Test 4 · ★ · Strangers who want to chat privately
Ollie: «he's def 10, he said so and he likes the same team». True?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ollie · What happens: be, say, like · To what, where: 10, same team · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 410 «Strangers who want to chat privately» 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: Ollie: «he's def 10, he said so and he likes the same team».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ollie | Ollie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 said | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 10 | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 10 | punct |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 10 | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 10 | cop |
| 6 | def | definitely | ADV | _ | 7 10 | advmod |
| 7 | 10 | 10 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 Ollie | appos |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ollie | punct |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 said | nsubj |
| 10 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 said | advmod |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 likes | cc |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 likes | nsubj |
| 14 | likes | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 said | ccomp |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 team | det |
| 16 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 team | amod |
| 17 | team | team | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 likes | obj |
| 18 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 14 likes | punct |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | Ollie | 10 | definitely property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | say speech: assert in a quote | past | Ollie | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | like in a quote | present | Ollie | the same team | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot team=Theme |
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: True?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | True | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 True | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Anyone online can pretend to be any age
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 4 pretend | nsubj |
| 2 | online | online | ADV | _ | 1 Anyone | advmod |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 pretend | aux |
| 4 | pretend | pretend | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 age | mark |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 age | cop |
| 7 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 8 age | det |
| 8 | age | age | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 pretend | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pretend | can | Anyone | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | is a | to-infinitive | Anyone not said here | any age | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, he said it so it's true
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 said | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 said | nsubj |
| 4 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 said | obj |
| 6 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 true | advmod |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 true | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 true | cop |
| 9 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 said | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | he | it | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic | ||||
| 2 | is | present | it | true property | tree rules |
Option 3
Yes, nobody ever bothers to lie about age
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 bothers | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 5 bothers | nsubj |
| 4 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 5 bothers | advmod |
| 5 | bothers | bother | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 lie | mark |
| 7 | lie | lie | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 bothers | xcomp |
| 8 | about | about | ADP | _ | 9 age | case |
| 9 | age | age | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 lie | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bother | present | nobody | ever | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | lie | to-infinitive | nobody not said here | about age | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent about age=Location |
Option 4
Only adults lie online
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 adults | advmod |
| 2 | adults | adult | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 lie | nsubj |
| 3 | lie | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | online | online | ADV | _ | 3 lie | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie | present | adults | online property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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