Test 7 · ★ · Older siblings and YouTube gameplay
Marcus: «sorry mate, didn't know it'd give you nightmares». What does this show about Marcus?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Marcus, mate, this · What happens: not know, give, show · To what, where: nightmares, you · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 423 «Older siblings and YouTube gameplay» 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: Marcus: «sorry mate, didn't know it'd give you nightmares».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marcus | Marcus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 know | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 mate | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 mate | punct |
| 4 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 mate | amod |
| 5 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Marcus | appos |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Marcus | punct |
| 7 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 know | aux |
| 8 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 know | advmod |
| 9 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 give | nsubj |
| 11 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 give | aux |
| 12 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 know | ccomp |
| 13 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 12 give | iobj |
| 14 | nightmares | nightmare | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 give | obj |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 14 nightmares | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 know | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not know in a quote | past · do-support | Marcus | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | give in a quote | would | mate | nightmares | you | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient nightmare=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: What does this show about Marcus?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 show | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 show | aux |
| 3 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 show | nsubj |
| 4 | show | show | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | about | about | ADP | _ | 6 Marcus | case |
| 6 | Marcus | Marcus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 show | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 show | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present · do-support | this | about Marcus | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent what=Recipient about marcus=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
He cares and didn't realise how Theo felt
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 cares | nsubj |
| 2 | cares | care | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 realise | cc |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 realise | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 realise | advmod |
| 6 | realise | realise | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 cares | ccomp |
| 7 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 9 felt | advmod |
| 8 | Theo | Theo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 felt | nsubj |
| 9 | felt | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 realise | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | care | present | He | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | not realise | past · do-support | He not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | feel | past | Theo | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
He doesn't like playing with Theo
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 like | nsubj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 like | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 like | advmod |
| 4 | like | like | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | playing | play | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 like | xcomp |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 Theo | case |
| 7 | Theo | Theo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 playing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not like | present · do-support | He | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | play not said to happen | gerund | He not said here | with Theo | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with theo=Co-Agent |
Option 3
He wanted Theo to have nightmares
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 wanted | nsubj |
| 2 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Theo | Theo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 wanted | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 have | mark |
| 5 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wanted | xcomp |
| 6 | nightmares | nightmare | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 have | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | He | Theo | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | have not said to happen | to-infinitive | Theo not said here | nightmares | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nightmare=Patient |
Option 4
He thinks Theo is making it up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 thinks | nsubj |
| 2 | thinks | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Theo | Theo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 making | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 making | aux |
| 5 | making | make | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 thinks | ccomp |
| 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 | think speech: other | present | He | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | make up | present · progressive | Theo | it | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Pivot |
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