Test 3 · ★★★ · What everyone learned about fights

«I'm still a bit scared of big boys. am I a wimp?»

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I · What happens: be · To what, where: wimp

This is test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 395 «What everyone learned about fights» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 scared	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 scared	nsubj
3	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 scared	cop
4	still	still	ADV	_	7 scared	advmod
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bit	det
6	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 scared	obl:unmarked
7	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 wimp	parataxis
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 boys	case
9	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 boys	amod
10	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 scared	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 scared	punct
12	am	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 wimp	cop
13	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	15 wimp	nsubj
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 wimp	det
15	wimp	wimp	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	15 wimp	punct
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 wimp	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	I				still	of big boys; a bit obl:unmarked; scared property	tree rules
2	is a in a quote	present	I	a wimp					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.

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

No, being scared is normal; telling someone is brave

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 scared	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 scared	cop
4	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 normal	csubj:pass
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 normal	cop
6	normal	normal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 telling	punct
8	telling	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 brave	csubj
9	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 telling	obj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 brave	cop
11	brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 normal	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	is	gerund			scared property	tree rules
2	is	present			normal property	tree rules
3	tell speech: assert	gerund		someone		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent someone=Recipient
4	is	present	telling		brave property	tree rules

Option 2

Only if you cry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	4 cry	advmod
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	4 cry	mark
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 cry	nsubj
4	cry	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	present	you						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, real kids are never scared

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 scared	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 kids	amod
4	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 scared	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 scared	cop
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 scared	advmod
7	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	present	real kids					scared property	tree rules

Option 4

Yes, until you fight one and see they're not scary

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 fight	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 fight	punct
3	until	until	SCONJ	_	5 fight	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 fight	nsubj
5	fight	fight	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 scary	advcl
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 fight	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 see	cc
8	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 one	conj
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 scary	nsubj
10	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 scary	cop
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 scary	advmod
12	scary	scary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	fight	present	you	one		vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Co-Agent
2	see	infinitive	you not said here			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	not is	present	they		scary property	tree rules

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