Test 3 · ★ · Nightmares after a scary game
«ruby keeps seeing that one bit when the light's off, weird». Is it weird?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ruby · What happens: keep, see, be · To what, where: off
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 402 «Nightmares after a scary game» 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: «ruby keeps seeing that one bit when the light's off, weird».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 keeps | punct |
| 2 | ruby | ruby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 keeps | nsubj |
| 3 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | seeing | see | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 keeps | xcomp |
| 5 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 12 off | mark |
| 6 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 bit | nummod |
| 7 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 off | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 12 off | advmod |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 light | det |
| 10 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 off | nmod:poss |
| 11 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 10 light | case |
| 12 | off | off | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 seeing | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 weird | punct |
| 14 | weird | weird | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 off | amod |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 14 weird | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 keeps | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep in a quote | present | ruby | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | see in a quote | gerund | ruby not said here | the light's off | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
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 it weird?
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 weird | cop |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 weird | nsubj |
| 3 | weird | weird | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 weird | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | ruby | weird property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, it means she's ill
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 means | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 means | nsubj |
| 4 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 ill | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 ill | cop |
| 7 | ill | ill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 means | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | it | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | she | ill property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
No, frightening pictures often come back in the dark
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 frightening | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | frightening | frightening | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 pictures | amod |
| 4 | pictures | picture | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 come | nsubj |
| 5 | often | often | ADV | _ | 6 come | advmod |
| 6 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | back | back | ADV | _ | 6 come | advmod |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 dark | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 dark | det |
| 10 | dark | dark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 come | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come back | present | frightening pictures | the dark | often property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in dark=Location |
Option 3
Yes, she must have special eyes that see in the dark
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 have | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 have | nsubj |
| 4 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 have | aux |
| 5 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | special | special | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 eyes | amod |
| 7 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 have | obj |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 see | nsubj |
| 9 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 eyes | acl:relcl |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 dark | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 dark | det |
| 12 | dark | dark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 see | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | must | she | special eyes | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient | ||||
| 2 | see | present | special eyes | the dark | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4
No, she's making it up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 making | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 making | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 making | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 making | aux |
| 5 | making | make | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 making | obj |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 making | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make up | present · progressive | she | it | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Pivot |
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