Test 8 · ★ · Homework first?
Mate: «asking your dad for help is for babies». What's true?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mate · What happens: ask, be · To what, where: dad
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 419 «Homework first?» 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: Mate: «asking your dad for help is for babies».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 babies | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 asking | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 asking | punct |
| 4 | asking | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 Mate | conj |
| 5 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 dad | nmod:poss |
| 6 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 asking | obj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 help | case |
| 8 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 asking | obl |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 babies | cop |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 babies | case |
| 11 | babies | baby | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 12 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 11 babies | punct |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 babies | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask in a quote | gerund | Mate not said here | your dad | for help | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dad=Recipient | |||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | Mate | for babies | 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.
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
You learn nothing at all if you ask someone else
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 learn | nsubj |
| 2 | learn | learn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 2 learn | obj |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 all | case |
| 5 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 learn | obl |
| 6 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 ask | mark |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 ask | nsubj |
| 8 | ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 learn | advcl |
| 9 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 8 ask | obj |
| 10 | else | else | ADV | _ | 9 someone | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | learn | present | You | nothing | all | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic | |||
| 2 | ask speech: ask a condition, not said to happen | present | you | someone | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent someone=Recipient |
Option 2
Dads always get homework wrong
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dads | dad | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 get | nsubj |
| 2 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 3 get | advmod |
| 3 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | homework | homework | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 get | obj |
| 5 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 get | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | Dads | homework | always, wrong property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer homework=Stimulus |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Only babies ever ask for help
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 babies | advmod |
| 2 | babies | baby | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 ask | nsubj |
| 3 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 4 ask | advmod |
| 4 | ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 help | case |
| 6 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ask | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | babies | ever | for help | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Asking for help is clever and saves time
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asking | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 clever | csubj |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 3 help | case |
| 3 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Asking | obl |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 clever | cop |
| 5 | clever | clever | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 saves | cc |
| 7 | saves | save | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 clever | conj |
| 8 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 saves | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | gerund | for help | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | Asking | clever property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | save | present | Asking not said here | time | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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