Test 4 · ★★★ · Showing off
Jake: «it was only a joke fight, why's he crying?» What's true?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Jake · What happens: be, cry · To what, where: joke fight
This is test 4 · ★★★ of lesson 390 «Showing off» 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: Jake: «it was only a joke fight, why's he crying?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jake | Jake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 fight | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Jake | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 9 fight | punct |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 fight | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 fight | cop |
| 6 | only | only | ADV | _ | 9 fight | advmod |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 fight | det |
| 8 | joke | joke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 fight | compound |
| 9 | fight | fight | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 crying | punct |
| 11 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 14 crying | advmod |
| 12 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 crying | aux |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 crying | nsubj |
| 14 | crying | cry | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 fight | conj |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 14 crying | punct |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 9 fight | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | past | Jake | a joke fight | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | cry speech: express in a quote | present · progressive | Jake | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «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 · ✓ the right answer
A pretend fight can really scare the other person
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 fight | det |
| 2 | pretend | pretend | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 fight | amod |
| 3 | fight | fight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 scare | nsubj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 scare | aux |
| 5 | really | really | ADV | _ | 6 scare | advmod |
| 6 | scare | scare | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 person | det |
| 8 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 person | amod |
| 9 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 scare | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | scare | can | a pretend fight | the other person | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus person=Experiencer |
Option 2
Jokes can't make anyone scared
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jokes | joke | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 make | nsubj |
| 2 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 make | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 make | advmod |
| 4 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 4 make | obj |
| 6 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 make | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not make | can | Jokes | anyone | scared property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset anyone=Product |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Sam should have fought back for real
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 fought | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 fought | aux |
| 3 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 fought | aux |
| 4 | fought | fight | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | back | back | ADV | _ | 4 fought | advmod |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 real | case |
| 7 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 fought | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fight back | should · perfect · passive | Sam | for real | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Agent |
Option 4
Sam's just a cry-baby who can't take a joke
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 baby | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Sam | case |
| 3 | just | just | ADV | _ | 7 baby | advmod |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 baby | det |
| 5 | cry | cry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 baby | compound |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 cry | punct |
| 7 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 take | nsubj |
| 9 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 take | aux |
| 10 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 take | advmod |
| 11 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 baby | acl:relcl |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 joke | det |
| 13 | joke | joke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 take | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not take | can | Sam's cry baby | a joke | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent joke=Theme |
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