Test 7 · How to say stop
«he didn't hear me» — he's grinning. What's true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: he · What happens: not hear, grin, be · To what, where: me
This is test 7 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: «he didn't hear me» — he's grinning.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 hear | punct |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 hear | nsubj |
| 3 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 hear | aux |
| 4 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 hear | advmod |
| 5 | hear | hear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 hear | obj |
| 7 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 hear | punct |
| 8 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 11 grinning | punct |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 grinning | nsubj |
| 10 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 grinning | aux |
| 11 | grinning | grin | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 hear | advcl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 hear | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not hear in a quote | past · do-support | he | me | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | grin | present · progressive | he | 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: What's true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Pretending not to hear a stop is still not stopping
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pretending | pretend | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 10 stopping | csubj |
| 2 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 hear | advmod |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 hear | mark |
| 4 | hear | hear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Pretending | xcomp |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 stop | det |
| 6 | stop | stop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hear | obj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 stopping | aux |
| 8 | still | still | ADV | _ | 10 stopping | advmod |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 stopping | advmod |
| 10 | stopping | stop | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pretend | gerund | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | not hear | to-infinitive | a stop | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer stop=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | not stop | present · progressive | Pretending | still | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Option 2
Stop only counts if he answers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stop | stop | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 counts | advmod |
| 3 | counts | count | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Stop | ccomp |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 answers | mark |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 answers | nsubj |
| 6 | answers | answer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 counts | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | imperative | you not said here | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | count | present | you not said here | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | answer speech: assert a condition, not said to happen | present | he | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
If he didn't hear it, then it's her own fault
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 hear | mark |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 hear | nsubj |
| 3 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 hear | aux |
| 4 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 hear | advmod |
| 5 | hear | hear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 fault | advcl |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 hear | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 hear | punct |
| 8 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 13 fault | advmod |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 fault | nsubj |
| 10 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 fault | cop |
| 11 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 fault | nmod:poss |
| 12 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 fault | amod |
| 13 | fault | fault | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not hear a condition, not said to happen | past · do-support | he | it | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | it | her own fault | then | tree rules |
Option 4
She should whisper it again, more politely
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 whisper | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 whisper | aux |
| 3 | whisper | whisper | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 whisper | obj |
| 5 | again | again | ADV | _ | 3 whisper | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 more | punct |
| 7 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 3 whisper | advmod |
| 8 | politely | politely | ADV | _ | 3 whisper | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | whisper speech: assert | should | She | it | again | politely property | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
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