come back | can | Trust | after a proper sorry | slowly property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Chloe has a really bad memory for things
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chloe | Chloe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 has | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 memory | det |
| 4 | really | really | ADV | _ | 5 bad | advmod |
| 5 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 memory | amod |
| 6 | memory | memory | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 has | obj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 things | case |
| 8 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 memory | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | Chloe | a bad memory | for things | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent memory=Patient |
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