Test 2 · How to say stop
«ur no fun, it's just a joke». Does Lily have to put up with it?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: fun, Lily · What happens: be, have, put up · To what, where: joke
This is test 2 of lesson 388 «How to say stop» 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: «ur no fun, it's just a joke».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 fun | punct |
| 2 | ur | your | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 fun | nmod:poss |
| 3 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 4 fun | det |
| 4 | fun | fun | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 joke | punct |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 joke | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 joke | cop |
| 8 | just | just | ADV | _ | 10 joke | advmod |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 joke | det |
| 10 | joke | joke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fun | appos |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 10 joke | punct |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 fun | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | fun | a joke | 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: Does Lily have to put up with it?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 have | aux |
| 2 | Lily | Lily | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 have | nsubj |
| 3 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 put | mark |
| 5 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 have | xcomp |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 put | compound:prt |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 it | case |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 put | obl |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 have | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present · do-support | Lily | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | put up | to-infinitive | Lily not said here | with joke | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1
Yes, jokes are allowed to hurt a bit
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 allowed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | jokes | joke | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 allowed | aux:pass |
| 5 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 hurt | mark |
| 7 | hurt | hurt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 allowed | xcomp |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 bit | det |
| 9 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 hurt | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | allow | present · passive | jokes | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | hurt not said to happen | to-infinitive | jokes not said here | a bit | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2
Only if she can explain why to him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 5 explain | advmod |
| 2 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 explain | mark |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 explain | nsubj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 explain | aux |
| 5 | explain | explain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 explain | advmod |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 him | case |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 explain | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | explain speech: assert | can | she | him = he | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
No, a stop is reason enough
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 reason | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 stop | det |
| 4 | stop | stop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 reason | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 reason | cop |
| 6 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | enough | enough | ADV | _ | 6 reason | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a stop | reason | enough property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, if he says it's only a joke
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 says | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 says | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 says | mark |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 says | nsubj |
| 5 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 joke | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 joke | cop |
| 8 | only | only | ADV | _ | 10 joke | advmod |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 joke | det |
| 10 | joke | joke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 says | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | he | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | it | a joke | tree rules |
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