Test 7 · Lily, the calm «princess»
Mum: «Run like that and you're not very ladylike.» What did Lily do that was wise?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mum, you, Lily, that · What happens: run, not be, do, be
This is test 7 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: Mum: «Run like that and you're not very ladylike.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 Run | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 Run | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 Run | punct |
| 4 | Run | run | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | like | like | ADP | _ | 6 that | case |
| 6 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 Run | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 ladylike | cc |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 12 ladylike | nsubj |
| 9 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 ladylike | cop |
| 10 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 ladylike | advmod |
| 11 | very | very | ADV | _ | 12 ladylike | advmod |
| 12 | ladylike | ladylike | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 Run | conj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 Run | punct |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 Run | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run in a quote | infinitive | Mum | like that | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | not is in a quote | present | you | ladylike 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: What did Lily do that was wise?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | Lily | Lily | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 7 wise | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 wise | cop |
| 7 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 do | ccomp |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past · do-support | Lily | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | is | past | that | wise property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Stopped running for ever, even in PE
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stopped | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | running | run | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 Stopped | xcomp |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 ever | case |
| 4 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 2 running | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 PE | punct |
| 6 | even | even | ADV | _ | 8 PE | advmod |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 PE | case |
| 8 | PE | PE | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Stopped | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | past | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | ||||||
| 2 | run | gerund | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for ever=Beneficiary |
Option 2
Shouted that Mum was wrong about everything
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shouted | shout | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 5 wrong | mark |
| 3 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 wrong | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 wrong | cop |
| 5 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Shouted | advcl |
| 6 | about | about | ADP | _ | 7 everything | case |
| 7 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 5 wrong | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | past | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | is | past | Mum | about everything; wrong property | tree rules |
Option 3
Ran off and hid in the toilets
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ran | run | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 hid | advcl |
| 2 | off | off | ADP | _ | 1 Ran | compound:prt |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 hid | cc |
| 4 | hid | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 toilets | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 toilets | det |
| 7 | toilets | toilet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 hid | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run off | participle | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | hide | past | the toilets | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in toilet=Location |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Asked what «ladylike» really means
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asked | ask | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 means | obj |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 ladylike | punct |
| 4 | ladylike | ladylike | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 means | nsubj |
| 5 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 ladylike | punct |
| 6 | really | really | ADV | _ | 7 means | advmod |
| 7 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Asked | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | participle | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 2 | mean | present | ladylike | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
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