Test 10 · ★ · Ponytail tugging: crushes shown clumsily
Mrs Okafor writes «How to show you like someone» on the board and the class giggles. Which belongs on the list?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mrs, you, class · What happens: write, show, like, giggle, belong · To what, where: board, someone, list · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 387 «Ponytail tugging: crushes shown clumsily» 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: Mrs Okafor writes «How to show you like someone» on the board and the class giggles.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mrs | Mrs | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 writes | nsubj |
| 2 | Okafor | Okafor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Mrs | flat |
| 3 | writes | write | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 show | punct |
| 5 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 show | advmod |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 show | mark |
| 7 | show | show | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 writes | ccomp |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 like | nsubj |
| 9 | like | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 show | ccomp |
| 10 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 9 like | obj |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 7 show | punct |
| 12 | on | on | ADP | _ | 14 board | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 board | det |
| 14 | board | board | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 show | obl |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 giggles | cc |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 class | det |
| 17 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 giggles | nsubj |
| 18 | giggles | giggle | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 show | conj |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 writes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | present | Mrs | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | show in a quote | to-infinitive | Mrs not said here | the board | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | like in a quote | present | you | someone | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot someone=Theme | ||||
| 4 | giggle | present | the class | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «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: Which belongs on the list?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 2 belongs | nsubj |
| 2 | belongs | belong | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 list | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 list | det |
| 5 | list | list | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 belongs | obl |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 belongs | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | belong | present | the list | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1
Show off with a dangerous trick
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Show | show | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | off | off | ADP | _ | 1 Show | compound:prt |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 trick | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 trick | det |
| 5 | dangerous | dangerous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 trick | amod |
| 6 | trick | trick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Show | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show off | imperative | you not said here | with a dangerous trick | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Notice their drawing and say it's good
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Notice | notice | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 drawing | nmod:poss |
| 3 | drawing | drawing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Notice | obj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 say | cc |
| 5 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Notice | conj |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 good | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 good | cop |
| 8 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 say | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | notice | imperative | you not said here | their drawing | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer drawing=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | infinitive | you not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is | present | drawing | good property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | draw | their = they | nom drawing «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
Grab their ponytail in the line
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grab | grab | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 ponytail | nmod:poss |
| 3 | ponytail | ponytail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Grab | obj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 line | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 line | det |
| 6 | line | line | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Grab | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grab | imperative | you not said here | their ponytail | the line | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ponytail=Theme |
Option 4
Throw their hat into a tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Throw | throw | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 hat | nmod:poss |
| 3 | hat | hat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Throw | obj |
| 4 | into | into | ADP | _ | 6 tree | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 tree | det |
| 6 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Throw | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | throw | imperative | you not said here | their hat | into a tree result | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer hat=Theme into tree=Result |
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