Test 2 · ★ · Ponytail tugging: crushes shown clumsily
Tom's mates: «oooh Tom loves Lily!!» If Tom wants to look cool, what's the wise move?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Tom · What happens: love, want, look, be · To what, where: Lily, wise move
This is test 2 · ★ 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: Tom's mates: «oooh Tom loves Lily!!»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom | Tom | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 mates | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Tom | case |
| 3 | mates | mate | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 3 mates | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 loves | punct |
| 6 | oooh | oooh | INTJ | _ | 8 loves | discourse |
| 7 | Tom | Tom | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 loves | nsubj |
| 8 | loves | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 mates | parataxis |
| 9 | Lily | Lily | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 loves | obj |
| 10 | !! | !! | PUNCT | _ | 8 loves | punct |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 loves | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | love in a quote | present | Tom | Lily | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lily=Stimulus |
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: If Tom wants to look cool, what's the wise move?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 3 wants | mark |
| 2 | Tom | Tom | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 wants | nsubj |
| 3 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 move | advcl |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 look | mark |
| 5 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 wants | xcomp |
| 6 | cool | cool | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 look | xcomp |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 wants | punct |
| 8 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 12 move | nsubj |
| 9 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 move | cop |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 move | det |
| 11 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 move | amod |
| 12 | move | move | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 12 move | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want a condition, not said to happen | present | Tom | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | look not said to happen | to-infinitive | Tom not said here | cool property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | is a | present | the wise move | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Pull her hair to show he doesn't
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pull | pull | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 hair | nmod:poss |
| 3 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Pull | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 show | mark |
| 5 | show | show | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Pull | advcl |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 does | nsubj |
| 7 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 show | ccomp |
| 8 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 does | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pull | imperative | you not said here | her hair | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Theme | ||||
| 2 | show | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | not do | present | he | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Push the boy who said it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Push | push | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 boy | det |
| 3 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Push | obj |
| 4 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 said | nsubj |
| 5 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 boy | acl:relcl |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 said | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | push | imperative | you not said here | the boy | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Theme | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | the boy | it | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Shrug, say «so what» and leave her hair alone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shrug | shrug | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 say | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Shrug | punct |
| 3 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 what | punct |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 what | advmod |
| 6 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 say | ccomp |
| 7 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 what | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 leave | cc |
| 9 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 say | conj |
| 10 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 hair | nmod:poss |
| 11 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 leave | obj |
| 12 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 9 leave | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | infinitive | Shrug | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | leave | infinitive | Shrug not said here | Shrug's hair | alone property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Call Lily names so they believe he doesn't like her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Call | call | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | Lily | Lily | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Call | obj |
| 3 | names | name | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Call | obj |
| 4 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 believe | advmod |
| 5 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 believe | nsubj |
| 6 | believe | believe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Call | advcl |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 like | nsubj |
| 8 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 like | aux |
| 9 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 like | advmod |
| 10 | like | like | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 believe | ccomp |
| 11 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 like | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | imperative | you not said here | Lily | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent lily=Theme name=Result | ||||
| 2 | believe | present | names = name | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | not like | present · do-support | Lily | her = she | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot she=Theme |
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