Test 9 · ★ · Ponytail tugging: crushes shown clumsily
«just ignore it, boys are like that». Is that good advice for Lily?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, boys, that · What happens: ignore, be · To what, where: it, good advice
This is test 9 · ★ 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: «just ignore it, boys are like that».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 ignore | punct |
| 2 | just | just | ADV | _ | 3 ignore | advmod |
| 3 | ignore | ignore | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 ignore | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 that | punct |
| 6 | boys | boy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 that | nsubj |
| 7 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 that | cop |
| 8 | like | like | ADP | _ | 9 that | case |
| 9 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 ignore | obl |
| 10 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 ignore | punct |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 ignore | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ignore in a quote | imperative | you not said here | it | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | boys | like that | 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: Is that good advice for Lily?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 advice | cop |
| 2 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 advice | nsubj |
| 3 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 advice | amod |
| 4 | advice | advice | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 Lily | case |
| 6 | Lily | Lily | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 advice | nmod |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 advice | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | that | good advice | for Lily | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
No, she should cut her hair off short
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 cut | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 cut | nsubj |
| 4 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 cut | aux |
| 5 | cut | cut | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 hair | nmod:poss |
| 7 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 cut | obj |
| 8 | off | off | ADP | _ | 9 short | case |
| 9 | short | short | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 cut | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cut | should | she | her hair | off short | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent hair=Patient off short=Co-Patient |
Option 2
Yes, it shows he respects her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 shows | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 shows | nsubj |
| 4 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 respects | nsubj |
| 6 | respects | respect | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 shows | ccomp |
| 7 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 respects | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | it | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | respect | present | he | her = she | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, she can say stop and tell a teacher
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 say | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 say | nsubj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 say | aux |
| 5 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 say | ccomp |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 tell | cc |
| 8 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 say | conj |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 teacher | det |
| 10 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 tell | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | can | she | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | stop | infinitive | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ||||||
| 3 | tell speech: assert | infinitive | she not said here | a teacher | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient |
Option 4
Yes, girls must just put up with it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 put | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | girls | girl | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 put | nsubj |
| 4 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 put | aux |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 6 put | advmod |
| 6 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 6 put | compound:prt |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 it | case |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 put | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put up | must | girls | with it | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
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