Test 5 · Respect: how it is earned
Connor: «I only hit her cos it's all for equality innit». Why do his mates go quiet?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Connor, it, mates · What happens: hit, be, go · To what, where: her
This is test 5 of lesson 385 «Respect: how it is earned» 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: Connor: «I only hit her cos it's all for equality innit».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Connor | Connor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 hit | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Connor | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 hit | punct |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 hit | nsubj |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 hit | advmod |
| 6 | hit | hit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 hit | obj |
| 8 | cos | cos | SCONJ | _ | 14 innit | mark |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 innit | nsubj |
| 10 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 innit | cop |
| 11 | all | all | ADV | _ | 14 innit | advmod |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 innit | case |
| 13 | equality | equality | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 innit | compound |
| 14 | innit | innit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 hit | obl |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 14 innit | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 hit | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hit in a quote | past | Connor | her = she | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme she=Co-Theme | ||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | it | for equality innit; all 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: Why do his mates go quiet?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 go | advmod |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 go | aux |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 mates | nmod:poss |
| 4 | mates | mate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 go | nsubj |
| 5 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | quiet | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 go | xcomp |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 go | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present · do-support | Connor's mates | quiet property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
They didn't hear him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 hear | nsubj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 hear | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 hear | advmod |
| 4 | hear | hear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 hear | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not hear | past · do-support | They | him = he | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
Option 2
They all agree with him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 agree | nsubj |
| 2 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 agree | nsubj |
| 3 | agree | agree | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 him | case |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 agree | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | agree speech: agree | present | They | with him = he | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent how S»: agent=Agent with he=Co-Agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Hurting someone and making excuses loses respect
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hurting | hurt | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 loses | csubj |
| 2 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 1 Hurting | obj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 making | cc |
| 4 | making | make | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 Hurting | conj |
| 5 | excuses | excuse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 making | obj |
| 6 | loses | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | respect | respect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 loses | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hurt | gerund | someone | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer someone=Patient | |||||
| 2 | make | gerund | excuses | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset excuse=Product | |||||
| 3 | lose | present | Hurting | respect | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent respect=Eventuality |
Option 4
They think it's funny that he did it and got away with it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 think | nsubj |
| 2 | think | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 funny | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 funny | cop |
| 5 | funny | funny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 think | ccomp |
| 6 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 8 did | mark |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 did | nsubj |
| 8 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 funny | advcl |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 did | obj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 got | cc |
| 11 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 think | conj |
| 12 | away | away | ADV | _ | 11 got | advmod |
| 13 | with | with | ADP | _ | 14 it | case |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 got | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | present | They | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | it | funny property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | do | past | he | it | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | ||||
| 4 | get away | past | They not said here | with it; away property | vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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