Test 6 · Lily, the calm «princess»
«calm people don't get scared, they're just weird». True?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: calm people, people · What happens: not get, be
This is test 6 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: «calm people don't get scared, they're just weird».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 get | punct |
| 2 | calm | calm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 people | amod |
| 3 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 get | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 get | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 get | advmod |
| 6 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 get | xcomp |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 weird | punct |
| 9 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 weird | nsubj |
| 10 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 weird | cop |
| 11 | just | just | ADV | _ | 12 weird | advmod |
| 12 | weird | weird | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 get | parataxis |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 12 weird | punct |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 get | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not get in a quote | present · do-support | calm people | scared property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | people | weird 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: True?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | True | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 True | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, they feel fear but choose what to do
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 feel | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 feel | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 feel | nsubj |
| 4 | feel | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | fear | fear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 feel | obj |
| 6 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 7 choose | cc |
| 7 | choose | choose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 feel | conj |
| 8 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 10 do | obj |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 do | mark |
| 10 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 choose | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | present | they | fear | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fear=Theme | ||||
| 2 | choose | present | they not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | do | to-infinitive | they not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
Option 2
No, calm people are only pretending to be
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 pretending | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 pretending | punct |
| 3 | calm | calm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 people | amod |
| 4 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 pretending | nsubj |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 pretending | aux |
| 6 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 pretending | advmod |
| 7 | pretending | pretend | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 be | mark |
| 9 | be | be | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 pretending | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pretend | present · progressive | calm people | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | be | to-infinitive | calm people not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Yes, calm people are just slow
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 slow | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | calm | calm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 people | amod |
| 4 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 slow | nsubj |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 slow | cop |
| 6 | just | just | ADV | _ | 7 slow | advmod |
| 7 | slow | slow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | calm people | slow property | tree rules |
Option 4
Yes, calm people don't feel anything at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 feel | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | calm | calm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 people | amod |
| 4 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 feel | nsubj |
| 5 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 feel | aux |
| 6 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 feel | advmod |
| 7 | feel | feel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 7 feel | obj |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 all | case |
| 10 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 feel | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not feel | present · do-support | calm people | anything | all | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent anything=Theme at all=Location |
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