Test 11 · ★ · Girls who fight and double standards
Jake: «why does Maddie get let off, it's not fair». What can he do that actually helps?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: it, Jake, that · What happens: let off, not be, do, help · To what, where: Jake
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 381 «Girls who fight and double standards» 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: Jake: «why does Maddie get let off, it's not fair».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jake | Jake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 let | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 let | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 let | punct |
| 4 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 let | advmod |
| 5 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 let | aux |
| 6 | Maddie | Maddie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 let | nsubj |
| 7 | get | get | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 let | aux:pass |
| 8 | let | let | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | off | off | ADP | _ | 8 let | compound:prt |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 fair | punct |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 fair | nsubj |
| 12 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 fair | cop |
| 13 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 fair | advmod |
| 14 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 let | parataxis |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 14 fair | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 let | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let off in a quote | present · passive · do-support | Jake | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | not is in a quote | present | it | fair 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: What can he do that actually helps?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 7 helps | nsubj |
| 6 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 7 helps | advmod |
| 7 | helps | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | ccomp |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | can | Jake | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | help | present | that | actually property | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1
Shove Maddie again to make the point clear
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shove | shove | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | Maddie | Maddie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Shove | obj |
| 3 | again | again | ADV | _ | 1 Shove | advmod |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 make | mark |
| 5 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Shove | advcl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 point | det |
| 7 | point | point | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 make | obj |
| 8 | clear | clear | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 make | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shove | imperative | you not said here | Maddie | again | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent maddie=Theme | |||
| 2 | make | to-infinitive | you not said here | the point | clear property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset point=Product |
Option 2
Refuse to go to dinner
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Refuse | refuse | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | PART | _ | 3 go | mark |
| 3 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Refuse | xcomp |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 dinner | case |
| 5 | dinner | dinner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 go | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | refuse | imperative | you not said here | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | not go | to-infinitive | you not said here | dinner | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to dinner=Initial_Location |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Calmly ask the teacher later to treat them both the same
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Calmly | calmly | ADV | _ | 2 ask | advmod |
| 2 | ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 teacher | det |
| 4 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 later | obl:unmarked |
| 5 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 2 ask | advmod |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 treat | mark |
| 7 | treat | treat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 ask | advcl |
| 8 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 treat | obj |
| 9 | both | both | CCONJ | _ | 11 same | cc:preconj |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 same | det |
| 11 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 ask | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | calmly, late property | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | treat | to-infinitive | you not said here | them = they | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient |
Option 4
Tell everyone the dinner lady hates all the boys in the school
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 1 Tell | iobj |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 lady | det |
| 4 | dinner | dinner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 lady | compound |
| 5 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 hates | nsubj |
| 6 | hates | hate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Tell | ccomp |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 boys | det:predet |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 boys | det |
| 9 | boys | boy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 hates | obj |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 school | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 school | det |
| 12 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 hates | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | everyone | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | hate | present | the dinner lady | all boys | the school | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer boy=Stimulus |
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