Test 5 · ★ · Strangers who want to chat privately
«player wants a pic of me, says he'll send one back». Best move?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: player · What happens: want, say, send back · To what, where: pic, one · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★ 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: «player wants a pic of me, says he'll send one back».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 wants | punct |
| 2 | player | player | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wants | nsubj |
| 3 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 pic | det |
| 5 | pic | pic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wants | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 me | case |
| 7 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 pic | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 says | punct |
| 9 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wants | parataxis |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 send | nsubj |
| 11 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 send | aux |
| 12 | send | send | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 says | ccomp |
| 13 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 12 send | obj |
| 14 | back | back | ADV | _ | 12 send | advmod |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 12 send | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 wants | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want in a quote | present | player | a pic of me | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot pic=Theme | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert in a quote | present | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 3 | send back in a quote | future | player | one | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=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: Best move?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 2 move | amod |
| 2 | move | move | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 move | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
Send one without your face showing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Send | send | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 1 Send | obj |
| 3 | without | without | ADP | _ | 5 face | case |
| 4 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 face | nmod:poss |
| 5 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Send | obl |
| 6 | showing | show | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Send | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | imperative | you not said here | one | without your face | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme | |||
| 2 | show | gerund | you not said here | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Don't send, leave, tell a grown-up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 send | aux |
| 2 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 3 send | advmod |
| 3 | send | send | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 leave | punct |
| 5 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 send | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 tell | punct |
| 7 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 send | conj |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 up | det |
| 9 | grown | grown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 up | compound |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 11 up | punct |
| 11 | up | up | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 tell | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not send | imperative · do-support | you not said here | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | leave | infinitive | you not said here | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | tell speech: assert | infinitive | you not said here | a grown up | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent up=Recipient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Wait for him to send his photo first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 3 him | case |
| 3 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Wait | obl |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 send | mark |
| 5 | send | send | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Wait | advcl |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 photo | nmod:poss |
| 7 | photo | photo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 send | obj |
| 8 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 5 send | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | for him = he | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | send | to-infinitive | you not said here | his photo | first property | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent photo=Theme |
Option 4
Send one of your big sister instead
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Send | send | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 1 Send | obj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 sister | case |
| 4 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 sister | nmod:poss |
| 5 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 sister | amod |
| 6 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 one | nmod |
| 7 | instead | instead | ADV | _ | 1 Send | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | imperative | you not said here | one of your big sister | instead property | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme |
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