Test 2 · Lily, the calm «princess»
Big fight at the back, whole class up on chairs yelling. Your best move?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: chairs, Your · What happens: yell, move
This is test 2 of lesson 386 «Lily, the calm «princess»» 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: Big fight at the back, whole class up on chairs yelling.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 fight | amod |
| 2 | fight | fight | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 back | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 back | det |
| 5 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 fight | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 class | punct |
| 7 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 class | amod |
| 8 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 fight | conj |
| 9 | up | up | ADP | _ | 8 class | compound:prt |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 chairs | case |
| 11 | chairs | chair | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 class | nmod |
| 12 | yelling | yell | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 11 chairs | acl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 fight | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yell speech: express | gerund | chairs not said here | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: 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: Your best move?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 move | nmod:poss |
| 2 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 3 move | amod |
| 3 | move | move | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 move | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move | Your | nom move «act intransitive»: poss=agent |
The options
Option 1
Get closer so you can see
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Get | get | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | closer | close | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 1 Get | xcomp |
| 3 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 see | advmod |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 see | nsubj |
| 5 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 see | aux |
| 6 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Get | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | imperative | you not said here | close property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | see | can | you | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Go and get a teacher straight away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 get | cc |
| 3 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Go | conj |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 teacher | det |
| 5 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 get | obj |
| 6 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 7 away | advmod |
| 7 | away | away | ADV | _ | 3 get | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | imperative | you not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | get | infinitive | you not said here | a teacher | away property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer teacher=Stimulus |
Option 3
Shout for your mate to win
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shout | shout | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 mate | case |
| 3 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 mate | nmod:poss |
| 4 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Shout | obl |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 win | mark |
| 6 | win | win | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Shout | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | imperative | you not said here | for your mate | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for mate=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | win | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Start filming it for the group chat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Start | start | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | filming | film | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 Start | xcomp |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 filming | obj |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 chat | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 chat | det |
| 6 | group | group | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 chat | compound |
| 7 | chat | chat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 filming | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start | imperative | you not said here | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | film | gerund | you not said here | it | for the group chat | vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
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