Test 9 · ★★ · Boys who look at Maddie oddly «r u gonna tell me who u like or what». Maddie doesn't want to. What's fair?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: r, u, Maddie · What happens: tell, like, not want, be · To what, where: r · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★★ 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: «r u gonna tell me who u like or what».
punct nsubj appos goeswith iobj obj nsubj ccomp cc obj punct punct root « PUNCT r NOUN u X gonna X tell VERB me PRON who PRON u PRON like VERB or CCONJ what PRON » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 « « PUNCT _ 5 tell punct 2 r r NOUN Number=Sing 5 tell nsubj 3 u u X _ 2 r appos 4 gonna gonna X Foreign=Yes 3 u goeswith 5 tell tell VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 me I PRON Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 5 tell iobj 7 who who PRON PronType=Rel 9 like obj 8 u you PRON Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 9 like nsubj 9 like like VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 tell ccomp 10 or or CCONJ _ 11 what cc 11 what what PRON PronType=Int 9 like obj 12 » » PUNCT _ 11 what punct 13 . . PUNCT _ 5 tell punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tell speech: assert in a quote infinitive r r vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic
2 like in a quote present u 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: Maddie doesn't want to.
nsubj aux advmod xcomp punct root Maddie PROPN does AUX n't PART want VERB to PART . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Maddie Maddie PROPN Number=Sing 4 want nsubj 2 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 want aux 3 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 4 want advmod 4 want want VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 to to PART _ 4 want xcomp 6 . . PUNCT _ 4 want punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not want present · do-support Maddie vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
Sentence 3: What's fair?
nsubj cop punct root What PRON 's AUX fair ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 3 fair nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 fair cop 3 fair fair ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 fair punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present fair property tree rules
The options Option 1 She has to tell if anyone asks her twice
nsubj mark xcomp mark nsubj ccomp obj advmod root She PRON has VERB to PART tell VERB if SCONJ anyone PRON asks VERB her PRON twice ADV 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 2 has nsubj 2 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 to to PART _ 4 tell mark 4 tell tell VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 has xcomp 5 if if SCONJ _ 7 asks mark 6 anyone anyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 7 asks nsubj 7 asks ask VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 tell ccomp 8 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 asks obj 9 twice twice ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Mult 7 asks advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 have present She tree rules
2 tell speech: assert to-infinitive She not said here vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3 ask speech: ask a condition, not said to happen present anyone her = she twice property vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice She must tell her best friend everything
nsubj aux nmod:poss amod iobj obj root She PRON must AUX tell VERB her PRON best ADJ friend NOUN everything PRON 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 tell nsubj 2 must must AUX VerbForm=Fin 3 tell aux 3 tell tell VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 4 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 friend nmod:poss 5 best good ADJ Degree=Sup 6 friend amod 6 friend friend NOUN Number=Sing 3 tell iobj 7 everything everything PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 3 tell obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tell speech: assert must She everything her best friend vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient everything=Topic
Option 3 Lying is the only way out
nsubj cop det amod advmod root Lying VERB is AUX the DET only ADJ way NOUN out ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Lying lie VERB VerbForm=Ger 5 way nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 way cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 way det 4 only only ADJ Degree=Pos 5 way amod 5 way way NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 out out ADV _ 5 way advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 lie gerund vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2 is a present the only way out property tree rules
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer She can share when she chooses, or never
nsubj aux mark nsubj advcl punct cc advmod root She PRON can AUX share VERB when SCONJ she PRON chooses VERB , PUNCT or CCONJ never ADV 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 share nsubj 2 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 3 share aux 3 share share VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 4 when when SCONJ _ 6 chooses mark 5 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 chooses nsubj 6 chooses choose VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 share advcl 7 , , PUNCT _ 8 or punct 8 or or CCONJ _ 3 share cc 9 never never ADV PronType=Neg 3 share advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not share can She tree rules
2 choose present she vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
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