Test 4 · Lily, the calm «princess»
Kid in PE: «ur nose is pouring, tip ur head back!» What should Lily do?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: nose, Lily · What happens: pour, tip back, do · To what, where: head
This is test 4 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: Kid in PE: «ur nose is pouring, tip ur head back!»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 3 PE | case |
| 3 | PE | pe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Kid | nmod |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 pouring | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 9 pouring | punct |
| 6 | ur | your | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 nose | nmod:poss |
| 7 | nose | nose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 pouring | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 pouring | aux |
| 9 | pouring | pour | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Kid | parataxis |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 tip | punct |
| 11 | tip | tip | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 pouring | xcomp |
| 12 | ur | your | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 head | nmod:poss |
| 13 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 tip | obj |
| 14 | back | back | ADV | _ | 11 tip | advmod |
| 15 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 11 tip | punct |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 9 pouring | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pour in a quote | present · progressive | ur's nose | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | tip back in a quote | infinitive | ur's nose not said here | ur's head | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme |
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 should Lily do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | Lily | Lily | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | Lily | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
Tip her head right back, like she was told
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tip | tip | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 head | nmod:poss |
| 3 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tip | obj |
| 4 | right | right | ADV | _ | 5 back | advmod |
| 5 | back | back | ADV | _ | 1 Tip | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 told | punct |
| 7 | like | like | SCONJ | _ | 10 told | mark |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 told | nsubj |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 told | aux:pass |
| 10 | told | tell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Tip | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tip | imperative | you not said here | her head | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme | ||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | past · passive | she | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Lean forward and pinch the soft part
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lean | lean | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | forward | forward | ADV | _ | 1 Lean | advmod |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 pinch | cc |
| 4 | pinch | pinch | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Lean | conj |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 part | det |
| 6 | soft | soft | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 part | amod |
| 7 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 pinch | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lean | imperative | you not said here | forward property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | pinch | infinitive | you not said here | the soft part | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Theme |
Option 3
Keep playing and ignore it till it stops
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | playing | play | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 Keep | xcomp |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 ignore | cc |
| 4 | ignore | ignore | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Keep | conj |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 ignore | obj |
| 6 | till | till | SCONJ | _ | 8 stops | mark |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 stops | nsubj |
| 8 | stops | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 ignore | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | imperative | you not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | play | gerund | you not said here | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | ignore | present | you not said here | it | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 4 | stop | present | it | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Option 4
Lie down on the mat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lie | lie | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | down | down | ADV | _ | 1 Lie | advmod |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 mat | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 mat | det |
| 5 | mat | mat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Lie | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie down | imperative | you not said here | the mat | down property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on mat=Location |
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