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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».

punctnsubjapposgoeswithiobjobjnsubjccompccobjpunctpunctroot«PUNCTrNOUNuXgonnaXtellVERBmePRONwhoPRONuPRONlikeVERBorCCONJwhatPRON»PUNCT.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1««PUNCT_5 tellpunct
2rrNOUNNumber=Sing5 tellnsubj
3uuX_2 rappos
4gonnagonnaXForeign=Yes3 ugoeswith
5telltellVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
6meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs5 telliobj
7whowhoPRONPronType=Rel9 likeobj
8uyouPRONAbbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs9 likensubj
9likelikeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 tellccomp
10ororCCONJ_11 whatcc
11whatwhatPRONPronType=Int9 likeobj
12»»PUNCT_11 whatpunct
13..PUNCT_5 tellpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1tell speech: assert in a quoteinfinitiverrvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic
2like in a quotepresentutree 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.

nsubjauxadvmodxcomppunctrootMaddiePROPNdoesAUXn'tPARTwantVERBtoPART.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1MaddieMaddiePROPNNumber=Sing4 wantnsubj
2doesdoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 wantaux
3n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg4 wantadvmod
4wantwantVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5totoPART_4 wantxcomp
6..PUNCT_4 wantpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not wantpresent · do-supportMaddievn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

Sentence 3: What's fair?

nsubjcoppunctrootWhatPRON'sAUXfairADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int3 fairnsubj
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 faircop
3fairfairADJDegree=Posrootroot
4??PUNCT_3 fairpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentfair propertytree rules

The options

Option 1

She has to tell if anyone asks her twice

nsubjmarkxcompmarknsubjccompobjadvmodrootShePRONhasVERBtoPARTtellVERBifSCONJanyonePRONasksVERBherPRONtwiceADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 hasnsubj
2hashaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3totoPART_4 tellmark
4telltellVERBVerbForm=Inf2 hasxcomp
5ififSCONJ_7 asksmark
6anyoneanyonePRONNumber=Sing PronType=Ind7 asksnsubj
7asksaskVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 tellccomp
8hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs7 asksobj
9twicetwiceADVNumForm=Word NumType=Mult7 asksadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1havepresentShetree rules
2tell speech: assertto-infinitiveShe not said herevn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3ask speech: ask a condition, not said to happenpresentanyoneher = shetwice propertyvn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

She must tell her best friend everything

nsubjauxnmod:possamodiobjobjrootShePRONmustAUXtellVERBherPRONbestADJfriendNOUNeverythingPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 tellnsubj
2mustmustAUXVerbForm=Fin3 tellaux
3telltellVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
4herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs6 friendnmod:poss
5bestgoodADJDegree=Sup6 friendamod
6friendfriendNOUNNumber=Sing3 telliobj
7everythingeverythingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Tot3 tellobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1tell speech: assertmustSheeverythingher best friendvn 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

nsubjcopdetamodadvmodrootLyingVERBisAUXtheDETonlyADJwayNOUNoutADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1LyinglieVERBVerbForm=Ger5 waynsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 waycop
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 waydet
4onlyonlyADJDegree=Pos5 wayamod
5waywayNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
6outoutADV_5 wayadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1liegerundvn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2is apresentthe only wayout propertytree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She can share when she chooses, or never

nsubjauxmarknsubjadvclpunctccadvmodrootShePRONcanAUXshareVERBwhenSCONJshePRONchoosesVERB,PUNCTorCCONJneverADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 sharensubj
2cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin3 shareaux
3shareshareVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
4whenwhenSCONJ_6 choosesmark
5sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 choosesnsubj
6chooseschooseVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 shareadvcl
7,,PUNCT_8 orpunct
8ororCCONJ_3 sharecc
9neverneverADVPronType=Neg3 shareadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not sharecanShetree rules
2choosepresentshevn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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