Test 6 · Our street against theirs
Maddie's new swimming mate is from Station Road. Kieran: «u can't hang with HER». Wise answer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: new swimming mate, u · What happens: be, not hang · To what, where: Station Road
This is test 6 of lesson 382 «Our street against theirs» 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: Maddie's new swimming mate is from Station Road.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maddie | Maddie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Maddie | case |
| 3 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 mate | amod |
| 4 | swimming | swimming | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 mate | compound |
| 5 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 Road | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 Road | cop |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 Road | case |
| 8 | Station | Station | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 Road | compound |
| 9 | Road | Road | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 Road | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Maddie's new swimming mate | Station Road | 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: Kieran: «u can't hang with HER».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kieran | Kieran | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 hang | vocative |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Kieran | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 hang | punct |
| 4 | u | you | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 hang | nsubj |
| 5 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 hang | aux |
| 6 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 hang | advmod |
| 7 | hang | hang | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 HER | case |
| 9 | HER | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 hang | obl |
| 10 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 7 hang | punct |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 hang | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not hang in a quote | can | u | with Kieran; Kieran vocative | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Sentence 3: Wise answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 answer | amod |
| 2 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 answer | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
OK, I'll stop talking to her from now on
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OK | ok | INTJ | _ | 5 stop | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 OK | punct |
| 3 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 stop | nsubj |
| 4 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 stop | aux |
| 5 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | talking | talk | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 stop | xcomp |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 her | case |
| 8 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 talking | obj |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 10 now | case |
| 10 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 stop | advmod |
| 11 | on | on | ADV | _ | 10 now | fixed |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | future | I | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | talk | gerund | I not said here | her = she | vn compel-59.1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent her=Patient |
Option 2
I'll pretend I don't know her when they're about
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 pretend | nsubj |
| 2 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 pretend | aux |
| 3 | pretend | pretend | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 know | nsubj |
| 5 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 know | aux |
| 6 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 know | advmod |
| 7 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 pretend | ccomp |
| 8 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 know | obj |
| 9 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 12 about | advmod |
| 10 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 about | nsubj |
| 11 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 about | cop |
| 12 | about | about | ADV | _ | 7 know | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pretend | future | I | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | not know | present · do-support | I | her = she | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | is | present | they | about property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
She's my mate, the street thing is daft
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 mate | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 mate | cop |
| 3 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 mate | nmod:poss |
| 4 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 daft | punct |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 thing | det |
| 7 | street | street | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 thing | compound |
| 8 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 daft | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 daft | cop |
| 10 | daft | daft | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 mate | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | She | my mate | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | the street thing | daft property | tree rules |
Option 4
I'll ask her to switch streets
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 ask | nsubj |
| 2 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 ask | aux |
| 3 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 ask | iobj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 switch | mark |
| 6 | switch | switch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 ask | xcomp |
| 7 | streets | street | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 switch | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | future | I | her = she | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | switch not said to happen | to-infinitive | I not said here | streets | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent street=Patient |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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