Test 2 · ★★ · Boys who look at Maddie oddly
«u HAVE to go out with him, he asked u». Is that true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: u, he, that · What happens: have, go out, ask, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 389 «Boys who look at Maddie oddly» 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: «u HAVE to go out with him, he asked u».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 HAVE | punct |
| 2 | u | you | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 HAVE | nsubj |
| 3 | HAVE | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 asked | ccomp |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 go | mark |
| 5 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 HAVE | xcomp |
| 6 | out | out | ADV | _ | 5 go | advmod |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 him | case |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 go | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 HAVE | punct |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 asked | nsubj |
| 11 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | u | u | X | _ | 11 asked | ccomp |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 12 u | punct |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 asked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have in a quote | present | u | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | go out in a quote | to-infinitive | u not said here | with him = he; out property | vn interact-36.6 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with he=Co-Agent | ||||
| 3 | ask speech: ask in a quote | past | he | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
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 true?
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 | 3 true | cop |
| 2 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 true | nsubj |
| 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 | that | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, it's rude to say no to anyone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 rude | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 rude | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 rude | cop |
| 5 | rude | rude | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 say | mark |
| 7 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 rude | csubj |
| 8 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 7 say | obj |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 anyone | case |
| 10 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 7 say | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | it | rude property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | to-infinitive | no | anyone | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent no=Topic to anyone=Recipient |
Option 2
Yes, if he asked in front of people at school
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 asked | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 asked | mark |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 asked | nsubj |
| 5 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 front | case |
| 7 | front | front | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 asked | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 people | case |
| 9 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 front | nmod |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 school | case |
| 11 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 people | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | past | he | front of people at school | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Only if he's from your street
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 7 street | advmod |
| 2 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 street | mark |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 street | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 street | cop |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 street | case |
| 6 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 street | nmod:poss |
| 7 | street | street | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | he | your street | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
No, you never have to like someone back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 have | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 have | nsubj |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 have | advmod |
| 5 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 like | mark |
| 7 | like | like | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 have | xcomp |
| 8 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 7 like | obj |
| 9 | back | back | ADV | _ | 7 like | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not have | present | you | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | like back | to-infinitive | you not said here | someone | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot someone=Theme |
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